Reception Set for Sculpture in the Park Exhibit

May 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Source: KC Chronicle

A reception to celebrate the opening of the eighth annual Sculpture in the Park art exhibit is set for 5 to 7 p.m. June 14 in Mount St. Mary Park. It will include complimentary wine and snacks.

The park is just south of Prairie Street in downtown St. Charles along the west bank of the Fox River.

Sculpture in the Park began as a way to showcase artwork in the St. Charles area. This year, it boasts 10 pieces, including several permanent installations.

This year’s pieces are as follows: My Rescue by Martha Cares of Sawyer, Mich.; Starts on the Wind by Richard Taylor of Milwaukee; Mr. Eggwards by Kimber Fiebeger of Minneapolis; Padre Pio by Titus Tomescu of Chicago; Leo and Sympatico (Chelsea & Kaitlyn), both by Pokey Park of Tucson, Ariz. Pieces from artists of the St. Charles community are Lissome by Guy Bellaver; Bomb Pop by Howard Russo; Suess’s Needle by Todd Willing; and Solitude by Douglas Eageny.

The sculptures are along the walking path in Mount St. Mary Park.

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Kane County State’s Attorney Puts Diversion Information up Front

May 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By: Harry Hitzeman
Source: Daily Herald

Kane County prosecutors want to make sure first-time offenders get the information they need for a possible second chance.

The state’s attorney’s office recently consolidated all the information about the county’s five pretrial diversion programs on its website.

Known by many as “second chance” programs, these are opportunities for first-time nonviolent offenders to enter into a program in which they admit their crimes, stay out of trouble for a year or more and have the chance to keep their record clear of a conviction.

State’s Attorney Joe McMahon said that in recent months some defendants have asked to apply to diversion programs after litigating their cases for months and months or on the eve of trial.

Such requests typically are turned down.

“Part of diversion is acceptance of responsibility early on,” McMahon said.

 

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How Kane County Flood Victims Can Get Property Tax Breaks

April 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By: James Fuller
Source: Daily Herald

Kane County residents who experienced significant flood damage might be in line for a tax break as they try to rebuild. But those breaks won’t ease those homeowners’ tax bill pain this week despite their property’s loss of value.

The first thing property owners can do to mitigate some of their losses is apply for a reassessment of their home. Flood damage can result in a major change in assessed value if property owners can prove the damage was caused by the recent flooding.

A drop in assessed value would then apply to the taxes the property owner would pay in 2014 — not, unfortunately, to the bills that are coming in the mail this week.

“Everything that would be changed would be for the taxable year in which the disaster takes place,” Kane County Supervisor of Assessments Mark Armstrong said. “In Illinois we pay the tax bill one year after the assessments. So nothing positive that happens from this can in any way impact the bill that is going to go out this week.”

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Aurora Police find missing 12-year-old

March 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Reported by the Daily Herald

A 12-year-old Aurora girl that went missing Thursday has been found, Aurora police officials said Friday night.

Hazel Maria Gonzales was “located safe and sound,” according to police spokesman Dan Ferrelli, who said more details would be provided later.

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Sixth-graders will use Tablets at School for Pilot Program

February 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By: Eric Schelkopf
Source: KC Chronicle

Starting this spring, about 100 Rotolo Middle School sixth-grade students will receive Google Chromebooks to use during the school day.

The Batavia School District 101 board on Tuesday approved the purchase of 100 Google Chromebooks for $27,900 as part of a pilot program.

The district wants to see how technology can improve student learning. Last fall, the district launched an iPad pilot program at Alice Gustafson Elementary School. At the beginning of the year, each fifth-grader received a third-generation iPad to use during the school day.

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Slain Aurora teen hit with hammer, reports show

February 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Reported by Harry Hitzeman, Daily Herald

Not long before she was to start her shift as a waitress on Jan. 31, Aurora detectives claim, Abigail Villalpando met with two male friends to hang out at a home on the 400 block of Jefferson Street on the city’s east side.

One of the companions, Juan Garnica, asked the 18-year-old West Aurora High School senior to look at a dead turtle in the home’s aquarium.

As she bent down and peered into the tank, Garnica hit her in the head with a hammer seven times, the detectives say. He then rolled up her body in a blanket, storing it in a blue container in the rafters of his friend’s garage, they say.

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More charges in Batavia, forgeries

February 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Reported by Harry Hitzeman, Daily Herald

When Batavia police last December arrested a 19-year-old caretaker at an assisted living facility and charged her with forging a $1,000 check from a resident, authorities had believed allegations were from a one-time offense.

But in days and weeks after Teejana S. Perry was arrested, more people called police and management at Heritage Woods, Batavia Police Detective Kevin Bretz said.

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3 charged in fatal hammer attack on high schooler

February 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Reported by Melissa Silverberg, Daily Herald

Police have charged three men in connection with the murder of an 18-year-old woman who was a senior at West Aurora High School, officials said Sunday night.

Abigail Villalpando, 18, of Aurora, was found burned beyond recognition by the Kane County Sheriff’s Department K-9 unit around 9 a.m. Saturday in a wooded area just inside the Village of Montgomery in the area of Fifth Street and Wabansia Avenue, according to a release from the police department.

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Oswego Murder parolee accused of stalking in Kane County

January 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Reported by Susan Sarkauskas, Daily Herald

An Oswego man out on parole three months after serving 19 years for murder is back behind bars, accused of stalking a dancer at a South Elgin-area strip club.

Bail was set at $500,000 Friday for Kurt E. Johnson, 51.

Kane County Circuit Judge Susan Clancy Boles told Johnson he had been accused of following a woman to her job and to her house, after being instructed not to, on several occasions.

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Elgin bank robbery suspect in custody

January 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Reported by Elena Ferrarin, Daily Herald

Miller and two veteran Elgin police officers nabbed a 30-year-old Carol Stream man just five minutes after getting a call at 9:16 a.m. Tuesday morning that Old Second National Bank on Route 20 at Nesler Road had been robbed, Elgin Police Cmdr. Glenn Theriault said.

No one was injured in the robbery, which ended when police spotted the man at 9:21 a.m. on Route 20 at the other end of town, near the Bartlett border. The man was apprehended without incident, police said.

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