Keeping up a 85-year-old building is no small feat, yet Michael Farrari is working hard at it, as commander of the Geneva-Fox River American Legion Post 75.

Officers were called to a Batavia home at 5:44 p.m. Friday after a resident reported seeing two unknown men inside the house while remotely monitoring a home surveillance system, Batavia police said.

Martha Sanchez of State Street Jewelers was named the 2025 Geneva Chamber of Commerce Wood Award recipient Thursday night.

After spending four years in the Marines, Shannon Moose has now made a name at St. Charles North as the head athletic trainer.

Elburn resident Jen Hall served in the U.S. Air Force as an air traffic controller and flew F16 fighter jets at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.

Sycamore resident and U.S. Army veteran Nate Johnson is the assistant superintendent of the Kane County Veterans Assistance Commission, where he finds peace in helping his fellow veterans.

While serving during the evacuation of Afghanistan in 2021, U.S. Navy Reserve Corpsman Brooke Christenson helped a woman deliver a placenta that was stuck following childbirth – on an airplane – ultimately saving the woman’s life.

Hunter Carley rushed for two touchdowns and caught one, as No. 1 seed Richmond-Burton rolled to a 57-7 win over host Aurora Central Catholic in a Class 3A second-round playoff game Friday night.

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The Kaneland football team traveled to Belvidere North Friday night to take on the host Blue Thunder in second round playoff action.