Heavy storms with strong winds over 75 mph hit the Aurora area Tuesday morning, causing significant damage in the city of Aurora and in the area, officials said.

The U.S. Small Business Administration approved a disaster declaration for the July 2-4 storms in several Illinois counties.

One person died in a structure fire in Portage, Indiana, as thunderstorms rolled through again in a year with a record-breaking number of tornados.

The approximately 10,000-square-foot center, which will be completed next summer by Sequoia General Contracting, will include classrooms, a multi-purpose room, gymnasium and kitchen, with the idea of adding sports fields later.

With the dams’ future long in question, Fox Valley municipalities are left to wait on the federal study or move ahead on their own.

Kane County is looking at a roughly $2.3 million property tax levy hike for 2027, as its county board’s efforts to clamp down on cash reserve spending and solve the county’s budgetary woes continue.

An Aurora man accused of killing a female bicyclist in Hampshire with his pickup truck in July has been charged with three felonies.

The Oswego Planning and Zoning Commission came to a deadlock recently on a measure to recommend rezoning the old Traughber Junior High School site in the village for a proposed residential development.