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The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) is creating a water quality-based protection plan for Mill Creek to help protect the creek and enhance the quality of life throughout the Mill Creek watershed. They are holding an open house for the public to learn more about the Mill Creek Watershed Plan and share their ideas. Details:

Thursday, September 27, 2018
4:30 to 7:00 p.m.
Peck Farm Park
4038 Kaneville Road
Geneva, IL 60134

The St. Charles Police Department has received reports of several burglaries in the area from cars over the past few weeks. We would like to remind residents, when cars are parked outside to:

Mark Allan Chmura has joined the St. Charles Fire Department as Emergency Management Coordinator.

Chmura comes to St. Charles after 31 years with the Naperville Fire Department, where he held many positions, most recently the rank of Captain. There he also served on the Hazardous Materials Response, Public Education and Fire Investigation teams.

He also previously worked as a firefighter and senior paramedic for the North Palos Fire Protections District and as a paramedic for Daley’s Ambulance Service in Dolton, Illinois.

The 2018 St. Charles East High School Homecoming Parade will be held on Main Street (Illinois Rt. 64) this Friday, September 21, 2018 at 1:00 p.m.  The parade begins at W. Main and 6th Street traveling east across the Main Street bridge to 2nd Avenue.

Street closures are as follows:

The St. Charles Police Department completed the Labor Day Mobilization campaign associated with the Illinois Department of Transportation’s Sustained Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP). Officers assigned to this detail made:

St. Charles residents interested in running for a seat on the City Council in 2019 can pick up nomination packets beginning Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. The packets are available at the Reception Desk in the St. Charles Municipal Building, 2 E. Main Street. Petitions cannot be circulated for signature before Sept. 18, 2018. 

The completed nomination packets must be filed between Dec.10 and Dec. 17, 2018. All forms are due to the City Clerk’s office, 2 E. Main Street, St. Charles, by 5 p.m. Dec. 17, 2018.

Be sure to check out more than 1750 businesses listed on our website at www.stcharlesil.gov/business/listings to see all you can choose from right here in St. Charles. Remember to Think St. Charles when you shop!

As part of the regular maintenance to the City’s water distribution system, the Public Works Water Division performs spring and fall hydrant flushing.

“Flushing hydrants improves water quality. As the water flows through the water mains, it flushes out mineral build-up,” said Tim Wilson, Environmental Services Manager. “Hydrant flushing also ensures that hydrants are ready for emergency use.”