100th COVID-19 patient discharged
Eugene "Gene" Pouliot, 68, was Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital's 100th COVID-19 patient discharge, a mighty milestone for the Lyons resident and for his care team.
Stay at home order stands
By Jerry Nowicki As the state saw its largest single-day death total yet from COVID-19 Tuesday, governor JB Pritzker said his stay-at-home order stands despite a judge’s Monday ruling granting a limited temporary restraining order against it. “Let me remind everyone again —the stay-at-home order in Illinois is still very...
Fox Valley Park District plants trees in Aurora: Celebrates Earth Day, Arbor Day
Call it planting with a purpose. In observation and celebration of Earth Day, April 22, and Arbor Day, April 24, the Fox Valley Park District (FVPD) last week planted four young trees at three of its parks, Blackhawk, Lincoln, and Waubonsie Lake (see photo on page 1).. With each shovel...
A force for good in many ways in focus, required, now
Greg Zanis of Aurora, known as the Cross Man, has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, according to his daughter, Susie. The family has encouraged friends to show support with an assembly outside of the home at Indian Trail and Church Road from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, May 1...
Farmers gives grant to Mutual Ground
As communities across the country continue to face unprecedented circumstances in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Farmers Insurance® is granting donations to nonprofits directly related to COVID-19 relief efforts, as nominated by Farmers® agents and district managers across the country. As millions of individuals do their part to slow...
Giving Tuesday at Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry
Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry will participate on the global day of generosity and unity, Tuesday, May 5, a day to come together and give back in response to the unprecedented need caused by COVID-19, no matter who or where we are. We will bring together our leaders, partners, communities and...
Marijuana lowers immunity, hurts lungs
April 15, 2020Dear editor; Governor JB Pritzker considers marijuana essential. He must believe that being high is fundamental to survival. Whatever his reasoning, he has done a great injustice to Illinois families, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 is a greater threat to those with a weakened immune...
Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry’s need triples
Each food distribution day, the Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry staff members of 11 wears ventilator masks and gloves and heads out to the parking lot to load groceries into cars for hungry neighbors. “We used to feed about about 290 people on distribution days,” said Aurora Food Pantry executive...
DuPage County Board authorizes County treasurer to waive late fees
The DuPage County Board voted Tuesday, April 28 to authorize the County Treasurer to waive late fees on property tax payments for taxpayers who can demonstrate financial hardship due to the COVID-19 crisis. Interest penalties for late payments of the first installment of property taxes, which are due June 1,...
Kane County announces party ballot position for November 3 election
Kane County clerk John A. Cunningham announced the results of Tuesday’s lottery for the party ballot placement on the ballot for the November 3 General Election. Per state statute, each election authority, including the Kane County Clerk’s Office, must conduct a lottery of the major political parties to determine which...
Gaslighting gores those who do not ignore noise
Last of three parts The second part is available at thevoice.us/coming-all-out-blitz-to-make-us-think-we-did-not-see-it Julio Vincent Gambuto of Medium Society wrote in parts one and two about manipulation and reworking history to gain an advantage and he followed up in part three: “Gaslighting, if you don’t know the word, is defined as: Manipulation...
Aurora author: Special nursery rhymes
Marilyn Huntman Giese, an Aurora author, added Nursery Rhymes Your Mother Never Taught You (Xlibris 2019) to a list of her diverse writings. The humorous book contains 24 parodies on familiar nursery rhymes, plus a little history of the genre and some conversations starters. The original versions of these rhymes...
Kane County Health Department closes Smithfield Foods in St. Charles
The Kane County Health Department (KCHD) announced Saturday, that Smithfield Foods, Inc., in St. Charles, received an order from the Kane County Health Department to close their facility as of Friday, April 24, due to concerns about COVID-19. The order temporarily closes the facility so that the Health Department can...
Oswego postpones veterans honors
Activities planned for Oswego Honors Veterans, a 10-day series of events and observances on and around Memorial Day, has been postponed until 2021 to protect our veterans, volunteers, and the public, while the COVID-19 pandemic continues. The series of events organized by the Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club and the...
COVID-19 housing in Wheaton College, DuPage County
DuPage County and Wheaton College agreed to provide temporary housing for first responders asked to self-isolate during the COVID-19 response. Wheaton College will provide the 28 units in its three Saint & Elliot apartment buildings for use by DuPage County police officers, firefighters, and medical personnel who need to self-isolate...
The late Orson Bean: Delightful entertainer, humorist
Good night, Orson, sleep gently with the angels forevermore. When I read that a car accident had killed 91- year-old actor-comedian, Orson Bean February 7 in Los Angeles, I felt a loss. When I first saw him on television, I thought he was handsome, funny, debonair, and delightful. He had...
Traffic closed at Harvey, U.S. 30
The Illinois Department of Transportation closed the intersection of Harvey Road at U.S. Route 30 Monday, April 27 to install a cul-de-sac and permanently close traffic at the hazardous intersection near Oswego East High School. The intersection will be closed an estimated one month to two months. Traffic on Route...
T-shirts offer support in Aurora
The Yetee in Aurora is collaborating with many businesses around the Fox Valley area by creating T-shirts to support them and their employees during the difficult times caused by COVID-19. In partnership with artists Chris Hodge abd Jon Schratz, The Yetee is offering T-shirts for All Spoked Up- Bike Shop,...
On a Bright future and adding pea gravel to the diet
Here we are again in another week of the virus hoax created by the Democratic Party to make our all-knowing, all-powerful, king of all who lives and breathes, the White House inhabitant, look bad. By any estimation, dems are doing a wonderful job. He couldn’t look much worse. As I...
Aurora Downtown COVID-19 response fund assists 35 businesses
The Aurora Downtown COVID-19 Response Fund will distribute 35 COVID-19 relief grants totaling $12,250. Aurora Downtown, a nonprofit group of business and property owners, launched the fund earlier this month. The fund accepted grant applications from businesses located in SSA #One to help provide financial relief from the pandemic. Aurora...