North Aurora News

The Village Board has rejected the low bid for a sewer inspection and relining project because the bidder did not provide proof that it trains workers through a union-certified apprenticeship program, as required by the village's responsible bidding ordinance.

NORTH AURORA – Work will begin in the spring on an interactive stream along the village's riverfront after village trustees on Monday approved a $72,150 contract for St.

The following arrest reports are from the Wheaton Police Department : Police issued a local ordinance citation to an 18-year-old North Aurora woman for stealing $198 of clothes from a store in the 400 block of County Farm Road around 6 p.m. Monday, Jan.

The office itself is small, with only three employees, and its spending does not have a large overall impact on the Kane budget.

A minor earthquake recently felt in McHenry County caused no damage but drove home the need for residents to be prepared in case of a potentially devastating quake.

Oswego residents should look for an informational letter in their mailboxes from the village concerning an upcoming referendum on their electric service.

GENEVA – Rich Glessner said he has heard too many stories about people who are in tough financial straits, having to give up their pets because they can't afford to keep them anymore.

Rosary High School senior Alexandra Plotz , 17, of Geneva, with her friends during study hall in the library at the school Thursday.

During the week of Jan. 15, 11 more American Troops were killed in Afghanistan. This did not deter our commander-in-chief as he stood before supporters at a fundraiser the evening of Thursday, Jan.

The village is moving ahead with creation of a police pension fund and board to administer it in the wake of census data showing its population has risen to more than 5,000 residents.

Jamie C. Wheeler, 40, 1043 State St., was cited Thursday following a traffic stop in the 100 block of East McKinley Road on a complaint of operating a motor vehicle without insurance and arrested for a La Salle County civil writ for contempt of court.

The North Aurora Lion's Club has named Ryan McKinness as 2011 North Aurora police officer of the year.A The award was made at the recent Lion's Club awards dinner at the Lincoln Inn, in Batavia.

During the week of Jan. 15, 11 more American troops were killed in Afghanistan. This did not deter our Commander-in-Chief as he stood before supporters at a fundraiser the evening of Jan.

Gail Wright never thought she would play the ivory keys of a piano again as a painful illness worsened, but the pianist's life with music has returned in grand fashion.

Police are looking for two men who pulled guns, bound a clerk and took money from the cash register at a west suburban North Aurora store late Sunday.

It's the weekend again, and we're going to lead with something positive-and positively incredible: how a surgery and therapy in Burr Ridge gave a man back his index finger and thumb and returned him to 60 percent to 70 percent functionality.

"Andy finished his first journey ... and is now on his next journey," said Pinky Zepeda, Andy's uncle, who said he died "with all his family around him." For 32 hours straight, Andy's brother Domonick and sisters Theresa and Rose, along with cousin Cindy Gonzales Martinez, drove non-stop from Palm Springs, where Andy had worked as a concierge until ... (more)

The works are displayed throughout the college's campuses. Through its student art purchase program, which started in fall 2006, the college has acquired a total of 119 pieces of original artwork.

Fleck had a heart attack while driving on Pinehill Court, and his car crashed into a tree.

While TV news anchors revel in the mild winter we've endured, many folks lament the lack of snow.