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The Meijer store in St. Charles has 400 vaccine doses for anyone who needs their first shot. Walk-ins will be accepted until 5 p.m. Friday.
District 304 officials canceled in-person classes Thursday and Friday after 120 students were required to quarantine, according to a report.
More than 285,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine were administered in Kane County by Tuesday, according to public health data.
The Kane County Health Department is seeking medical and non-medical volunteers to help administer coronavirus vaccines in the region.
Public health officials reported 196 new coronavirus cases Sunday in Kane County, the most in a single day since Jan. 23.
Anyone who had an appointment for Tuesday’s clinic in Elgin will be scheduled to receive a Pfizer vaccine April 20, officials said.
Though the coronavirus pandemic has yet to subside, Batavia-area Muslims are determined to make Ramadan 2021 as traditional as possible.
A thousand people were due to receive a one-shot J&J vaccine at a state-run mass vaccination clinic Tuesday in Aurora.
Though the coronavirus pandemic has yet to subside, Aurora-area Muslims are determined to make Ramadan 2021 as traditional as possible.
Contested races for the mayor's office and five City Council seats drew more St. Charles voters to the polls in 2021 than in 2017.
A rematch between Mayor Kevin Burns and Tom Simonian didn’t drive Geneva voters to the polls at the same level as their first race in 2017.
Aurora officials are holding a mass coronavirus vaccination clinic Tuesday for 2,500 people. All residents 16 years and older are eligible.
St. Charles District 303 has received about $6.3 million in federal coronavirus-relief funding over the past year.
Geneva District 304 has received about $4.2 million in federal coronavirus-relief funding over the past year.
Batavia District 101 has received just over $4 million in federal coronavirus-relief funding over the past year.
East Aurora District 131 will get just under $52.9 million, while West Aurora District 129 stands to get about $23.9 million.
The mass vaccination site is set to provide free coronavirus vaccines six days a week to all residents who meet eligibility requirements.
A 29-year-old Aurora man facing domestic battery and gun charges is being held on $500,000 bond, officials said.
The “safe, shortened” festival is scheduled to run from June 24-27, but there will be no parade or arts-and-crafts show, officials said.
Vitek earned 56.4 percent of the vote in her race against Maureen Lewis to replace outgoing Mayor Raymond Rogina.
