A final vote count on Tuesday showed Batavia Unit District 101 voters narrowly rejected a ballot question, while three Kane County Board members retained their seats in tight races.
Four years after Democrats made significant gains in the region, several of the collar counties turned a darker shade of blue on Tuesday. Democrats flipped key state House districts in the Northwest suburbs. Democrats solidified control of the Lake County Board. The GOP has no representation in Congress from northeastern Illinois. And in DuPage, Democratic state Rep. Deb Conroy became the first woman elected county board chair.
The Jon J. Duerr Forest Preserve in St. Charles Township will receive a $400,000 state grant toward the Kane County Forest Preserve s $1.24 million plan to upgrade the preserve s amenities, officials announced in a news release.