North Aurora News

Residents and small business owners in North Aurora will return to Commonwealth Edison's electric service July 1 for at least the next couple of months, the Village Board has decided.

Oswego and Montgomery home and business owners will see an increase on the wastewater treatment bills they receive every other month from the Fox Metro Water Reclamation District.

Lee R. Patterson III acknowledged the forgiveness shown by the mother of the 22-year-old woman he killed while driving drunk 20 months ago in North Aurora.

NORTH AURORA – Incoming Batavia School Superintendent Lisa Hichens told business leaders Tuesday that like the district's mission statement, she is “always learning, always growing.” “I'm always learning from everything,” she said at a luncheon for Batavia Chamber of Commerce's Batavia Women in Business at the Fox ... (more)

NORTH AURORA – The village of North Aurora has decided to terminate its agreement with Integrys Energy Services Inc. for electric supply to residents and small commercial businesses and revert back to the default ComEd rates.

Because ComEd is cutting its rates and Integrys Energy Services Inc. is raising theirs, North Aurora has decided to end its contract with Integrys a few months early.

In the past six years, few elements of life in the Tri-Cities have changed as rapidly and as significantly as the local housing market.

North Aurora police are investigating a series of so-called "Drano bomb" explosions that took place throughout the village during the last two weeks.

SUGAR GROVE – After relocating from Batavia, the Covenant of Grace Orthodox Presbyterian Church is a little closer to its future permanent home in Sugar Grove.

For the second time in less than six months, an ex-convict has been arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, after being accused of damaging and sniffing lingerie on display at area department stores.

The North Aurora Police Department is investigating five "Drano bomb" incidents which have occurred on the village's west side in the past week, police said.

Members of North Aurora-based Moves Dance Studio participated in Sunday's North Aurora Community Parade, hosted by the North Aurora Mothers Club.

A shoplifter who led police on a three-mile chase through Naperville early last spring and sideswiped several vehicles in the process has been sentenced to jail in that case.

Kerri Branson and Chef Alain Roby stir up a batch of her flour-less chocolate cake in the All Chocolate Kitchen in Geneva Dissolve coffee , salt and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat.

For the 11th year in a row, hundreds of law enforcement officers from throughout the state will stake out Dunkin' Donuts rooftops today in support of Special Olympics.

The man who many claim made the Naperville Park District what it is today was honored by scores of friends and family recently at the Naperbrook Golf Course.

GENEVA – When compared to other communities' fees for plan commission applications, Geneva's is the lowest at $250. That amount covers about five hours of staff time for each application that requires plan commission review, city officials said.

NORTH AURORA – The fourth annual North Aurora Community Parade will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday.

SUGAR GROVE – Work is expected to start in early August on the installation of a traffic signal at the north entrance to Waubonsee Community College's Sugar Grove campus, where two WCC students were killed in a 2010 car crash.

Doreen L. Cardenas was killed by a drunken driver more than 21 2 years ago. For her family, the wounds are as raw as ever and the pain unbearable.