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The Sugar Grove Corn Boil’s annual summer festival takes place July 23 to 26, and this year’s event honors America’s 250th anniversary with a patriotic, community-centered event for all ages.

After stormy weather led to the cancellation of the city of St. Charles’ special America 250 Fourth of July fireworks display and festivities, the city announced the show has been rescheduled for Sept. 3. Here's everything you need to know.

Campton Hills officials welcomed a new village administrat, Austin Pollack, who began his tenure there on June 29.

Column: Geneva Chamber: Tack Så Mycket – Thank you so much for another successful Swedish Days. And now, just like that, it’s time to start planning for our next festival! The Geneva Arts Fair is July 26-26, writes Elisa Reamer.

Around 1,000 kids of all abilities celebrated the Fox Valley Special Recreation Association's "Day in the Park" on July 15 at Pottawatomie Park in St. Charles. The gathering was one of the largest of its kind in the Midwest.

From July 22-31, workers are reducing South Seventh Avenue to one lane at Beatrice Avenue in St. Charles for water main and other road work

Twelve men have been arrested by the Aurora Police Department during an enforcement operation in the city’s lower downtown area that authorities said was in response to complaints.

A celebration of life for a 21-year-old Elgin man who died after a July 4 fireworks accident will be held Sunday in Carpentersville.

After mosquitos carrying the potentially fatal West Nile virus were discovered in local traps, St. Charles is conducting a citywide spray treatment.

The Illinois Supreme Court has appointed St. Charles attorney Andrea Zenker to fill a judicial vacancy in the Kane County 16th Judicial Circuit, officials announced.

Two newcomers have joined the Batavia School District 101 board to fill vacancies left by the sudden resignation of two board members, who in May raised concerns of being silenced on issues like student bullying.

A Kane County judge has sentenced a Chicago man to 40 years in prison after he was found guilty in December of armed violence and unlawful possession with intent to deliver.

A month-long roadway construction project will see daily lane closures along Big Timber Road in Kane County. Work began Monday.

Column: Whether in the classroom, around the dinner table, or in everyday life, it’s often the conversations on replay in the mind that are likely to prompt reflections, writes Joan Budilovsky

A proposal for a data center on 20 acres in unincorporated South Elgin has prompted strong opposition, with an organizer getting 4,800 signatures against it in less than 48 hours.

The Batavia Chamber of Commerce recently celebrated the Sidecar Supper Club and Beer Garden’s 10th anniversary.

Geneva's contractor Clarke Mosquito Control will spray a mosquito control application from dusk Tuesday, July 21 to dawn on Wednesday, July 22.

The Batavia Woman's Club and Oui Travel are offering the Fifth Annual Passport to Batavia shopping event from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, July 25 in the city's downtown.

Two people are in serious but stable condition after being shot Thursday inside a home in Aurora.

A Hindu religious community has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Elgin, asking a judge to undo a 1967 consent decree that has prevented the group from building a temple and townhouses on property it owns.

An Aurora 19-year-old was found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2023 shooting death of another 19-year-old Aurora man during a drug deal gone wrong. The defendant was 16 at the time of the fatal shooting.

Fire crews responded to a concentrated hydrogen peroxide at a residence in Campton Hills Thursday.

A Texas developer is proposing a data center on farmland outside South Elgin with a claim that the project would generate $1 million per year in property taxes.

A vehicle crashed into an electric utility box in Batavia causing a widespread hour-long power outage affecting around 600 customers. Police say the driver was also involved in an earlier two-vehicle crash.

As Scott Road in Kane County remains closed for storm repairs for a couple more weeks, an official detour has been posted to help drivers avoid the construction zone. The damaged area is west of Sugar Grove.