MAPLE PARK—Recently, the Maple Park Village Board has been looking into alternative ways to finance projects, as the General Obligation Bond will expire in 2011.

Elburn—Over the next few weeks, you can browse Elburn businesses and find the tree you'd like to take home.

Students receive this acknowledgment by demonstrating an ability to do excellent work and accomplish goals for their particular career training program.

Elburn—The village of Elburn on Monday approved an intergovernmental agreement with Kane County to apply for a low-interest loan through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009 in the amount of $235,000.

“When will I ever use this?” The cliched complaint leaves the lips of countless students every day, frustrating teachers as they scramble for a short answer that won’t waste the entire block.

SUGAR GROVE—The Sugar Grove Village Board on Tuesday delayed a vote that would renew the village's Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the Kaneland School District.

MAPLE PARK—After being diagnosed with cancer, dealing with unemployment, going through a divorce, and later relocating from Georgia, Maple Park resident Leah Bobbitt knows what it is like to go through many hardships.

Residents, officials discuss Elburn’s financial situation Elburn—The announcement that the village of Elburn was going to ask for a 47 percent increase in the 2010 property tax levy to Kane County awakened a crowd of citizens to ask...

The Girl Scouts of troops #4830 and 4470, sixth- and eighth-graders at Kaneland Harter Middle School conducted a food drive to benefit the Elburn Food Pantry and are pictured here in front of the food they collected.

SUGAR GROVE—Thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation, Waubonsee Community College is offering a new Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) scholarship program for the 2011-12 academic year.

Elburn—The village of Elburn on Monday approved the designation of funds as “Retained Earnings Fund” in its Water Fund account for contingencies involving radium removal.

David "DP" Paul (left) and Eric "Broadway" Jones of the Harlem Wizards basketball team show some fancy moves to fifth-grader Clayton Slamans and the rest of the students at Kaneland John Shields Elementary School.

KANELAND—Tickets are still available to attend the Northern Illinois University Jazz Ensemble Concert with special guest Wycliffe Gordon on Friday, Nov. 19, in the Kaneland High School auditorium.

A look through this week's church news and events

BATAVIA—Have you made your “Bucket List?” Not likely. Most of us aren’t comfortable addressing the aging process and how our later years should be spent. Maybe it’s time for an attitude adjustment.

Members of Elburn Boy Scout Pack No. 107 gathered on Nov. 11 to pull down, fold and gather the flag at the Kaneland John Stewart Elemtary School Veteran’s Day event.

A pass to Tyler Callaghan with :10 to go in the game lofts the Knights into the semifinals versus defending state champion Montini Catholic. The Kaneland-Montini Catholic showdown is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 20, at 5 p.m.

Samantha Dixon and Emiliano Ponce were named to the Aurora University 2010 Homecoming Court. Samantha and Emiliano are 2009 graduates of Kaneland High School.

The 12 elected members of the Waubonsee Community College Student Senate were introduced at the college’s board of trustees meeting on Oct. 20.

Matthew E. Munday has graduated from the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Leader Development and Assessment Course, also known as Operation Warrior Forge, at Fort Lewis, Tacoma, Wash.

Michael H. Robinson graduated from the Army ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) Leader Development and Assessment Course, also known as "Operation Warrior Forge," at Fort Lewis, Tacoma, Wash.

Ed Duy of DeKalb will celebrate his 100th birthday at an open house on Sunday, Nov. 28, from noon to 3 p.m. at St. John Lutheran Church, 2655 Brickville Road in Sycamore.

Lester H. Kleckner Sr., 89, of St. Charles, passed away Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010, at Delnor Hospital in Geneva.

Camiliere-to-Callaghan with :10 left sends Knights to semi VERNON HILLS—What is it about Kaneland football and Class 5A State quarterfinals? After Saturday afternoon, we know the Knights like playing games with a flair for the dramatic. But most importantly,...

Jess Lubic signed her letter of intent, flanked by her parents, with Northern Illinois University on Nov. 17 at Kaneland High School.

KANELAND—Not only do the Knights of Kaneland boys basketball want to deal with the ghosts of last year’s regional heartbreaker against the DeKalb Barbs, they also have to deal with the six-foot-10 gap in the middle of...

KANELAND—How do you try to build on a team that went 3-10 (1-6 Western Sun Conference) and had a large number of departures?

KANELAND—With a solid core coming back for coach Monty Jahns’ third season at the helm and a program that thrives on aggressiveness, opponents will have to take short relief in the fact that the Knights are still...

KANELAND—You wouldn't know this was a team that went 5-23 a year ago.

AURORA—It would be a fantastic beginning to the 2010-11 campaign for Kaneland Lady Knights basketball if it weren’t for the pesky last shot.

In the wake of scandal and corruption at the highest levels of government, Illinois lawmakers passed a law in 2009 bolstering the Freedom of Information Act—a move designed to give everyday people access to important government information.

Dear residents of Mallard Point, Rolling Oaks and other interested parties. A meeting concerning the drainage project in the Mallard Point/Rolling Oaks and adjacent areas will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 30, at 7 p.m. at the...