Updated 1/5/2021 6:57 PM
St. Charles officials plan no changes to the city s policy on handling the nuisance of the local deer population.
Police Chief James Keegan and City Administrator Mark Koenen researched deer management in response to a complaint from a resident who lives in the Timbers subdivision northwest of the corner of routes 64 and 31. Molly Zacker spoke at the Dec. 7 city council meeting about the damage to her yard caused by deer and the driving hazards created as they cross the nearby streets.
Keegan told aldermen at Monday s government operations committee meeting that between 2018 and 2020, police responded to about 1,000 annual vehicle accidents, with five or fewer each year caused by deer. However, he noted that all three 2020 accidents involving deer occurred in the Route 31 corridor mentioned by Zacker.
Pets & Animals by Hana Carter, The Sun 3rd Jan 2021 7:17 PM A dog owner had an emotional start to 2021 when she was reunited with her missing pooch that disappeared eight years ago. Magdalena Klubczuk was beside herself when her beloved Shih tzu Roxy vanished from her garden in Connah s Quay, North Wales while she was at work. The 35-year-old spent weeks searching for her dog and contacted local veterinary practices but no one had brought Roxy in. Eventually she gave up hope of finding her and presumed the three-year-old dog had died or been stolen. Roxy was miraculously rediscovered after disappearing for eight years.
On Saturday, Jan. 9, join the "In Search of Eagles" event in the morning, followed by a virtual program, "Eagles and Osprey, Back from the Brink" during the afternoon.
Sign up for Birding the Winter Rivershore nature program Jan. 22
Watch for winter birds, like sparrows and chickadees, flitting around the bare winter trees along the shoreline of the Fox River during Birding the Winter Rivershore on Friday, Jan. 22. John Starks | Staff Photographer
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Enjoy the changing season as you hike, look, and listen for the birds inhabiting local forest preserves this winter.
Forest Preserve District naturalists will cover basic bird identification skills and share a few interesting stories along the way.
Join the Birding the Winter Rivershore from 9 to 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 22, at Fox River Shores Forest Preserve, 701 N. Williams Road in Carpentersville.