Geneva News

GENEVA – Judge David Akemann ruled Friday that the Illinois State Board of Education should not be a third-party defendant in the lawsuit filed against St.

Attending a parade. Placing a U.S. flag at the gravestone of a veteran. Simply saying thank you to a man or woman who has served our country.

Illinois has put a one-year moratorium on new virtual charter schools outside Chicago at the urging of a handful of west suburban school districts.

Cost: $950,000 Bedrooms: 6 Baths: 8 Square footage: 5,816 Built: 1928 Details: Positioned on a very desirable 1.25-acre lot near downtown Geneva within walking distance of the train, the red brick Georgian at 1010 S. Batavia Ave.

Two-year-old Ava Luhmann reacts as her mother Jennifer Luhmann, both of Cary, holds a butterfly during the 10th anniversary of the Butterfly House at Peck Farm Park in Geneva Friday.

Some popular favorites and fun newcomers are heading to the Randall Road corridor as part of the 11th annual summer concert series at Geneva Commons.

A look at the Tri-Cities area's list of Memorial Day events and ceremonies, set for Monday, May 27: BATAVIA – Batavia VFW Post 1197 will host its annual Memorial Day ceremony at 10 a.m. Monday, May 27, at the Hangar, 645 S. River St., Batavia.

The Old Dutch Mill is a working windmill from the 1850s and is located at the Fabyan Forest Preserve in Geneva.

The Eyes to the Skies hot-air balloon festival in Lisle draws more than 150,000 people.

Can you help find Harley? He's been missing in the Geneva area since May 23. Harley is described as a male English Bulldog, about a year old.

GENEVA – Bands are invited to submit a demo tape to the Sunset Community Center, 710 Western Ave., Geneva, to enter the Geneva Park District's annual Battle of the Bands concert.

GENEVA – The Kane County Board moved closer to signing off on plans to build a firearms training range at the Kane County Sheriff's Office.

GENEVA – The man hired to serve as a temporary billing manager in the Kane County Animal Control Department has improved the county department's financial situation.

Students in Jamie Dunlap's business law class participated in a mock trial Tuesday at Geneva High School.

BATAVIA – An 81-year-old Batavia man died of his injuries after a two-car wreck Monday morning at Mill Street and Randall Road.

A teller at a Geneva bank is facing federal indictment for allegedly scheming to take $245,000 or more from victims' bank accounts.

Two arrests on charges of between 2.5 and 10 grams of marijuana plus an arrest for possession of a controlled substance were part of this week's Batavia police blotter.

Roosevelt University graduate student Natalie Krusemeier has decided that earning her Ph.D. in English can wait.

Eighteen will be the lucky number for one winner of the 2013 Geneva's Got Talent competition.

Batavia and area firefighters battled a blaze on the rooftops of a Batavia home on Ekman Drive after a lightning bolt smashed through its roof shortly after noon Wednesday, May 22.