Brenda Schory

The Kane County Health Department is reminding residents that the holiday season – while joyful – can also bring added stress, financial pressure, grief, busy schedules and emotional strain.

The Geneva City Council is expected to act on two ballot questions at a special meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8. One could ask voters to support issuing $59.4 million in bonds, much of which could go toward a new police station.

The Geneva Historic Preservation Commission will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 16 at City Hall, 109 James St., to consider developer Shodeen's third request to raze a circa-1840 blacksmith shop.

A 19-year employee from DeKalb who works as a nurse case manager at the Marklund Hyde Center near Geneva was named Employee of the Year.

A 29-year-old St. Charles man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 16 years in prison for dissemination of child sexual abuse images, according to the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office.

Geneva city flags have been lowered to half staff in memory of former mayor Tom Coughlin.

A Batavia person reported losing $648,000 in a Bitcoin investment involving someone met through a dating app claiming to be a Naperville investor, police reports show.

Work to rebuild East State Street from Glengarry Drive to the Fox River in Geneva is starting with lane closures this week, and isn't expected to wrap up until 2028.

A fifth civil lawsuit has been filed against a Batavia chiropractor who is also accused of secretly recording more than 180 of his patients while they were partially or fully undressed.

In response to an extreme cold advisory, the city of Batavia opened a temporary warming center until noon on Friday, Dec. 5 at the police station, 100 N. Island Ave.

Geneva alderpersons recommended seeking a 2026 referendum for a new $59.4 million police facility, a question that could be put to voters on the March 17 Primary Election ballot. City Council action still is required.

State lawmakers and Geneva Mayor Kevin Burns welcomed passage of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act – known as NITA – and detailed its benefits to local suburbs.

A Batavia chiropractor, accused of secretly recording more than 180 patients while they were naked or partially dressed, acted alone, according to a news release from the Kane County State's Attorney's Office.

A fourth civil lawsuit has been filed as a class action against a Batavia chiropractor, who is also accused in a felony criminal complaint of secretly recording more than 180 of his patients while they were undressing or fully nude.

The Kane County Sheriff’s Office, Be SMART and the Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva will host presentations Dec. 12 offering tips about safe gun storage.