Area residents were among Aurora University student-athletes cited for scholarship at an eighth annual recognition luncheon.

The Kaneland Travel Baseball 11U team won the Streamwood May Sling tournament held May 8-10 by beating the Aurora Starz 11-3 in the championship game.

As our community continues to live with the growing pains of a rural area going urban at the speed of light, one can’t help but wonder how we can develop our students with our present means.

With only two weeks to go, still no action in the Illinois Legislature on the 34 needed reforms to state government proposed by the bipartisan Illinois Reform Commission.

The Sugar Grove Lions Club has been busy placing donation cans in local Sugar Grove businesses and municipal buildings in hopes of raising funds for the best darn fire works display for this year's Sugar Grove Corn...

There are few things in life that are truly easy, but naming a pet, at least for most people, is definitely one of them.

Brandon Staker of Elburn received a bachelor’s degree with a major in music education-vocal, during Millikin University’s commencement ceremony May 17.

Northern Illinois University inducted two local students into Phi Kappa Phi, the international honor society for juniors and seniors.

Shannon Unick, of Elburn, won second place in the poetry division with her poem, “The Skeletal Structures of Space Remaining,” at the April Skyway Writers Conference at McHenry County College in Crystal Lake.

Nearly 2,000 undergraduate students enrolled at Western Illinois University were named to the Spring 2009 Dean's List.

An Elburn Waubonsee Community College student was among four students from the college who earned awards at the recent Illinois SkillsUSA competition in Springfield.

U.S. Navy Ensign William C. Strobel, Jr., son of William and Debra Strobel of Elburn, graduated from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD on May 22, 2009, and was commissioned as an officer in the...

Wade and Denise Thomas, of St. Charles, both died tragically following an accident Saturday, May 23, 2009. Arrangements are pending. For more information, please call Conley Funeral Home at (630) 365-6414.

Ryan Christopher Wetters, 22, of Geneva, fell asleep at his home in Geneva only to wake in his Heavenly home Monday, May 25, 2009.

Frank W. Trafidlo, 94, of Elburn, formerly of Downers Grove, Ill., passed away May 21, 2009, at the Oak Crest Nursing Center in DeKalb.

Duane R. Brandt, 74, of DeKalb, passed away Wednesday, May 20, 2009, at Provena Mercy Center in Aurora.

Andrew “Andie” J. Christoffel, 18, of Elburn, passed away on May 25, 2009.

Registration is now under way for Rejoice Lutheran Church's 2009 Vacation Bible School, which will be held the week of June 15-19.

Fox Valley Christian Church, 40W150 Main St., Batavia, will host “Sweet Life Cafe,” a women’s retreat, on Saturday, May 30, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

St. Paul Lutheran Church and School in Aurora will host a dodgeball tournament and 5K/1K run the weekend of May 29-31.

Nashville recording artist Virginia Hill will share her message in music on Sunday, June 7, to start the summer worship series at Sugar Grove United Methodist Church.

Join the Kaneville United Methodist Church, 46W764 Main St., for “Finding Security in an Insecure World,” on Saturday, May 30, from 5 to 7 p.m., for an evening of hope, help, and healing.

From Kaneland.org >> It is with great sadness that we inform you about the tragic events of one of our graduating seniors, Andrew Christoffel. Conley pamphlet on Teen Grief >>

Former St. Charles Park District naturalist and Kane County Plan Commission Chairman Mary Ochsenschlager will join the Sugar Grove Park District Board in June.

Sugar Grove residents were so generous with donations when their neighbor Melisa Taylor asked them to “Fill up Their Doorstep” last December that she decided to take it one step further.

The board will permit Hughes Creek Golf Club to display a six-foot banner during its May through September season, and the Elburn Lions Club to post trailer-mounted signs for five events during the year.

Property damage; Driving without a license; Outstanding warranet arrest; Driving while license suspended; DUI

Most Elburn village officials attended a presentation Saturday regarding the so-called “sunshine laws,” which ensure public access to public meetings and documents.

A meeting about the flooding in Mallard Point scheduled for the beginning of June cannot come soon enough for resident Mike Schoenberger.

Sugar Grove resident Linda Ray may be only 3 years old, but she knows what she likes. Linda started classes at the Brightest Stars Preschool in March.

The Sugar Grove Village Board on Tuesday extended a temporary-use permit granted to the St. Katharine-Drexel Catholic Church for its parish office and weekday morning worship facility at 264 S. Main St.

The Sugar Grove Village Board on Tuesday approved a cable franchise ordinance for new cable companies wishing to locate in Sugar Grove.