David Petesch

The $3.2 million project will increase the warehouse’s capacity from 43,000-square-feet to 76,000-square-feet, and is expected to take about five months to complete.

For many students in the Transition Program, paraprofessionals Dahlquist and Harding provide the final measures of support before the students set out on their own.

Batavia is among over 100 municipalities in Illinois that have decided to impose a local grocery tax next year in response to the state’s decision last spring to eliminate the tax after 2025.

St. Charles art program sees full-circle of art teachers, thanks to educators like Stephanie Dodd.

Unlike K-12 classroom teachers, LaTart also works with a wide age-range of students, and he doesn’t like to use age as a metric for responsibility.

Three newly elected aldermen, and nine reelected city officials, including the mayor, clerk and seven aldermen, were sworn in at the May 5, 2025, City Council meeting in Batavia City Hall, 100 N. Island Ave.

Newly elected St. Charles officials were sworn in and held their first City Council meeting on Monday, May 5, 2025.

The 23rd annual Tyler Brett Caruso Memorial Concert will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21, at Lincoln Park between Fourth and Fifth streets downtown.

The Charlemagne Award, established in 1968, is a lifetime achievement award given annually to one community member with a distinguished history of service to the city of St. Charles.

Newly elected Board Member and Sugar Grove resident Scott Stalcup was sworn in at the April 28 School Board meeting.

A St. Charles landmark made the 2025 list of the most endangered historic places in Illinois, as owners have been pushing for demolition.

Hampshire firefighters have responded to two separate carbon monoxide incidents so far this week that have sent a total of six people to area hospitals.

Batavia is among hundreds of municipalities in Illinois considering the creation of a local grocery tax in response to the state’s decision to eliminate the current one after 2025.

St. Charles Business Services Committee members recommended approval of a contract to construct a new crosswalk and road diet on Illinois Avenue just west of the Fox River downtown.

Francesca Favero has been appointed as the next principal of Wredling Middle School in St. Charles, effective July 1, when Principal Tim Loversky is set to retire.