Final election results show that Kane County voters in the Kaneland School District approved a referendum to issue $140,274,000 in school building bonds for district-wide facility improvements this summer.

Just shy of 50 pounds, 11 months old, with a Fox Red coat, River, a purebred Labrador retriever, sat in attention before Mayor Jeff Schielke with her paw raised to take the oath of office as Batavia Police Department's first-ever comfort dog.

The Geneva City Council on Monday unanimously approved extending water service to a house on Western Avenue, a house that is not in the city and is not being annexed.