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The Beacon-News Wednesday, June 18, 2025 | | |
| | U.S. Reps. Nikki Budzinski and Raja Krishnamoorthi, and state Sen. Laura Fine, say their names were found among alleged Minnesota shooter Vance Boelter’s items. | | | The development got tentative final approval at the Building, Zoning and Economic Development Committee meeting on June 11, but that decision can still be appealed to the Aurora City Council at its meeting on June 24. | | | The district is beginning a number of projects, including a nearly $3.6 million mechanical improvement project at East Aurora High School. | | | One of the largest annual events in Kane County is on tap this week as the Geneva Chamber of Commerce will stage the 75th annual Swedish Days festival beginning Wednesday in Geneva. | | | The Summer Solstice Festival in Yorkville, which was held in June in the city for more than a decade, is not taking place this year. | | | Tyler Nubin, a starting safety for the New York Giants, will be back at St. Charles North hosting football camps. | | | More than 50 kids will take to the stage in Aurora in “The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical.” | | | South Elgin’s Nevaeh Gyurko, the 2025 Beacon-News/Courier-News Girls Soccer Player of the Year, scored 23 goals. | | | Three players each from St. Charles East and South Elgin highlight the first and second teams. | | | City officials said they made an offer to a candidate, but the individual accepted a police chief job in another community. The city is continuing recruiting for the role, according to officials. | | | |