Lily Lake News

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.

The former Marathon station at the corner of Routes 47 and 64 in Lily Lake has been closed since October.

LAKEMOOR – Cold temperatures prevented authorities from making much progress Monday investigating a house fire that the property owners say is suspicious in light of a court ruling Friday.

Hazel Swanberg sits in her apartment at the health center of Oak Crest DeKalb Area Retirement Center in DeKalb, showing off the milk can with a painting depicting her late husband and his favorite horse, the ...

Fire protection When Marty Kunkel became Sugar Grove Township Fire District Chief four years ago, the department had 30 paid on call and six full-time contracted firefighters.

Dominic Debock , Owner of Marengo Coin Shop, weighs a silver bracelet for Carol Edstrom, of Belvidere, on January 9, 2009.

H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@kcchronicle.com After hitting a patch of ice a semi-truck loaded with lumber tipped over across both lanes of Route 47 south of Route 64 Monday morning.

H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@kcchronicle.com A stream of a chocolate colored product called Magic Minus Zero is poured into a pile of rock salt at the Campton Township Highway Department in Lily Lake.

The intersection of Routes 64 and 47 near Lily Lake remains closed early this afternoon to remove a semitrailer that toppled over this morning.

Rapidly melting snow due to unseasonably warm weather is wrapping the Tri-Cities and western Kane County in thick fog on Saturday.

Adam Koehl, 11, of Boy Scout Troop 56, moves a sandbag while he and other scouts from various troops help fill some 2,400 sandbags at the Campton Township Highway Department in Lily Lake, Ill., west of Chicago, ...

The city of Yorkville has reported the discovery of an emerald ash borer infestation, less than a month after the first case was confirmed in Aurora.