Saturday, March 9, 2013
No-Refusal Weekend: Kane County State's Attorney Joe Mahon: “I will not say which municipalities will participate. I only will announce when we will have the No-Refusal operation."
Want to know where police will be doing random stops on St. Patrick's Day weekend? You might get a Breathalyzer test, but don't hold your breath waiting for an answer to that one. Kane County law-enforcement agencies will work with the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office on a No-Refusal operation during the upcoming St. Patrick’s Day weekend. “This office has a responsibility to prosecute DUI offenders, and to educate the public not to drive when they drink,” Kane County State’s Attorney Joe McMahon said. “As has been our practice, I will not say which municipalities will participate. I only will announce when we will have the No-Refusal operation. “We believe that in past No-Refusal operations, prior publicity has helped to reduce …
Friday, December 28, 2012
Sycamore event held to applaud promotions, other honors; Santa makes surprise visit.
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Friday, December 28, 2012
Holiday spirit was in the air as family and friends watched Illinois Army National Guard artillerymen receive promotions and awards during the unit's holiday dinner at the Sycamore armory Dec. 8. The annual dinner is a chance for Soldiers and their families to celebrate the holiday season and socialize with other families in the unit, and an opportunity for Santa Claus to visit with the children and troops. The battery commander, Capt. Dustin Cammack of Chicago, thanked the families for supporting the Illinois National Guard in 2012. “We asked quite a bit from our soldiers and their families, so I want to say thank you to all of the families for supporting what your soldier does,” said Cammack. “We are a great unit, but we would not be as …
Monday, August 20, 2012
Congressman addresses crowd of about 50 while hosting forum on health care, family finances at Pheason Run Resort.
U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-14th District, said early Monday he sees reason for optimism about the future in spite of the economic struggles the nation faces. Hultgren spoke only briefly at the start of the “Healthcare and Family Finance Forum” he hosted at at Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles. About 50 people attended the event. “Since I’ve been out in Washington, D.C., these last months, the overwhelming issues that I’m hearing back from people is a real concern and uncertainty over the direction of our nation,” Hultgren said. “And tied directly to that is just the affordability of life. I’m hearing from so many people that life is just less affordable than it’s ever been for them — if not in decades, maybe in their lifetime.” Factoring…
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Pheasant Run Resort
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Monday, August 13, 2012
Circus workers are hard at it now, setting up their tents and other equipment at the Kane County Fairgrounds on St. Charles’ West Side. Twice-daily performances run Wednesday through Friday, with three performances per day on Saturday and Sunday.
It’s a wet, dreary day in St. Charles made all the more miserable if you have to work outdoors. But the crew with Florida-based Piccadilly Circus were undaunted by the rain and hard at work Monday afternoon, beginning to set up the first of their tents after a 200-mile overnight trip. Will, the circus superintendent, said the animals come first, and the day’s first work reflected that. The circus crew was hard at it, preparing to raise the menagerie tent. A semitrailer, with camels peeking through a grated door, served as the backdrop as workers first spread out tarps, then unrolled and laid out the tent itself, followed by tent poles, straps and the stakes that soon would be driven into the ground with a jackhammer mounted on a Bobcat, …
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Kane County Fairgrounds
525 S Randall Rd, St Charles, IL
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Fair runs through Sunday. Don't forget to check the county fair website for coupons.
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
The calliope is tuning up, turkey legs are in the rotisserie, elephant ears are ready for the fryer and county residents are ready for the annual Kane County Fair, which starts this afternoon. The annual festive event, now in its 144th year, kicks off at 3 p.m. today and closes out July 22. Hours of operation are: Admission is $8 for the day, or a week’s pass can be purchased for $20. Admission for today though is only $5. Children under 5-years-old get in free. There are all day access passes available througout the week, including the $12 "Last Blast" deal on Sunday. Grandstand shows are priced separately. Some of the grandstand acts include a demolition derby on Sunday, for $10; the Big Hat Rodeo on Saturday for $10 and bull riding on …
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Kane County Fairgrounds
525 S Randall Rd, St Charles, IL
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Monday, December 26, 2011
Voters can meet the candidates running for countywide offices at a forum hosted by the League of Women Voters.
