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St. Charles’ newly formed Fox River Dam Joint Task Force will meet for the first time next week.
The meeting will be at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 28, at city hall, 2 E. Main St. It will be the first of several meetings where the task force will examine ...
Updated: Mar 22, 2024 at 08:49 PM
In a preliminary vote last week, Elgin lawmakers voted 5-4 to recommend putting a question on the November presidential election ballot asking residents if the Kimball Street dam on the Fox River should be removed as the Army Corps of Engineers recom...
Published: Mar 13, 2024 at 02:45 AM
Mayor Kevin Burns issued a statement late Monday regarding the ongoing discussion of removing the Geneva dam from the Fox River, as initiated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Burns said the timeline for responses to the collected public comments ...
Updated: Mar 12, 2024 at 08:00 PM
Elgin Mayor David Kaptain wants the city to put an advisory question on the November ballot allowing voters to weigh in on whether the Kimball Street dam should be removed.
City council members, meanwhile, have mixed views on whether the whole exerci...
Published: Mar 11, 2024 at 06:30 AM
With the decision on removing the St. Charles Dam from the Fox River looming, city council members have appointed the first members of the newly created Dam Task Force.
Updated: Feb 25, 2024 at 06:40 PM
Like other towns with dams earmarked for removal, St. Charles knows it has to decide soon what to do about its dam. Should it stay or should it go?
Updated: Feb 23, 2024 at 07:28 AM
A year ago, the Batavia Park District revealed it would name its future community center in honor of longtime park board member and president Patrick Callahan.
For a moment, I may have been among those not in the know who had an initial burst of enth...
Updated: Jan 26, 2024 at 07:29 AM
Some of the nearly 400 people who attended an informational meeting last week about the St. Charles Dam were not happy about what they heard.
Based on the findings of a recent study, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has recommended removing all nine ...
Published: Jan 24, 2024 at 09:07 PM
Representatives from several organizations were on hand to help visitors spot eagles during an “In Search of Eagles” program Saturday morning at the McHenry Dam, Algonquin Dam, Carpentersville Dam, as well as Geneva Lake in Williams Bay, Wisconsin.
O...
Published: Jan 20, 2024 at 06:34 PM
Disney on Ice Presents “Magic in the Stars” brings beloved Disney characters to Rosemont’s Allstate Arena before moving to the United Center next week. This is just one of the many entertaining options happening this weekend.
Ongoing
“Downto...
Updated: Jan 18, 2024 at 11:59 AM