Elgin police advise avoiding downtown for ‘large police presence’

Geneva earns national award in financial reporting, budgeting

The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada honored the city of Geneva's accomplishments with three awards, representing the highest form of achievement for financial reporting and budgeting practices.

Home decor store A Rooted Home opens in Batavia

A new home decor store, A Rooted Home, recently opened in Batavia.

Small plane makes emergency landing in Bartlett

A small aircraft made an emergency landing in a field in Bartlett.

Geneva mom’s project to honor late son leads to wind phone in Kane

Kane County will soon have its own wind phone installed at Gunnar Anderson Forest Preserve in Geneva. The project was at the request of Elaine Haughan, whose son James died of sudden cardiac arrest in 2021 at age 18, just three weeks shy of his 19th birthday.

Elgin Police call off Fox River water rescue search for man officers say was armed with a ‘large knife’

Elgin police ended search efforts Saturday afternoon for a man they alleged “interfered with railroad operations” downtown and then ran into the Fox River with a knife.