Lily Lake News

Fish as well as canoeists and kayakers have easier passage along the Ferson-Otter Creek now that a dam built about 70 years ago has been modified.

Pastor Ernie Rex of Grace Lutheran Church talks with Jay and Cathy Neitzel of Elburn and their children Ellie, 3, and Zoe, 6 months.

Linus, the cat that was taken from a Batavia home. ST. CHARLES – The Batavia woman accused of stealing her neighbor's cat admitted Tuesday to a misdemeanor offense and must pay for the family's new cat.

A 23-year-old Sycamore man involved in a fatal weekend crash in Kane County remained in critical condition Monday, officials said.

LILY LAKE – An 89-year-old Woodstock woman is dead and four other people are injured following an early morning crash today near the intersection of Route 47 and Empire Road in Lily Lake, the Kane County Sheriff's Department said in a news release.

Sandy Bressner – sbressner@kcchronicle.com City of Geneva tree worker Clint Bowgren trims a tree from a lift basket along Glengarry Drive Thursday morning.

ELBURN – Frank and Dolores Hudkins' house, on the 3N400 block of Route 47, became ground zero for a tornado that blew through west central Kane County Wednesday night.

Republican Bob McQuillan announced Friday he will take on State Rep. Kay Hatcher for her seat in Springfield.

Batavia police say they're still reviewing whether to charge a 45-year-old woman accused of swiping her neighbor's cat and abandoning it in rural Kane County.

Stacey Rude with edible greens and a salad at Maple Park farms near Tofield. Photograph by: Brude Edwards, Edmonton Journal It's easy to think of Edmonton as its own culinary universe, a quiet, verdant enclave on the banks of the North Saskatchewan and home to a satisfying number of restaurants and producers of good food.

Multiple beaches across the county were closed Tuesday because of high bacteria levels.

Linus the cat's disappearance amid a neighbor dispute on Harrison Street has his owner angered and upset, and police investigating possible foul play.

The emerald ash borer beetle has invaded a rising number of ash trees in Hampshire, and the village is mounting a counterattack.

Charges of animal cruelty and criminal damage to property are pending against a Batavia woman who police said kidnapped a neighbor's cat and dumped it near Lily Lake.

First discovered locally about three years ago in Kane County's Lily Lake Township, the emerald ash borer beetle now is found throughout the county and is quickly spreading across the state.

First discovered locally about three years ago in Kane County's Lily Lake Township, the emerald ash borer beetle now is found throughout the county, and also is quickly spreading across the state.

Community members are invited to celebrate the Week of the Young Child by attending an open house and Preschool Services Information Fair from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the deLacey Family Education Center, 50 Cleveland Ave., Carpentersville.