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Monday, December 26, 2011
Republican and Democratic candidates in contested primary races for Kane County Board chairman, Kane County circuit clerk, Kane County auditor and Kane County coroner are invited to share their views with voters at a candidate forum at 7 p.m. Mon., Jan. 23 at the Norris Cultural Arts Center in St. Charles. Hosted by the League of Women Voters of Central Kane County, those candidates invited include: Kane County Board Chairman Kane County Circuit Clerk Kane County Coroner Kane County Auditor
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Dellora A. Norris Cultural Arts Center
1040 Dunham Rd, St Charles, IL
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Friday, December 16, 2011
Assessment also shows that Kane has the second-youngest population in the Chicago metropolitan area, and the largest proportion of Latino or Hispanic residents of all Illinois counties.
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Friday, December 16, 2011
A Kane County health needs assessment has targeted six major threats to the community's overall health. The assessment also reveals that the county has the second-youngest population in the collar counties and the highest proportion of the Hispanic population in the state. At the same time, the fastest growing age group in Kane County is 45-to-64-year-olds, the assessment said. "So, our plan calls on the health system serving Kane residents to focus health improvement efforts across the life span and make sure that services are offered in ways that effectively reach our diverse community," said Paul Kuehnert, executive director of the Kane County Health Department. The Kane County health assessment results pointed to six major threats to …
Monday, December 5, 2011
Kane County may lead the way in electric vehicle standards in the state and Fermi's Tevatron isn't dead yet.
The Kane County Board will be voting on an ordinance in a few months that will set standards for electric vehicles, making it the first governmental body to do so in Illinois. According to a recent article in The Beacon News, a task force including several industry experts has been meeting to draft the content of the ordinance. Following a presentation expected at the January Committee of the Whole meeting, the ordinance will then go to the full board for approval. The county is planning to build charging stations, according to another good story by Chicago Tribune freelance correspondent Clifford Ward, but it is setting the standards so that private enterprise can jump in. That story has been picked up via Tribune syndication in a lot of …
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Kane County Government Center
719 S Batavia Ave, Geneva, IL
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Geneva Mayor Kevin Burns lands the top GOP organizer in the state as his campaign chair in the race for the Kane County Board chairmanship.
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Kevin Burns announced today that Pat Brady, chairman of the Illinois Republican Party and Kane County resident, has signed on as chairman for his campaign to head the Kane County Board. In a statement to Burns and his supporters, Brady said, “I am honored to be working with Mayor Burns as he seeks to be elected chairman of the Kane County Board.” In speaking of Burns’ qualifications, Brady said, “Kevin has the unique combination of executive experience coupled with a deep understanding of the operations of local government. This will allow him to hit the ground running as Kane County Board chairman.” Brady, of St, Charles, added “Equally, if not more important to me as a Kane County resident, is that Kevin is a leader and a consensus …
Thursday, October 20, 2011
There are compelling arguments on both sides, but the state's funding issues are creating a number of hard choices. How do you weigh in on the Regional Office of Education?
The funding crunch in the state of Illinois is putting some hard decisions in front of legislators and starting a little bit of a tussle among the local agencies and units of local government that want to get paid by the state. Superintendents and other employees of the ROE haven't been paid since June 30. Yet they continue to come to work. Recently, the Kane County ROE has campaigned to get citizens to lobby on its behalf. Meanwhile, municipalities and schools are seeing fewer state dollars coming in on time—and there has been ongoing discussion about eliminating the local share of statewide revenue sources such as the motor-fuel tax. Representatives of the 47 statewide Regional Offices of Education say ROEs are the most efficient and …
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Kane County Regional Office of Education
210 S 6th St, Geneva, IL
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John Hanses
11:25 pm on Tuesday, March 19, 2013
You have a right of travel, not a right to drive. If you do not want to obey the law then there are consequences. If you want to fight it get drunk get a dui that way you will have standing standing with the court. But that is a lot of money to find out that you are wrong. more ›