SUGAR GROVE—Keeping up with the flux of retail that set up shop in Sugar Grove last year, the village in 2012 will see some big names established in the village, namely a Walgreens pharmacy and Jimmy John’s sandwich restaurant.

Community donates wheelchair for 2-year-old who defies all odds
ELBURN—Scott and Luellen Seals of Elburn had spent the last year in search of donations to be put toward a custom-built wheelchair for their 2-year-old daughter Meagan, who suffers from the conditions encephalocele, microcephaly and lissencephaly.

KANELAND—The Kaneland School Board on Monday voted 6-0 to approve the 2011 tax levy.

SUGAR GROVE—The Sugar Grove Village Board on Tuesday voted 6-0 to approve the tax levy for the 2012-13 fiscal year.

SUGAR GROVE—Have you ever seen a Christmas tree that weighs close to 600 pounds and can support the weight of 32 miniature porcelain houses?

SUGAR GROVE—Sugar Grove’s Holiday in the Grove festivities will be headed up by a new committee in 2011, but that doesn’t mean any traditional activities will be absent from the event.

SUGAR GROVE—In search of consultation from seasoned leaders at the local level, Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka recently turned her attention to the Sugar Grove area, bringing on Lourdes “Lulu” Blacksmith to serve on the comptroller’s Hispanic Advisory Council.

KANELAND—The Kaneland School District in December 2010 reached an 11th-hour deal with the village of Sugar Grove to enter into a one-year Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) requiring village developers to pay 60 percent of the capital-impact and transition fees issued by the School District.

ELBURN—Wayne White left his hometown of Tennessee, Ill., in 1943, to go overseas and fly bombing missions as a B24 photographer for the 454th Bombardment Group, U.S. 15th Air Force during World War II.

SUGAR GROVE—Sugar Grove Village Trustees on Tuesday voted 6-0 in favor of four resolutions pertaining to proposed improvements and an extension of the drainage system in the Mallard Point and Rolling Oaks subdivisions.

Subdivision residents hold memorial benefit for neighbor’s family
SUGAR GROVE—Converting a neighborhood subdivision into a 16-hole miniature golf course sounds like a good idea. Using the makeshift golf course to help raise proceeds for a family that has recently lost a loved one sounds like an even better idea.

Measure opens the door to possible return of Hughes
SUGAR GROVE—The Sugar Grove Library Board at its meeting on Oct. 13 voted 4-3 in favor of mediation between board trustees and former library director Beverly Holmes Hughes.

SUGAR GROVE—Sugar Grove resident Cathy Hoyda first learned about the not-for-profit group Celebrate Differences through other families she knew who had children with special needs.

KANELAND—Playoff golf arrived with a vengeance, and had a KHS girls golfer with the last name of Guyton taking on all comers.

SUGAR GROVE—The Sugar Grove Village Board is just saying no … to synthetic alternative drugs.

SUGAR GROVE—Sugar Grove resident Tim Wilson created the website www.sugargrove60554.com four years ago as a way to inform residents about the village’s downtown redevelopment plan.