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Longtime Kane County Clerk John "Jack" Cunningham will face a challenger in the June Republican primary. Cunningham Monday filed petitions seeking his sixth term in office. Geneva attorney Doug Warlick filed his petitions for county clerk last week.
Election season got into full swing Monday as candidates in Kane County filed their nominating petitions for the June primary.
Candidates can start collecting petition signatures to run for election on Jan. 13, but in Kane County, neither candidates nor voters will know for sure what districts they live in until possibly as late as early February.
Former Kane County state's attorney McMahon appointed to Metra board Joe McMahon Updated 5/14/2021 1:53 PM Former Kane County State's Attorney Joe McMahon is the county's newest appointment to the Metra board of directors. The decision comes despite criticism from several county board members about the process, McMahon's qualifications and his tenure as state's attorney. The county board voted 19-4 Tuesday -- there is one vacant seat on the 24-member board -- to make the appointment. McMahon was one of 18 applicants for the position, which comes with a $15,000 stipend. A subcom...
Kane County lifts ban, ushers in marijuana businesses to unincorporated areas Corinne Pierog Updated 4/13/2021 8:44 PM Eight Kane County Board members signaled a change in their views about local recreational-use marijuana operations Tuesday in voting to legalize those businesses in unincorporated areas for the first time. In all, 20 county board members voted to lift the 2019 ban on pot-related businesses as officials now hope to recruit them to the unincorporated area. Tuesday's vote established new zoning rules and guidelines, such as preventing recreational-use establishmen...