The Color Guard leads the march to the Kaneville Cemetary as part of a Memorial Day service which included a performance by Lee Murdock, a presentation by Evan Mahan, singing, and the decoration of soldiers' graves.

Kane County—The Kane County Health Department announced a new service that will provide health messages for new moms and moms-to-be.

Elburn—The Elburn Lions Club announced the winners of its calendar raffle for the month of May.

Kaneland—Kaneland High School recognized the following students for being the Term 4, 2009-10 students-of-the-term.

Kaneland—The Kaneland Knights Generosity Involves Volunteer Effort (GIVE) program has been set up to recognize students who gave back to their school and community through volunteer service.

ELBURN, MP—A state-agency sting May 20 at 24 area businesses resulted in eight citations for selling alcohol to minors, including two taverns and one restaurant in Elburn and one bar in Maple Park.

ELBURN—Elburn Chamber of Commerce may be able to host its popular Day in the Park and fireworks again this summer, an event that was cancelled last year.

ELBURN—Now that Sho-Deen Inc. has sold most of its Mill Creek homesites in Geneva, it is ready to pursue the Elburn Station development. If

ELBURN—Sho-Deen Inc. representative David Patzelt told Elburn officials Monday that he would like the village to curtail its use of consultants in the development planning and approval process for the proposed Elburn Station development.

The Sugar Grove Planning Commission on May 19 recommended that the Village Board approve a renewable-energy ordinance, which would allow the Sugar Grove Township to install a wind turbine tower at the road and bridge building on...

Sugar Grove—The Sugar Grove Village Board on May 18 chose to not move forward on a resident couple's application to amend a zoning ordinance currently making it illegal to keep bees in a residentially zoned area.

KANELAND—The Kaneland School Board on Monday unanimously elected Board Secretary Cheryl Krauspe as the new board president.

ELBURN—Any local ash tree that currently is healthy in the village probably will not remain so because of the increasing presence of the emerald ash borer, Elburn Public Works Superintendent John Nevenhoven said.

KANELAND—By exploring career fields while still in high school, students have a chance to see if those paths are the ones they really want to take before heading to college or other training.

The following reports were obtained from local police departments. The individuals charged with crimes are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Elburn trustee Jerry Schmidt spent the afternoon of May 19 planting geraniums and several other varieties of flowers in a concrete planter recently installed in front of Village Hall.

Sugar Grove—Waubonsee Community College awarded degrees to 806 graduates at the college’s 2010 commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 20.

SUGAR GROVE—The property located at 270 Main St. in Sugar Grove has experienced several changes over the last 20 years, from its days when the property was known as “The Pointe,” “Duffy’s,” and then “J.R.’s Retreat.”

CHARLESTON—Brooke Patterson wasn’t a perfect 10 this weekend, but that number put her in a pretty nice place.

KANELAND—In Monday’s regional opener play-in game against fifth-seeded Hampshire, the fourth-seeded Knights were bombarded by opposing offense and failed fundamentals.

AURORA—For the second straight year, the Kaneland Lady Knights’ soccer journey ended on the cusp of regional glory.

STERLING—Kaneland boys track isn't just getting hot at the right time, it's smokin'.

Sugar Grove—Two 13-year-old males were taken into custody at the Kaneland Harter Middle School in Sugar Grove on Friday at 11:45 a.m.

On June 13, Kaneville is hosting the Firemen’s Breakfast and Historical Society’s open house.

Elburn Hill Church would like to thank all of you who came to our fourth annual plant sale.

A look through this week’s church news.

It is embarrassingly easy for many of us to forget that our nation is currently fighting two wars.

The Sugar Grove Library Board Meeting of May 13 was attended by a number of community residents who had concerns about recent board actions.

In ancient Sparta, Spartan mothers commanded their soldier sons, “Come home victorious, or come home on your shield.”

Thank you to everyone who helped the library when we replaced the carpeting and repainted recently.

Please join us for the opening of the Sugar Grove Chamber of Commerce Farmers Market, which we will share with the village of Sugar Grove and its Community Open House, on Saturday, June 5.

The members of the Daniel Simpson American Legion Auxiliary No. 630, Elburn, wish to thank the community for their generosity toward our Poppy Days on May 14 and 15.