In the biggest game in school history, the Geneva baseball team went small to get things started in an 11-7 win over Rockford Boylan on Saturday in the Class 3A Sycamore Sectional championship game. Josh Frieders was 3 for 3 and scored in both the third and fourth innings.

The Kane County Office of Emergency Management and partnering agencies will be conducting a training exercise in Fitchie Creek Forest Preserve in Elgin Saturday and Sunday, June 6 and 7.

Kendall’s Kindness – an organization created to promote compassion and positivity, in honor of a late, local young woman – has upcoming events planned, including a memorial walk Sunday.

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.