Author: Fox Valley Magazine

Firefighters with the Geneva Fire Department rescued a woman Monday who had jumped into the Fox River near the downtown Geneva dam. Firefighters were dispatched at 11:52am Monday morning for a river rescue. While en route, Geneva firefighters and police officers were notified by Tri-Com Central Dispatch that a bystander had witnessed the victim jump in the Fox River near the western edge of the dam. Three fire department rescue boats and one dive team were deployed to the river and began a downstream search for the woman. Police officers saw the woman floating down the river near the Union…

A man has killed himself after allegedly shooting and seriously injuring his 43-year-old girfriend in Aurora yesterday morning. At approximately 7:31am Monday morning, Aurora police officers were dispatched to the 700 block of Charles Street for a disturbance inside a residence. While officers responded to the scene, a 911 caller reported a male inside the residence was armed with a gun. As officers arrived on scene, they heard a gunshot from within the residence. The front door of the residence opened, and a 43-year-old female exited, stating she had been shot. Officers rendered aid to the female and turned her…

A St. Charles woman is hospitalized in critical condition after the vehicle she was driving collided head-on with a bus from Northern Illinois University carrying 22 passengers. At approximately 8:39 pm last night, the Kane County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the area of Illinois Route 38 at Francis Road in Virgil Township for the report of a two-vehicle crash. Upon arrival, deputies found that a blue 2021 Hyundai Venue had crashed with a 2017 Gillig Bus from Northern Illinois University, called the “NIU Huskie Bus Line.” The Hyundai was being driven by a 25 year-old woman from Saint Charles.…

The Arcada Theatre in St. Charles will be presenting a theatrical production of the classic Beauty and the Beast on Saturday, April 20 at 1pm. When you think of a dying rose and a clock, candlestick and teapot who talks…you are thinking Beauty and the Beast. One of this season’s spellbinding family shows from The Panto Company USA stars Dame Dotty Potty, Loopy Louie, Gaston, Belle and of course The Beast! The beautiful Belle finds herself in a spellbound castle held captive by a beast…does she fall in love with the Beast before the last petal falls from the enchanted…

The beloved French Market will return to Geneva this Sunday, April 11.

A 69-year-old Bartlett man has been found guilty but mentally ill in the stabbing death of his 93-year-old mother in 2019. Edward Mitzelfeld was found guilty but mentally ill by Judge Daniel Guerin following a seven-day-long bench trial that concluded on March 22, 2024. Under Illinois law, a verdict of guilty but mentally ill, unlike guilt due to insanity, does not remove responsibility for the actions of the convicted. As such, Mitzelfeld is subject to the full range of possible sentences. On May 29, 2019, at approximately 5:23pm, Bartlett police officers arrived at the home Mitzelfeld shared with his mother,…

A 31-year-old St. Charles man was killed early this morning after he apparently lost control of his vehicle and crashed head-on into a utility pole on Route 64 near Campton Hills. At approximately 1:31am, the Kane County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to Route 64 at Anderson Road in St. Charles Township for a report of a single-vehicle, single-occupant head-on crash. The deputies found a red 2007 Mercedes-Benz C280 facing eastbound in the north ditch. The vehicle had significant front-end damage from a head-on crash with a utility pole. Authorities believe that the vehicle, driven by Alexander Enskat of St. Charles,…

Afro-Cuban band Rico will be performing a tribute to Santana this Saturday at The Venue in downtown Aurora. Doors open at 7pm and the show starts at 8pm. A band with rich sound and diversified musical cultures, Rico brings a mixture of sophisticated melodic genres together. Influenced tremendously by the sound and spirit of Santana, Rico creates a fiery, soulful sound through bass, congas, percussion, drums, timbales, keyboards, guitar, and pure passion. Rico is a conglomeration of all the great musical idioms, with a cast of talented musicians, including Ricky Rico Baker, Raymond Roque, Joe Rendon, Jesse Tobias, Jaime Claudio,…

You may not know the names, but you know the music through movies, television, radio, and commercials. Hear this “Music You Know” and love performed live with Chad Goodman and the Elgin Symphony Orchestra. From Copland and Tchaikovsky to Mendelssohn and Bizet, you will be surprised at where the music you know comes from. The ESO will perform the following pieces this Friday evening at 6:30pm at Elgin Community College Blizzard Theatre: TCHAIKOVSKY | Scène from Swan LakeBARTÓK | Romanian Folk DancesMASCAGNI | Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticanaMENDELSSOHN | Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s DreamPIAZZOLLA, arr. LONGFIELD | OblivionCOOK, arr. LAMB | Overture to In…

Three men who allegedly crashed a car into a Naperville Apple store in order to rob it last fall are in custody after Naperville Police arrested the third subject yesterday. A 30-year-old Chicago man, a 30-year-old Rockford man and a third male suspect from Maywood, who was a juvenile at the time of the incident, have each been charged with Burglary, Theft and Criminal Damage to Property, all Class 2 felonies. Early in the morning on November 6, Naperville police officers were called to the Apple store in the 100 block of West Jefferson Avenue in response to reports of…