• Kane clerk fees lawsuit could face delay during Cook appeal

  By Harry Hitzeman A lawsuit against the Kane County circuit court clerk arguing the office improperly charged people some fees could be put on hold while an appellate court panel considers a similar case in Cook County that was dismissed by a judge.
  Last Updated Jun 22, 2017 10:34 AM

• Kane County considering ‘Cupcake Law’ to allow home baking businesses

  Updated Jun 21, 2017 7:43 PM

  Kane County health officials are pushing for local adoption of the “Cupcake Law,” allowing for the production and sale of certain baked goods out of non-inspected home kitchens.

• Merging McHenry County recorder’s, clerk’s offices will be up to voters

  Updated Jun 21, 2017 4:49 PM

  McHenry County voters will decide in the March primary whether to abolish the recorder’s office and merge its functions with the clerk’s office.

• Police: Man attacked estranged wife on St. Charles street

  Updated Jun 21, 2017 4:23 PM

  A 43-year-old man has been charged with pummeling his estranged wife on a St. Charles street early Tuesday morning, just as was leaving her job.

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• Cross-country course development for Settler’s Hill targeted for fall

  Updated Jun 20, 2017 7:27 PM

  Construction on a nearly $4 million cross-country track at the former Settler’s Hill landfill in Geneva may begin as soon as this fall.

• Wrongful-death suit filed in Aurora retention pond crash that killed mom, 9-year-old son

  Updated Jun 20, 2017 11:40 AM

  A wrongful-death suit has been filed against a management company and a 37-year-old Aurora man seeking damages for a June 2015 crash that killed an Aurora woman and her 9-year-old son after her vehicle plunged into a retention pond.

• Constable: Bail law a good measure you don’t want to use

  Posted Jun 20, 2017 5:30 AM

  Those Republicans and Democrats in Springfield finally come up with a bill that our governor signs into law, and no one wants to use it.

• After protesters gather, Rauner skips Republican fundraiser

  Updated Jun 20, 2017 11:37 AM

  Protesters unhappy with efforts to overhaul the Affordable Care gathered Monday outside a $10,000-a-plate Illinois GOP fundraiser headlined by a number of Republican congressmen. Gov. Bruce Rauner, originally scheduled to appear, pulled out at the last minute.

• Music, food, contests also part of Art on the Fox in Algonquin

  Updated Jun 17, 2017 5:51 PM

  Cary artist Vasili Zentefis was relying on oil paintings of the 2016 World Series Champion Chicago Cubs, which covered much of his booth, to draw attention to his space at Art on the Fox in Riverfront Park, 201 N. Harrison St., Algonquin.

• Three more suspects arrested in McHenry County slaying, burglary
• Hampton and Wilson headline ‘85 Bears Night with Kane County Cougars
• MCC mobile app degree receives state board approval
• Big turnout expected for Geneva’s Swedish Days festival
• Elgin Theatre Company to stage ‘The Odd Couple’
• Softball: Dundee-Crown’s Ruggles commits to Loyola
• ‘Spirit of St. Louis’ model to fly at Fox Valley Aero Club show
• Cougars complete sweep of Timber Rattlers
• Cougars clinch first-half championship
• Cougars close to clinching playoff spot
• Scale insects create sticky situation in St. Charles
• Winning images of our weekly contest

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