The Pottawatomie Garden Club of St. Charles will host a community picnic for community members to celebrate the United States 250th anniversary.

St. Charles-based nonprofit Tiny N Tall Rescue Inc. is teaming up with 93 Octane Brewing in June with a series of foster outreach events and fundraising opportunities meant to help place animals in foster homes.

Megan Maerten kicked off the second half with her first goal of the season, but St. Francis could not recover from two early goals and fell to Morton 4-1 in a Class 2A IHSA girls soccer state semifinal.

Anderson Humane will partner with Brilliance Subaru Elgin to hold an adoption event Saturday, June 6 for community members to be able to adopt kittens, puppies and dogs.

Batavia MainStreet will hold its annual Cocktails in the Park fundraiser in July to support downtown businesses, promote regional tourism and operate community initiatives.

The former Little Owl, in a historic building in downtown Geneva, is under new ownership and in search of a new tenant.

A crowd gathered around Geneva Mayor Kevin Burns Tuesday afternoon, standing in the bright spring sunshine as he fastened the rainbow Pride Flag and ran it up the flagpole outside City Hall.

A hazardous materials spill from a large diesel truck’s fuel tank resulted in several lanes of Illinois Route 31 being temporarily closed in West Dundee while authorities worked on containing the pollution to prevent further damage.

Fire Chief Mike Antenore said there was a small infrastructure fire at the East Side Drive substation. ComEd crews came and turned off power to the equipment, he said.

With a resolution passed to preserve the deep body of upstream water resulting from the Fox River dam in St. Charles, the question turns to funding. City Council said it's open to modifying the dam, but did not say how it would cover the project's significant costs.