Author: Fox Valley Magazine

By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinois With only a few exceptions, incumbent officeholders in Illinois cruised to easy victories in primary elections Tuesday that were marked by historically low voter turnout. Although final numbers won’t be known for several more days, preliminary returns from many of the state’s larger counties showed turnout hovering in the range of 20-25 percent. That compares to a statewide average of 47 percent in 2016, when the White House was an open race, and 28 percent during the pandemic-impacted primaries in 2020. That may have been due to the fact that there were few truly competitive races for…

Graham’s 318 in Geneva will host an Easter Cookie Decorating Class on Saturday, March 30, from 10am-11am in its upstairs main event room. Utilizing icing bags, sprinkles, and other decorations, kids will have a blast while also learning a little bit about cookie decorating. A great way to celebrate Easter. Every participant will be instructed by one of Graham’s bakers on how to decorate their unique cookies that will go along with the Easter theme, and then you get to take them home and enjoy! The cost is $28 per child (four cookies) + one adult. (Recommended for kids 3 years +.)…

Create a family memory that will last a lifetime by having breakfast with the Easter Bunny at The Arcada Theatre in downtown St. Charles! Enjoy a festive breakfast at Rock N’ Ravioli beginning at 10:30am and then hop on over to The Arcada Theatre for the kiddies to meet the Easter Bunny and take photos. Breakfast is an all you can eat buffet which includes the following: Raffle Baskets and Specialty Cocktails/Mocktails will also available. Price per person is $25 (adults and children 2 and over). Children under two are free! Price includes tax and gratuity. For tickets, click here.…

March madness isn’t just for basketball, it would seem. In the overnight hours of Tuesday and Wednesday this week, Batavia was hit by a wave of car burglaries that involved unlocked vehicles. On Wednesday, the Batavia Police department received multiple reports of criminal trespass to motor vehicles and burglary to motor vehicles. Several unlocked motor vehicles were ransacked, and in some cases, valuables were stolen. These incidents were focused in the western residential area of Batavia to include the: One caller observed a male subject, approximately 5’04” tall, wearing all black clothing near their vehicle. They went outside and yelled…

By Ashley Craig, Navy Office of Community Outreach Lt. Dan Meaney, a native of Naperville, Illinois, recently participated in Exercise Keen Edge 2024 while serving the U.S. Navy in Japan.  Meaney graduated from Neuqua High School in 2010. Meaney earned a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering with distinction from the U.S. Naval Academy in 2014 and a master’s in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2020. The skills and values needed to succeed in the Navy are similar to those found in Naperville. “Life is all about relationships,” said Meaney. “Growing up, I learned to aim higher,…

Twenty-nine residents of an Elgin apartment building have been displaced after a fire gutted their homes Tuesday afternoon. At 2:45 pm Tuesday, members of the Elgin Fire Department responded to the 1800 block of Mark Avenue for a report of a possible structure fire. Responding companies found a three story, multi-unit residential structure with smoke showing from the second and third floor windows and the roof. Fire crews deployed multiple hose lines to the second and third floors and extinguished a fire that had extended from a second-floor unit to a third-floor unit. Upon discovering fire in the walls extending…

A former Naperville fire fighter has been charged with official misconduct and other felonies for allegedly breaking into a parked car and stealing prescription drugs from an NFD drop box. DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced yesterday that the suspect is facing official misconduct and additional charges for allegedly stealing prescription drugs from a Naperville prescription drug drop box and burglarizing a motor vehicle. On Monday, the Naperville Police Department filed a five-count complaint against the Oswego man, alleging two counts of Official Misconduct (Class 3 Felony), one count of Burglary (Class 3 Felony), one count of Theft –…

(Kanecountyconnections.com) The Kane County Health Department is monitoring the measles outbreak in Cook County. While there are currently no reported cases in Kane County, it is important to be aware of the symptoms of measles and to protect yourself and your children with a safe and effective vaccine. Measles is a highly contagious disease with serious possible complications including hospitalization, long-term illness, and death. Measles infection causes a rash to appear, alongside a high fever, coughing, runny nose, and pink eye. Airborne droplets can be present up to two hours after an infected individual has left the room. If you…

Oswego Police are seeking assistance in identifying a suspect in the investigation of a home invasion and criminal sexual assault that occurred over the weekend. On Saturday, March 16, at approximately 10:16pm, Oswego Police responded to the 0-300 block of South Adams for a report of a home invasion and criminal sexual assault that had just occurred. An adult female victim reported an unknown male had entered her residence and sexually assaulted her. The suspect left prior to police arrival. Officers searched the area but were unable to locate the suspect. OPD is releasing still images from surveillance video that…

A Naperville man was sentenced to eighteen years in prison for a 2021 DUI crash that killed three people. DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced yesterday that Brendan Wydajewski, 24, appeared in court yesterday morning in front of Judge Ann Celine O’Hallaren Walsh, who accepted Wydajewski’s guilty plea to three counts of Aggravated DUI Causing Death, a Class 2 Felony, and sentenced him to eighteen years in prison. On October 30, 2021, at approximately 1:18am, Lisle police officers responded to a call of a crash at the intersection of Warrenville Road and Corporate West Drive. Upon their arrival, officers…