SUGAR GROVE—Under a new contract with Kinoca Minolta, the village of Sugar Grove will lease a copy machine from the company for $332 per month.

Nine years ago, on Sept. 11, 2001, our country experienced major devastation in New York, across the country and across the world.

ELBURN—Paul Wdowicki will host his eighth annual 9-11 remembrance ceremony on Friday in his garden at 405 N. Second St., Elburn.

Maple Park—The Maple Park Village Board received a shock at its meeting on Tuesday when President Kathy Curtis announced that Public Works Director Eric Pinion was retiring.

ELBURN—The Kane County Health Department on Aug. 30 collected a mosquito pool from a trap in Lions Park in Elburn that tested positive for West Nile virus.

ELBURN—A 48-year-old Aurora man was struck and killed by a train in Elburn at 11:13 p.m. on Saturday. Elburn Police Chief Steve Smith said the death was a suicide.

KANEVILLE—The far-fetched vision of one Kaneville family is making a dream come true for their church and community.

ELBURN—Sho-Deen, a Geneva developer with plans to build a residential and commercial development on the village's east side, objected again to paying for village consulting work related to the project, but village officials did not relent.

Sugar Grove—The Sugar Grove Village Board on Tuesday voted 5-0 to approve a planned unit development amendment that would grant the health club Division One a permitted-use access to parking.

MAPLE PARK—Thanks to grant money, Maple Park is making its way toward funding improvements to its infrastructure.

The Illinois 4-H Foundation named Jeff Bornemann (back left) of Sugar Grove as one of 37 inductees to the Illinois 4-H Hall of Fame.

As part of the Maple Park Fun Fest activities, the Romp in the Park saw runners and walkers take to the streets on Saturday for either the 5K run or two-mile walk.

Leslie L. Volkstorf, 34, passed away suddenly on Sept. 1, 2010.

A celebration of life for Phil “Santa” Kuzlik, 69, will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 9, at East Lake Community Church in Chapin, S.C.

Greg and Mary Clare Zielinski are pleased to announce the engagement and wedding of their son, Tim Zielinski, to Annie Solis, daughter of Frank and Barb Solis of Davenport, Iowa.

The Arnold and Mildred Erickson Charitable Foundation, Inc., awarded $49,600 in scholarships to graduates of Kaneland High School and Burlington Central High School.

The Hansen-Furnas Foundation announced its list of scholarship winners for the 2010-11 school year.

Jolie Zygulski has been selected for promotion to the rank of master sergeant in the U.S. Air Force.

A look through this week’s church news and events

HUNTLEY—That wasn’t powerful wind gusts fans felt on Friday at Huntley High School.

KANELAND—The Lady Knights improved to 4-4 in the early outset of the season after a 25-13, 25-10 sweep of the host Lady Royals of Hinckley-Big Rock on Thursday, followed by an Northern Illinois Big XII crossover with...

KANELAND—Through two meets this week, the only thing able to stop the Lady Knights cross-country crew is sickness.

ELBURN—On Tuesday, the Knights cross-country team built a nice block toward eventual success this season. They built it on the strength of their feet.

STERLING—In a Northern Illinois Big XII crossover matchup, Kaneland golf was passed over.

KANELAND—Not a bad week for Lady Knights tennis. A better than average week has KHS at 3-3 in dual meet competition.

KANELAND—While the Kaneland High School soccer roster would rather leave the loss from Saturday against the DeKalb Barbs behind, they can take something with them—the fact that Kaneland will meet DeKalb later on and try to even...

Kaneville Crush will have tryouts for 2011.

Kaneville Pony travel baseball tryouts for the 2011 season take place on Saturday, Sept. 11, at 10:30 a.m. at Kaneville East Field at the corner of Harter and Main in Kaneville.

Elburn Express is holding baseball tryouts for its 11U team.

The Elburn Lions Club would like to thank the following Elburn Days sponsors for their generous donation of services and contributions ...

September is the fifth anniversary of the opening of the LivingWell Cancer Resource Center, and I would like to recognize our community of supporters who have made our tremendous growth possible.

Is this the tipping point on why I should move to better school districts just a few miles east of here? I've asked my wife and myself this question several times.