With utility rates hiking about 50% by 2029, the city of St. Charles is turning to state and federal lawmakers seeking relief from the state's unfunded lead pipe replacement mandate.

St. Charles North baseball secured a three-game series win against Batavia, while St. Charles East won its rubber match against Wheaton North with some late offense. That and more in Wednesday's Kane County Chronicle sports roundup.

Avery Miller allowed just two runs over seven innings, and Glenbard North tacked on seven runs in the first four innings to secure a 7-2 victory over St. Charles East.

St. Charles police are investigating after a man’s body was found dead in the Fox River on Wednesday near the west side along the 200 block of North Second Street.

Authorities in St. Charles have asked people to avoid an area of downtown Wednesday afternoon near where a suspicious device was found Saturday.

The Chicago Pen Show, which returns Thursday through Sunday, offers foundation pen aficionados like Paul Conterato of Geneva the chance to gather with hundreds of other pen enthusiasts. Conterato himself has some 1,500 pens in his collection.

Community members, labor and advocacy organizations will hold a May Day rally in Aurora on Friday to support the rights of immigrants and international workers.

An Aurora man has been sentenced to 27 years in prison after pleading guilty to Class X felonies of armed violence and drug-induced homicide, the latter stemming from the fentanyl death of a Bolingbrook man.

Batavia baseball scored three runs in the fifth inning, capped by a go-ahead two-run double by Ryan Rodriguez to help the team get past St. Charles North to tie the conference series. Plus more Kane County sports results from Tuesday.

Maintaining a high level of energy throughout the match, St. Charles East downed St. Charles North in three sets – 21-25, 25-22, 25-16 – Tuesday to keep town bragging rights on the Saints’ side of the Fox River.