Senior Cameron Krutwig of Jacobs High School looks to the basket and is defended by 6-10 junior Jalen Shaw of Larkin in a sectional championship game. Jacobs won, 62-39, in March 2017. One year later, Shaw and Larkin captured fourth place in the Class 4A State tournament last weekend. Krutwig,...
The crowd of more than 100 filled the Batavia City Council Chambers Saturday, March 10 to watch a movie, “Wasted”, about food we throw away or do not find a better use for the extras. It was the Batavia Environmental Commission Green Night at the Movies, an annual presentation which...
DuPage County will expand the Division of Transportation (DuDOT) Central Signal System later this year, including connecting its system with Naperville. The Central Signal System allows DuDOT to remotely monitor and observe traffic operations and make adjustments based on changing conditions. Currently, the system includes 72 traffic signals, which will...
February 19, 2018 Dear editor; Sorry, but I don’t listen to anti-gun lectures from those who think it’s OK to kill a baby. Challenge the gun robbers on the issue of killing babies and they dummy up. The right to life organizations should be surveying every anti-gun group or protest...
Allison Aubrey submitted the following article in SHOTS health news from NPR: “When my editors asked me to report on forest bathing, I packed a swimsuit. I assumed it must involve a dip in the water. “It turns out, my interpretation was too literal. “I met certified Forest Therapy guide...
Oswegoland Woman’s Civic Club will meet Wednesday, March 28, at 6:30 p.m. at Oswego Fire Station #1, 3511 Wooley Road, Oswego, not far from Traughber Junior High School. Enter through the main entrance and go to the right to the large conference room. Co-hostesses will be Mary Jo Hartley and...
The poet Emily Dickinson wrote, “I like March. Her shoes are purple.” And so we celebrate the coming of Spring again with thoughts on a wide variety of subjects. Enjoy this smorgasbord of thoughts and ideas in bits and pieces. Bits: Most of the country has quit smoking, which saves...
“Self-Care for Caregivers”, an interactive workshop for family caregivers older than the age 50, will be presented at Panera Bread, 154 W Wilson Street, Batavia, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 27. The workshop will be led by Karen Hunter, a certified holistic wellness coach and family caregiver...
All kinds of goings-on this week in Trumpville, what with firings, hirings, and highly-skilled (not) foreign policy expert Ivanka Trump meeting with South Korea’s foreign minister. If Ivanka screws up, The Donald will, as he does with everyone else working for him, dump her and appoint a new daughter (Stormy?...
The Oswego Village Board has approved an agreement with the Oswego Brewing Company that will pave the way for additional investment in downtown Oswego. The Board heard the details Monday of an economic development incentive award proposed for the Oswego Brewing Company, the highly-anticipated brewery to open in Oswego’s former...
Grandpa, I have a very good working relationship with a client. We have often met for breakfast to go over various business subjects. It has always been friendly, professional. Today, for the first time, his wife joined us. I knew this woman back in college (many years earlier). She was...
• Denotes winner of contested races Governor •(D) Pritzker -45.50% (D) Kennedy -24.10% (D) Biss -26.50% (D) Daiber -1.20% (D) Hardiman -1.60% (D) Marshall -1.10% •(R) Rauner -51.60% (R) Ives -48.40% Attorney General •(R) Harold -59.40% (R) Grasso -40.60% (D) Quinn -27.50% (D) Mariotti -4.00% (D) Drury -7.90% (D) Rotering...
Students and representatives from three Aurora high schools gather Monday for a photo at the Rotary Club of Aurora meeting at Two Brothers Roundhouse in Aurora. Several times per year, student guests are invited to attend Rotary meetings. Attendees at the meeting are from Marmion Academy, Rosary High School, and...
Julie Smith, crime prevention specialist with the Naperville Police Department shares burglary prevention tips with residents at a burglary prevention forum at the Naperville Public Library 95th Street Branch. There has been a recent increase in burglaries. A video can be viewed at facebook.com/thevoice.us. Jason Crane/The Voice...
Village of North Aurora government officials viewed and discussed a proposed silo concept plan at the North Aurora Village Committee of the Whole meeting Monday. Muller and Muller Inc. presented a rendering of the concept (above) and estimated costs of approximately $2.6 Million. In 2017, the Village acquired land near...
By Jason Crane – Aurora City Council members were informed of an increase of vaping use in schools at the Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting Tuesday. Aurora school resource officer Nick Gardner, with Deborah Lang, assistant corporation counsel and dean of Waubonsie Valley High School, Jimmy Jacobs, displayed a...
Nick Gardner, Waubonsie Valley High School in Aurora resource officer, shows members of the Aurora Committee of the Whole Tuesday vaping supplies confiscated from students. Jason Crane/The Voice...
Georgina Poole of Aurora offers comments to the Aurora Committee of the Whole Tuesday about postcards that were distributed in the mail last weekend in reference to the Aurora Election Commission (AEC). She criticized the city government for sending out cards which stated the City Council voted to abolish the...
Leonardo da Vinci’s iconic painting, “The Last Supper,” will come alive at Wesley United Methodist Church, 14 N. May Street in Aurora. Auroran Josh Reynolds, right, portrays the apostle John last year in the “Living Last Supper” performances at Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora. This year’s performances will be...
Saint Mary Church parishioners in Plano will reenact the passion of Jesus Christ in live Stations of the Cross, on Good Friday, March 30, at 3 p.m.. The Living Stations of the Cross is a passion play presented by parishioners along with music and acting, but above all, it is...
