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  • Crowds seek deals on Black Friday

    GENEVA – As she held a handful of books at Barnes and Noble in Geneva, South Elgin resident Cindy Castaneda said she set out on the biggest shopping d ...
    Nov. 29, 2013 - 5:42 pm

  • County Financial opens new location

    St. Charles Chamber of Commerce and Country Financial officials cut the ribbon on the company's new location at 1118 E. Main St., Suite 1A in St. Char ...
    Nov. 29, 2013 - 1:10 pm

  • A big day for small businesses

    Shari Ralish has come to regard the Saturday after Thanksgiving as a significant date on her calendar.
    Nov. 27, 2013 - 7:19 am

  • New owners paid $9.5M for Charlestowne Mall

    ST. CHARLES – The new owners of the Charlestowne Mall, The Krausz Companies, paid more than $9.5 million for the 1.1 million-square-foot enclosed shop ...
    Nov. 23, 2013 - 7:28 am

  • Consignment shop celebrates grand opening

    LILY LAKE – About 13 years since owning a small shop in the Tri-Cities, real estate agent Tina Mastrangelo is returning to retail, this time with a st ...
    Nov. 21, 2013 - 10:44 pm

  • Michael Angelo's deli in downtown Geneva closes

    GENEVA – An eatery on the south end of the Dodson Place commercial property in downtown Geneva has closed.
    Nov. 21, 2013 - 10:45 pm

  • Martini lounge to open in Foxboro Plaza

    ST. CHARLES – The owners of a St. Charles hair salon plan to open a martini lounge in the Foxboro Plaza in St. Charles by early December.
    Nov. 21, 2013 - 6:40 am

  • Kaneland grad shares computer skills with middle schoolers

    SUGAR GROVE – The world of computer science might be intimidating to some, appearing to be a complicated concept that they think they never could comp ...
    Nov. 20, 2013 - 6:54 am

  • Bank gets Mayor’s Choice Award in Geneva

    GENEVA – Geneva Bank and Trust received Mayor Kevin Burns’ Mayor’s Choice Award for Business Investment, for community leadership and preserving the h ...
    Nov. 18, 2013 - 11:20 pm

  • Chairman: Aurora Area Convention Bureau moving ahead

    The chairman of the board of directors for the Aurora Area Convention and Visitors Bureau said the bureau is moving forward after separating with its ...
    Nov. 14, 2013 - 10:53 pm

  • Face Time with Beckie Untiedt

    St. Charles resident Beckie Untiedt was volunteering at St. Mark’s Abundant Blessings Shop, Dine and Find at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in St. Charles ...
    Dec. 4, 2013 - 10:16 pm

  • Face Time with Carol Murin

    Geneva Township resident Carol Murin, 65, was at the open house of the new Geneva Visitors Center when she answered 10 questions for the Kane County C ...
    Dec. 3, 2013 - 11:50 pm

  • Face Time with Carol Swanson

    St. Charles resident Carol Swanson, 66, was volunteering at St. Mark’s Abundant Blessings Shop, Dine and Find at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in St. Cha ...
    Dec. 2, 2013 - 11:39 pm

  • Face Time with Barbara Telfer

    St. Charles resident Barbara Telfer, 53, was volunteering at St. Mark’s Abundant Blessings Shop, Dine and Find at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in St. Ch ...
    Nov. 29, 2013 - 11:26 pm

  • Face Time with Chris Sikorski

    South Elgin resident Chris Sikorski, 14, was volunteering at St. Mark’s Abundant Blessings Shop, Dine and Find at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in St. Ch ...
    Nov. 28, 2013 - 8:45 pm

  • Face Time with Bobbi Lebin

    Geneva resident Bobbi Lebin, 69, was at the open house of the new Geneva Visitors Center, when she answered 10 questions for the Kane County Chronicle ...
    Nov. 27, 2013 - 10:28 pm

  • Face Time with Gerry Stevens

    Sugar Grove resident Gerry Stevens was volunteering at St. Mark’s Abundant Blessings Shop, Dine and Find at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in St. Charles ...
    Nov. 26, 2013 - 11:13 pm

  • Face Time with Dana Sanderson

    St. Charles resident Dana Sanderson, 49, was volunteering at St. Mark’s Abundant Blessings Shop, Dine and Find at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in St. Ch ...
    Nov. 25, 2013 - 10:51 pm

  • Face Time with Patty Rambo

    Geneva resident Patty Rambo, 63, was at the open house of the new Geneva Visitors Center when she answered nine questions for the Kane County Chronicl ...
    Nov. 22, 2013 - 11:55 pm

  • Face Time with Meagan Provencher

    Geneva resident Meagan Provencher, 41, was volunteering at the Mothers Club of Geneva Craft Show when she answered 9 questions for the Kane County Chr ...
    Nov. 21, 2013 - 11:33 pm

  • St. Charles police reports

    • Myles Alan Negron, 24, of the 300 block of South Second Avenue, St. Charles, was charged Sunday, Dec. 1, with driving under the influence of alcohol ...
    Dec. 3, 2013 - 11:24 pm

  • Batavia police reports

    • Kayla K. Williams, 18, of the 700 block of East Victoria Circle, North Aurora, was charged Friday, Nov. 29, with retail theft.
    Dec. 3, 2013 - 11:25 pm

  • Kane County police reports

    • A paver brick was reportedly thrown through a garage window in the 39W300 block of Woodgate Road, Campton Hills, between 6 p.m. Nov. 22 and 2 p.m. N ...
    Dec. 2, 2013 - 11:45 pm

  • Batavia police reports

    • James R. Wiegman, 18, of the 600 block of Hamilton Road, North Aurora, was charged Wednesday, Nov. 27, with speeding 99 mph in a 50-mph zone on the ...
    Nov. 29, 2013 - 11:48 pm

  • Batavia police reports

    • A semitrailer with an unknown value was reported taken Tuesday, Nov. 26, from the parking lot of PartyLite Worldwide, 601 Kingsland Drive, Batavia.
    Nov. 28, 2013 - 9:34 pm

  • Geneva police reports

    • A 7- by 6-foot front window was reported shattered Tuesday, Nov.  26, at Stockholm’s, 306 W. State St., Geneva. According to police reports, the win ...
    Nov. 27, 2013 - 9:31 pm

  • Sugar Grove police reports

    • A residential burglary was reported Saturday, Nov. 23, in the 700 block of Evergreen Drive, Sugar Grove. Furniture was reportedly thrown about the g ...
    Nov. 26, 2013 - 11:06 pm

  • Elburn police reports

    • Valley Liquors, 151 E. Route 38, Elburn, reported Tuesday, Nov. 12, that it had seized a fake ID. Police collected the item to send to the Illinois ...
    Nov. 26, 2013 - 11:07 pm

  • Campton Hills police reports

    • William B. Terry, 44, of the 1800 block of Clyde Drive, Naperville, was charged Friday, Nov. 22, with driving under the influence of alcohol and dri ...
    Nov. 26, 2013 - 11:08 pm

  • St. Charles police reports

    • Franklin L. Robinson, 63, of the 900 block of Ziegler Avenue, Aurora, was charged Thursday, Nov. 21, with selling tobacco to a minor at Frank’s Shoe ...
    Nov. 26, 2013 - 11:08 pm