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Mundelelen Community Days Mainstage Entertainment
There are so many details about Mundelein’s Community Days Festival that sets us apart. Selecting popular and top-notch bands is a focus area of the Mundelein Community Days Commission. To ensure that Mundelein can book the BEST BANDS, organizers begin the booking process months before the festival. Here is the IMPRESSIVE 2024 Entertainment Line-up!
Aurora Contemplates Annexation of Future Solar Farm Site in Land-Use Standoff with Aldermen and Kane County
In a move that pits traditional land use against renewable energy progress, Aurora is pushing to annex a 40-acre site earmarked for a solar farm, conflicting with its comprehensive master plan for residential estate development. Despite a 10-1 protest vote from the Aurora aldermen and subsequent recommendations by the Kane County Zoning Board of Appeals and the board’s Development of a comprehensive to move forward with the solar project, the City is exploring legal avenues to enforce its vision for the area, a report by Chicago Tribune notes. Alderman John Laesch, the sole dissenting voice supporting the solar initiative, expressed his stance in defiance of his colleagues' majority decision, reflecting a rift within Aurora's City Council.
Retired educator Meyers reflects on state honor
SUN CITY — After a nearly 30-year career as a teacher, athletic director, and coach, Jim Meyers received a top honor from the state-wide Illinois Association of Athletic Directors (IADA). Meyers was one of three members of the IADA Class of 2024 Hall of Fame, along with Terry Dobbs who worked at Palatine and Greg ...
Kane County walks back proposal to reduce public comment time
After community pushback, the Kane County Board Executive Committee has changed a policy proposal that would have reduced public comment time at county meetings by a total of 15 minutes. While a number of other changes were kept in the proposal, such as the combination of on- and off-agenda public comment times, committee members voted 6-to-5 at Wednesday’s meeting to raise the proposal’s ...
Kane County may not be following state law on its budget process, state’s attorney says
The way Kane County is going about its 2025 budget proposal process may go against state law, Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser said at a recent Kane County Board committee meeting. She told the Kane County Board Finance and Budget Committee at its meeting on June 26 that her office and others are being restricted from submitting the budgets they believe are needed to properly operate ...
Illinois dentist placed on probation for billing irregularities, false records
A dentist in Elgin, Ill., was placed on probation by the Illinois Board of Dentistry for billing, records and conduct violations. The dental license of Santhi Yenna, DDS, was placed on probation with conditions for 18 months due to gross irregularities in billing, willfully making or filing false records, failure to establish and maintain records of patient care and treatment, and unprofessional conduct, according to a report from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
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