Updated 2/8/2021 9:01 AM
Described as a mobile zoo, Corey Hancock s A Zoo To You in Huntley has never been just a business.
The animals from ponies and reindeer to exotic mammals, reptiles and birds are like family, Hancock said.
This is my life, said Hancock, whose dream always has been to open a permanent zoo in McHenry County.
As much as he can t imagine ever letting the business go, he s afraid it won t survive the pandemic.
A part of Santa s Village AZoosment Park in East Dundee from 2002 until Hancock took over sole ownership in 2016, A Zoo To You at Zoosareus.com offers a traveling petting zoo, exotic animal shows, pony carousels, reindeer displays and more.
Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin will hold a press conference Wednesday outlining plans to battle what he has called an “uptick” in violent crime in the city, while his opponents in the April 6 election announced their plans for dealing with the violence.
Berman steps down as North Aurora village president Dale Berman
Updated 1/19/2021 4:11 PM
Dale Berman resigned Monday as North Aurora s village president because he now serves as a county board member.
The village board made Trustee Mark Gaffino acting village president for the remainder of Berman s term, which ends April 30. Gaffino is running unopposed in April for village president.
Berman was elected to a District 2 seat on the Kane County Board in November. He was sworn in last month.
Berman, who has lived in North Aurora for 58 years, first became involved in the village s government in 1966 when he joined the community development committee. He was elected trustee in 1977 and 1981, and then elected village president in 1985. He was elected again as a trustee in 2003, serving until he was elected village president again in 2009.
A new chapter in local government in North Aurora is about to be written as longtime Village President Dale Berman, 87, will preside over his last Village Board meeting on Monday evening.
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