With an overcast sky threatening the crowd at Elfstrom Stadium for the Kane County Cougars game Tuesday evening, all eyes went to Stephen Persinger as he stepped up for the pitch.

George Petmezas, formerly a special education teacher and special education coordinator at West Chicago High School, will start his role as Geneva Middle School North's assistant principal on Wednesday.

According to many vendors and the Geneva Chamber of Commerce, attendance and vendor profits were down for this year’s Swedish Days Festival.

Foster held a round table in his Batavia office with about 20 people Wednesday, including local hospital officials, doctors, former patients and others concerned with both the state and debate of nationalized health care in America.

Check out the club and support group meetings, seminars, fundraisers and other events happening in the community.

Wheaton is one of the last places I’d expect to find anyone who doesn’t believe in God. Yet the city hosts a group called the Wheaton Atheists. Who knew? Meanwhile, there are the Fox Valley Atheists in Batavia, the Freethought Conversants in Glen Ellyn, and even the Non-Alcoholic Atheists in Lombard.