Just shy of 50 pounds, 11 months old, with a Fox Red coat, River, a purebred Labrador retriever, sat in attention before Mayor Jeff Schielke with her paw raised to take the oath of office as Batavia Police Department's first-ever comfort dog.

The preliminary hearing of an elderly Montgomery man charged with 90 counts of sexual assault and sexual abuse of minors was postponed today – because a grand jury had just indicted him on 127 counts.

The Geneva City Council on Monday unanimously approved extending water service to a house on Western Avenue, a house that is not in the city and is not being annexed.

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Organizers and volunteers of Project Daffodil celebrated 5 years and 25,000 blooms in Mount St. Mary Park on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 in St. Charles. Since October 2000, volunteers have gathered each October to plant over 25,000 daffodil bulbs and hundreds of Virginia Blue Bells at Mount St. Mary Park.

Clear out the basement and have your garage sale on the map while supporting the St. Charles Park District’s Teen Center this spring.

Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate early Thursday morning to replace retiring Senator Dick Durbin