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About 70 people attended the second St. Charles Dam Task Force meeting on May 2, where members were appointed to subcommittees, heard presentations from city and park district staff and concerns from ...

With the decision on removing the St. Charles Dam from the Fox River looming, city council members have appointed the first members of the newly created Dam Task Force. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineer...

St. Charles City Council members have rejected an idea to restrict the number of liquor licenses granted by the city. During its Jan. 22 winter workshop, the council considered limiting the number of ...

Members of a St. Charles committee are pushing for an amendment to a local law that would increase the fine for fighting in the city to the state maximum of $750 for a first offense.

St. Charles homeowners may see a 3% increase in their property tax bills after city council members approved a preliminary estimate of the citys 2023 property tax levy at a Nov. 6 meeting.

St. Charles residents will see a small spike in their property taxes next year as a result of a 3.4% increase to the city portion of the tax bill.

Posted5/4/2021 5:30 AM A new era began Monday night in St. Charles with the swearing in of Mayor Lora Vitek, four new aldermen, a new city clerk and a new treasurer. The first city council meeting for the group featured the approval of Finance Director Chris Minick as the interim city administrator to replace retiring Mark Koenen, who provided one of the many emotional farewell speeches of the night. Minicks appointment becomes effective May 15.   Vitek, who served one term as Ward 4 alderman,...

Final counts dont change results of close Fox Valley races   Updated 4/21/2021 4:22 PM Just two votes were the final margin of victory in a pair of Fox Valley-area races that were too close to call until Tuesdays deadline for counting the final ballots in the April 6 election. In Burlington, Mary Kay Wlezen defeated two-term incumbent village president Bob Walsh by a margin of 47 votes to 45.   Walsh said he was disappointed, but accepted the final outcome. "When theres that low a c...

Updated 4/8/2021 8:08 PM Bryan Wirball has widened his lead in the St. Charles City Council 4th Ward race as more mail-in ballots come in and are counted. On election night, Wirball had 402 votes, while former Kane County Board member John Hoscheit, who had previously served on the St. Charles City Council and St. Charles Park District board, had 401 votes. On Wednesday afternoon, Wirball had 422 votes and Hoscheit had 408 votes, giving Wirball a 14-vote lead.   The other candidate in the race...

An earlier version misspelled Jennifer Konens name. There will be at least three contested mayor and village president elections this spring in the Fox Valley, including in St. Charles and Sugar Grove. St. Charles aldermen Maureen Lewis and Lora Vitek are seeking to become the citys next mayor and submitted their nominating petitions Monday, the first day of filing for most municipal and school positions in the April 6 consolidated election. Incumbent Mayor Ray Rogina isnt seeking reelection. �...