5:30 p.m.: Today's business notes

1:52 p.m.: Central DuPage Hospital earns honors

11:55 a.m.: VIDEO: Court clerks debut electronic system for traffic tickets

10:47 a.m.: Performers sought for St. Charles holiday concert

10:45 a.m.: Antiques show to entice treasure hunters

A festival that started in 1985 with 12 scarecrows and a couple hundred people has continued to soar in popularity in the Fox Valley.

The Circuit Court clerks of six area counties are debuting a new software system that will allow police officers to fill out traffic tickets electronically in their squad cars, cutting the time of traffic stops nearly in half.

The Davis Elementary School PTO has begun registering sellers and volunteers for its annual Children’s Boutique.

Geneva United Methodist Church will host its bi-annual Rummage and Bake Sale from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6; 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7; and from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 8 in the church, 211 W. Hamilton St., Geneva.

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