Author: Fox Valley Magazine

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…

The Geneva Police Department has issued an alert to the community regarding human traffickers who target juveniles to groom and arrange meetings with their potential victims.  Such criminals often utilize social media and gaming applications to develop a relationship with their intended targets through false promises and coercion.  In 2024, a Geneva teen was contacted by an out-of-state adult, who was not a relative, via a social media gaming application. The man and an accomplice enticed the teen to provide funds for the adults to arrange an in-person meeting with her outside of Illinois. After the teen was reported missing,…

The string section of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra will perform a concert at First United Methodist Church of Elgin on Saturday, March 23, at 7:30pm. The program will include: Tickets are $20 for adults, $5 for students, and free to youth 17 and under when accompanied by a paying adult. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.elginsymphony.org or call the ESO Box Office Tuesday – Friday at 847-888-4000. The Box Office is open 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. First United Methodist Church is located at 216 East Highland Avenue in Elgin.

Actor and comedian Dov Davidoff will appear for five shows this weekend at The Comedy Vault in Batavia. Davidoff currently appears on HBO’s Crashing and NBC’s Shades of Blue with Jennifer Lopez and Ray Liotta. He’s been seen on The Tonight Show and Late Night with Jimmy Kimmel as well as a lead role alongside Mark Wahlberg in the Movie Invincible. He’s done a comedy special for Comedy Central and Showtime, and made guest or recurring appearances on various other TV shows and movies. Davidoff recently had a memoir published by St. Martin’s Press entitled “Road Dog: Life and Reflections…