SUGAR GROVE—A semi truck hauling a tall piece of excavating equipment struck the underside of the Route 30/56 bridge over Route 47 on Tuesday at 2:56 p.m.

WASCO—The timing was perfect for husband-and-wife entrepreneur team Aaron and Kristie Perez as they were presented in late 2012 with the opportunity to become owners of The Lodge on 64 (formally known as Niko’s Lodge).

SUGAR GROVE—Sugar Grove Public Library, in partnership with Recorded Books (Prince Frederick, MD), recently announced the introduction of Universal Class Library Edition, …

Kaneland High School’s production of ‘West Side Story’ took place this past weekend. Cast members (left) perform a routine during dress rehearsal on March 14. Kaneland Krier Photos by Amelia Likeum

Five Kaneland Harter Middle School students qualified for IKWF State Wrestling Championship this year at the BMO center in Rockford, Ill.

Kaneland—The Elburn Community Center, 525 N. Main St., will be the site of a Kaneland High School baseball and softball program poker night on Friday, March 22.

Wasco—Wasco Girls Fastpitch is now accepting applications for 10U and 12U umpires for the 2013 spring/summer softball season.

Sugar Grove Library Trustee candidate Ed DeBartollo and write-in candidate Pat Graceffa invite voters to a candidates open house on Sunday, March 24, at the Sugar Grove Community House, 151 Main St. in Sugar Grove, between 1 and 3 p.m.

by Denise Blaszynski
President, Kaneland Performing Arts Boosters
Hillary Clinton was quoted as saying, “It takes a village to raise a child.”

Michael J. “Mike” Dillon 79, of Elburn, formerly of Chicago, passed away following a long illness on Saturday, March 16, 2013, at Holy Family Hospital in Des Plaines, Ill.

SUGAR GROVE—Five Waubonsee Community College instructors have been granted tenure, effective fall semester 2013. They include David Barreto of North Aurora, Pamela Brooks of Oswego, Ill., Dr. Nancy Christensen of Batavia, Melinda Finch of Aurora, and Marjie Schoolfield of Hinckley.

BOSTON—Alec Gaston of Sugar Grove was named to the Berklee College of Music’s dean’s list for the fall 2012 semester.

UPLAND, IND.—Sugar Grove residents Nicholas Chamberlain and Sara Wainscott to the Taylor University dean’s list for the fall 2012 semester.

ELBURN—Elburn chiropractor Ken Baumruck and his brother Keith are identical twins, an occurrence that happens in only about three in every 1,000 births. By contrast, fraternal twins are born in about 32 of every 1,000 births.

Kathleen “Kathy” Ann Long, 70, of Aurora, formerly of Kaneville, passed away at Mercy Center Hospital on Sunday March 3, 2013, following a long battle with COPD, and is now finally at rest.

Tracey Lynn Madden, 45, of Schaumburg, Ill., passed away Friday morning, March 1, 2013, at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Ill., after a courageous fight with melanoma.