The Electric Christmas Parade is expected to once again light up the holiday season in St. Charles.

The Geneva District 304 school board heard from parents both praising the district for how it was handling a return to in-person learning and criticizing that volunteers were not allowed back into the school buildings.

Plans move ahead to replace 37 year-old signs.

At the City Council’s Planning and Development Committee meeting Monday, aldermen unanimously recommended approval of special uses for a restaurant and drive-through facility for the former TitleMax building at 2015 W. Main St. in St. Charles, near its former location, which closed in February 2020.

As for symptoms, mostly “I just had congestion,” Senate Republican Leader Dan McConchie said. Although “at one point it felt like I was breathing through pinholes.”

Aldermen approved an amendment to its tax increment financing redevelopment agreement with Country Village Meats with a special allocation of nearly $63,000 to assist the company with increased electric improvement costs.

At the City Council’s Planning and Development Committee meeting on Monday, aldermen unanimously recommended extending the program through the winter season and ending it by April 15. The program is currently set to end on Dec. 31.