
LocalNovember 20, 2009 By KATE SCHOTT – kschott@daily-chronicle.com DeKALB – Bus drivers for DeKalb School District 428 will be back at work Monday after voting today to accept a new offer from the company they work for. November 19, 2009 By ELENA GRIMM egrimm@daily-chronicle.com DeKALB – The city council Monday is expected to make changes to financial policies that relate to aldermen doing business with the city. By CARRIE FRILLMAN cfrillman@daily-chronicle.com SYCAMORE – Closing arguments were heard Thursday in the trial of a Kirkland man facing murder charges for the 2005 beating death of Frank Riccardi Jr. By KATE SCHOTT kschott@daily-chronicle.com DeKALB – Bus drivers for DeKalb School District 428 are scheduled to vote at 10 a.m. today on a new proposed offer from the company they work for, a Teamster official said Thursday night. By DANA HERRA dherra@daily-chronicle.com The free fall in the housing market over the past two years caused a number of developers to go belly-up, leaving unfinished subdivisions in their wake. By JOHN PUTERBAUGH jputerbaugh@daily-chronicle.com Colleges Against Cancer's Northern Illinois University group kicked off Relay for Life and hosted the Great American Smokeout Thursday night in the Holmes Student Center. By JOHN PUTERBAUGH jputerbaugh@daily-chronicle.com SYCAMORE – When Dr. Erik Winn saw things he never expected during a visit to Haiti earlier this month to perform dental work for children and adults. By ELENA GRIMM egrimm@daily-chroncile.com As technology advances and interest in renewable energy grows, many municipalities are finding themselves without rules to guide small-scale energy production. By DANA HERRA dherra@daily-chronicle.com GENOA – In last year's state of the city address, Genoa City Administrator Joe Misurelli illustrated the state of the national economy with a photo of a crying baby. In his 2009 address Thursday, he used the Mona Lisa. By KATE SCHOTT – kschott@daily-chronicle.com DeKALB – Bus drivers for the DeKalb School District are scheduled to vote at 10 a.m. Friday on a new proposed offer from the company they work for, a teamster official said Thursday night. By KATE SCHOTT
- kschott@daily-chronicle.com CORTLAND – A Cortland man was charged Wednesday with transporting child pornography via his computer, according to federal authorities. November 18, 2009 By CARRIE FRILLMAN cfrillman@daily-chronicle.com GENOA – In the wake of a Tuesday evening crash in which a driver struck a piece of farm equipment, DeKalb County Sheriff Roger Scott reminded residents Wednesday to be mindful of tractors in the roadway. By CARRIE FRILLMAN cfrillman@daily-chronicle.com Local Toys for Tots volunteers have expanded their efforts by adding collection sites in Rochelle. By DANA HERRA dherra@daily-chronicle.com DeKALB – The huge amount of dirt being moved on the Kishwaukee Community Hospital health campus is the first step in preparing for a 21,000-square-foot addition to the Illinois Regional Cancer Center to be built next year. By DENNIS HINES
- dhines@shawsuburban.com SYCAMORE – Officials from Sycamore School District 427 are working to make the district meet annual yearly progress, as required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act. By DANA HERRA
- dherra@daily-chronicle.com DeKALB – Students in DeKalb School District 428 aren’t the only ones who have been inconvenienced this week by a strike among local school bus drivers. By ELENA GRIMM
- egrimm@daily-chronicle.com SYCAMORE – The DeKalb County Board passed a balanced budget on Wednesday – and avoided a $1.7 million deficit – by transferring nearly the same amount from a special fund into the general fund. By KATE SCHOTT kschott@daily-chronicle.com SHABBONA – It was almost as exciting as getting her college acceptance letter. November 17, 2009 By DANA HERRA dherra@daily-chronicle.com DeKALB – Residents of the Golden Years Plaza high rise in DeKalb have been putting up with some inconvenience this week, but the executive director of the DeKalb County Housing Authority has been assuring them it will be worth it. By ELENA GRIMM egrimm@daily-chronicle.com DeKALB – The next steps in redeveloping a strip on the city's south side might include defining a vision, hiring a design architect, and creating a group identity. By KATE SCHOTT kschott@daily-chronicle.com DeKALB – The DeKalb School District is expecting to receive just $274,323 more in revenue in tax dollars next year than what it received this year. By CARRIE FRILLMAN cfrillman@daily-chronicle.com SYCAMORE – Tapping into technological resources is the key to growing a coalition like the DeKalb County Partnership for a Safe, Active and Family Environment. By DANA HERRA dherra@daily-chronicle.com First it was a late start to planting. Then there was the cold, wet summer, leaving crops immature when the first frost hit. By KATE SCHOTT kschott@daily-chronicle.com DeKALB – Before bus drivers for DeKalb School District 428 went on strike this week, the union that represents them filed three unfair labor practice charges against the busing company they work for with the National Labor Relations Board. By ELENA GRIMM egrimm@daily-chronicle.com DeKALB – Every spring, Darlene Webb invites the kids at her home daycare to help plant flowers in a small windowsill garden. By