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Batavia is offering a temporary cooling center from now through 7 a.m. Saturday, July 4 at Batavia City Hall, 100 N. Island Ave.

Another batch of popular roadways across Kane County are seeing temporary lane closures as crews work on making roadway improvements.

Kane County's chief judge has issued a new order restricting protests, demonstrations, noise and interference with ICE arrests at the courthouse.

St. Charles North senior and Penn State signee Lucas Tenbrock, who was an All-State honorable mention kicker/punter in football and an All-State discus thrower in track and field, is the 2025-26 Kane County Chronicle Male Athlete of the Year.

The Kane County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public to avoid the area of an active investigation involving sheriff’s police, the Sugar Grove Police Department and the Lombard Police Department.

The new kids on the block are looking for a new block. The Wahlburgers restaurant location in St. Charles announced in a post it’s closing “effective immediately,” and will be opening in a “new location coming soon.”

When it comes to governmental accounting and financial reporting, the city of St. Charles has been sterling for four straight decades. The city announced it has earned recognition from the Government Finance Officers Association for the 40th consecutive year.

All the Kane County Clerk’s Office locations will be closed on Friday, July 3 in observance of Independence Day on July 4.

The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada honored the city of Geneva's accomplishments with three awards, representing the highest form of achievement for financial reporting and budgeting practices.

A new home decor store, A Rooted Home, recently opened in Batavia.

A small aircraft made an emergency landing in a field in Bartlett.

Kane County will soon have its own wind phone installed at Gunnar Anderson Forest Preserve in Geneva. The project was at the request of Elaine Haughan, whose son James died of sudden cardiac arrest in 2021 at age 18, just three weeks shy of his 19th birthday.

Elgin police ended search efforts Saturday afternoon for a man they alleged “interfered with railroad operations” downtown and then ran into the Fox River with a knife.

The Batavia Chamber of Commerce recently celebrated the grand opening of Clever Fox Counseling.

Moonlight Theatre in St. Charles is closing the curtains on its downtown historic location, with plans to move to a new spot.

State Rep. Jeff Keicher, R–Sycamore, will hold traveling office hours during the summer for 70th District residents in DeKalb, Kane and McHenry counties to ask questions or share state issues or legislation concerns.

Update: Elgin police are on the lookout for a man they alleged “interfered with railroad operations” downtown and then ran into the Fox River with a knife. A water rescue search was paused Friday and is expected to resume Saturday morning.

As the city of St. Charles continues to explore for a new drinking water well, the city announced the current drinking water “meets or exceeds” all Illinois Environmental Protection Agency drinking water regulations.

Breaking: Elgin police have asked the public to avoid the downtown amid what they said was a large police presence on Friday. This is a developing story.

Hometown Child Care is celebrating its 20th anniversary in Aurora, providing children with care and education.

The Kane County Health Department is reminding residents to take precautions against extreme heat and to use available cooling resources when temperatures rise this summer.

Industrial Treasures, 1501 Indiana Ave., St. Charles, will open thousands of square feet of warehouse inventory to the public during two special sale weekends: June 26-28 and July 3-5.

Opening day of the five-day Swedish Days festival in Geneva on Wednesday, June 24, was rainy, but people brought umbrellas and went shopping anyway. The festival continues through Sunday, June 28.

Traffic delays are expected through Wednesday afternoon along North Fifth Avenue (Illinois Route 25) in St. Charles as construction crews work on water pipes.

With thunder and heavy rain in the forecast, the Dog Days event today at City Hall in St. Charles has been moved to a new location. The dog adoption event runs from 3-5 p.m. today.