Weekly news updates from The Beacon-News delivered every Wednesday afternoon.
 Sunday, Dec 31 The year will see a primary election in March and a general election in November for a variety of county, state and federal positions. |
| Officials in Elgin and Aurora say the time may have come to get more hotel space downtown |
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| Bone-chilling temperatures and students off for the holidays are making for a challenging start to the new year for parents in the Aurora area. |
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| Geetha and Ramesh Rajendran welcomed a son at 8:29 a.m. on New Year's Day. |
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| Kendall County Judge Robert Pilmer delayed imposing the order while both sides hammer out which details in the breach-of-contract claim will be kept private. |
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| The first Christmas without Brandon Page was a difficult one for his family in Aurora. |
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