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The Beacon-News Thursday, August 14, 2025 | | |
| | The city now has to decide how it wants to provide electricity to residents after its contract with the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency expires in 2035. | | | The emergency repair work was originally scheduled for Tuesday, per CyrusOne, but had to be rescheduled due to bad weather. | | | On Tuesday, the board OK’d reallocating RTA sales tax funds, and set a percent increase for a proposed property tax levy to be voted on later. | | | Colin Ford, who has an offer from Wyoming, moves back to quarterback from tight end for Waubonsie Valley. | | | Colorado commit Gavin Mueller, who transferred in from Wheaton St. Francis, gets ready to go for South Elgin. | | | A judge in downstate Quincy said that Illinois circuit courts do not have the “inherent power” to consider the effort by Texas’ Republican attorney general. | | | Gov. JB Pritzker, who also is a potential 2028 White House contender, said Democrats nationally who are still lamenting last year’s presidential outcome should move forward. | | | During the next few months, visitors to the Batavia Depot Museum will get a chance to see some things they can’t usually see at the facility. | | | |