ST. CHARLES — St. Charles City Hall will soon be known as the St. Charles County Courthouse Annex per a deal approved by the city and county governments on Tuesday.

Leaders from both sides of St. Charles' Main Street praised the agreement. St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann described it as a "tremendous deal."

"I think people in the city realize that they could have sold it to a developer who may turn it into the Taj Mahal, or to a developer who is going to use it as a tax break and let it deteriorate," Ehlmann said. "We're not going to let that happen."

The county plans to invest millions into the building, which was built in 1975, and to use it for office space.

Ehlmann and St. Charles Mayor Dan Borgmeyer have announced a press conference celebrating the deal for Wednesda

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