Sugar Grove News

Relatives of a 61-year-old Sugar Grove man who was killed in a car crash earlier this year in Batavia have file a wrongful-death lawsuit.

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.

MACOMB/MOLINE, ILL.-The following local residents earned academic degrees proceeding the spring 2013 semester at Western Illinois University: Cody Parillo and Shannon Rosenwinkel of Elburn; Jamela Charmaine Thompson and Nick Wagner of Sugar Grove; and John Brennan and Bradley Fabrizius of Maple Park.

SUGAR GROVE – EB, the kitten that hitchhiked nearly 300 miles to Sugar Grove by clinging to a semi-truck's air cleaner late last month, has been adopted from Kane County Animal Control.

ST. CHARLES TOWNSHIP – A judge rejected a plea to reduce the sentence of a man serving a 10-year sentence in a drunken driving conviction that killed two people.

Sugar Grove Police on Friday took reports from five Windsor Pointe subdivision residents who stated that their vehicles had been entered.

Kane County animal control authorities report today that a kitten that survived a 300-mile journey inside a semitrailer's air cleaner from Wisconsin has been adopted by an Oswego family.

Jonathan Kent , left, comforts his son Clark on the family farm - a scene shot in Oswego.

Last weekend, on a sunny afternoon in downtown Geneva, I got mugged - hit in the head from behind while walking down River Street.

The list of new HD channels includes MTV, ABC Family, Hallmark Channel, WE, CMT, the NFL Network, Fox Business Channel, ESPN News, ESPN U, CBS Sports, BBC America, National Geographic, Discovery Science, History International, Disney XD, NFL Red Zone, and 20 premium channels, including HBO, Cinemax and Starz.

Sugar Grove resident Deb Homco, 32, was participating in the Sugar Grove Community Garage Sale event when she answered 11 questions for the Kane County Chronicle's Al Lagattolla.

A black kitten named EB – short for Engine Block – was found clinging to an air cleaner under the hood of a semi truck that had traveled about 300 miles.

A kitten is safe in Kane County - after hitching a ride in the engine of a semi truck for almost 300 miles.

Mediacom cable subscribers in Elburn, Gilberts, Hampshire, Kaneville, Maple Park and Sugar Grove in Kane County and nearby counties can look forward to 51 additional high-definition channels, bringing the total to 105 after the company upgraded its network.

What really signals the arrival of summer in the Kaneland community? Hot weather and barbecues? Inflated gas prices? The Chicago Cubs officially falling out of postseason contention? All three options are certainly valid, but a more accurate barometer might be Sugar Grove's annual community-wide garage sales.

Betty Ann Rich was born on March 29, 1940, and raised in the north side of Chicago, near Lake Michigan and Wrigley Field.

The Illinois Republican State Central Committee selected campaign veteran John “Jack” Dorgan of Rosemont to lead the GOP.

SUGAR GROVE – Those hoping to get a great deal at a garage sale will have plenty of opportunities in Sugar Grove this weekend.

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.

The Kane County Board's riverboat fund committee narrowed $2.8 million worth of requests to $1.18 million, then decided it would rather dip farther into the riverboat fund reserve than find another $118,000 to which to say "no."