KATE SCHOTT – kschott@daily-chronicle.com The union that represents bus drivers for the DeKalb School District and the company they work for are scheduled to resume negotiations Thursday, a spokeswoman for the busing company said late this afternoon. By ASHLEY RHODEBECK Shaw Suburban Media GENEVA – Kane County Republican Party leaders urged the more than 300 people at a 14th Congressional District candidates forum Sunday to support whichever man wins the February primary so that the party can reclaim the seat from the Democrats. By JOHN PUTERBAUGH jputerbaugh@daily-chronicle.com DeKALB – Diane Schroer used to be a man. By DENNIS HINES Shaw Suburban Media SYCAMORE – Sycamore officials plan to increase the city’s property tax levy by 3 percent for the upcoming fiscal year. November 16, 2009 By DANA HERRA
- dherra@daily-chronicle.com DeKALB – Parents used to sending their children to school on a bus found themselves in the position of chauffeur Monday morning as bus drivers who transport students in DeKalb School District 428 went on strike. By KATE SCHOTT kschott@daily-chronicle.com CORTLAND – The DeKalb School Board narrowed the options from five to two as they continued their discussions of how to best utilize space to educate the 6,000 students who attend district schools. By JOHN PUTERBAUGH jputerbaugh@daily-chronicle.com A man wanted on a warrant for parole violation in Paducah, Ky., is suspected of stealing a car and other property from a residence on North State Road north of Genoa early Monday, said Chief Deputy Kevin Hickey of the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office. By CARRIE FRILLMAN cfrillman@daily-chronicle.com SYCAMORE – Two men and one woman have been arrested in connection with a July theft of $10,000 from a resident's bank account. By KATE SCHOTT
- kschott@daily-chronicle.com DeKALB – The union that represents DeKalb School District 428 bus drivers and the company they work for both said that they want to return to the negotiating table – but when that will happen was unclear Monday. November 15, 2009 By KATE SCHOTT
- kschott@daily-chronicle.com DeKALB – Bus drivers that transport students in DeKalb School District 428 are on strike as of today, causing parents to scramble to find ways to get their kids to school this morning. By DANA HERRA - dherra@daily-chronicle.com GENOA – At the slowest part of Sunday's benefit breakfast at St. Catherine of Genoa church, there were still about four dozen people eating eggs and pancakes in the parish hall. By CARRIE FRILLMAN - cfrillman@daily-chronicle.com SYCAMORE — Paul Milbrandt and Don Overbey know their vastly different backgrounds have only made them closer. By KATE SCHOTT
- kschott@daily-chronicle.com DeKALB – Bus drivers that transport students in DeKalb School District 428 will be on strike as of Monday, according to the union that represents them. November 14, 2009 By KATE SCHOTT – kschott@daily-chronicle.com Bus drivers for the DeKalb School District have voted down a proposed contract from the company they work for and could go on strike Monday morning, according to a district spokesman and a local bus driver. By CARRIE FRILLMAN – cfrillman@daily-chronicle.com SYCAMORE — The Dungeon Warriors warned their contenders Saturday that they refused to be defeated. By JOHN PUTERBAUGH jputerbaugh@daily-chronicle.com With winter fast approaching, downtown Genoa’s ice-skating rink is expanding and improving. By JOHN PUTERBAUGH - jputerbaugh@daily-chronicle.com While humans are concerned about the H1N1 virus this fall and winter, a different disease might be working its way through the deer in DeKalb County. By CARRIE FRILLMAN - cfrillman@daily-chronicle.com DeKALB – With a string of recent robberies to pedestrians, local law enforcement officials reminded residents Friday of safety precautions that might help keep them safe. November 13, 2009 By DAILY CHRONICLE A graduate of Hinkley-Big Rock High School was killed early Friday morning in a single-vehicle accident in rural Kane County. By KATE SCHOTT
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kschott@daily-chronicle.com The DeKalb County Partnership for a Safe, Active and Family Environment started two decades ago with a wish. By BRENDA SCHORY
- Shaw Suburban Media BATAVIA – Without health care reform, Amy Ruppert, 48, of Batavia, faces becoming uninsured and uninsurable by April 2010. By Chronicle Staff A graduate of Hinkley-Big Rock High School was killed early Friday morning in a single-vehicle accident in rural Kane County. November 12, 2009 By BILL BRAKSICK bbraksick@shawsuburban.com SYCAMORE – Sycamore High School Principal Tim Carlson was all smiles Thursday morning as he and other school and city officials prepared to deliver a final pep talk to members of the school's state-bound volleyball team. By KATE SCHOTT kschott@daily-chronicle.com DeKALB – As clinics are set up in the area to dispense the H1N1 vaccination, there are no immediate plans to vaccinate inmates in the DeKalb County Jail, officials said this week. By BRENDA SCHORY Barely a week after filing to run against incumbent U.S. Rep. Bill Foster in the February primary, Aurora resident James Pistorius announced he was withdrawing from the race in the 14th District. |
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