Cindy Gustafson, Woman's Club of Aurora president, left, prepares to present a check to Lauren Jernigan, right, representative of Aurora's Hesed House shelter.
Servant George Rayford has been a community fixture for decades. From the local "fish man" in the 1980s and 1990s to one who would become a "fisher of men & women" as a leader in Aurora's faith community.
Some individuals are walking around with low levels of thyroid hormone (hypothyroidism). They’re surviving with fatigue, sensitivity to cold, constipation, dry skin, weight gain, hoarseness, weakness, high cholesterol, muscle aches, tenderness, stiffness, pain, swelling of joints, thinning hair, depression, impaired memory, and more. They know they aren’t healthy, but the...
Aurora Noon Lions Club seeks donations of Winter clothing to restock supplies at Wayside Cross Ministries, an Aurora nonprofit. Susan Koepke, Aurora, Lions service chairman, invites the public to clean out their closets for Wayside. Items needed are new or gently used sweaters, pants, jacket, coats, and other Winter gear...
By Jason Crane Discussions about a residence requirement for city of Aurora police and fire employees was part of the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conference platform. Rules, Administration and Procedures (RAP) Committee chairperson, alderman Carl Franco, gave an update about the...
By Jason Crane The North Aurora Village Board, through the Zoom video conference platform, discussed at the Committee of the Whole meeting Monday, to create a program to assist food establishments with costs associated with outdoor dining in the Winter due to indoor dining restrictions because of COVID-19. Six establishments...
The 18th annual Trunk or Treat Sunday, Oct. 25 sponsored by the St. Mary’s Catholic Church and the United Methodist Church of Plano brings ghoulish ghosts, superheroes, bewitching witches, pretty princesses, crafty pumpkins, and many Halloween decorated trunks.
Volunteers, including Boy Scout Troop 11 from Wesley Methodist Church in Aurora, clean up the West Aurora Cemetery Sunday, Oct. 25 as part of their volunteer work day.
The gift of play this holiday season can be assisted by donating an unwrapped toy for the Marine Toys for Tots Program. Drop-off boxes are available at the Montgomery Village Hall, 200 N. River Street and the Police Department, 10 Civic Center Drive. Donations may be dropped off by December...
Naperville Park District invites donations to the 14th annual Pennies for Pies drive from November 2-20. From its inception in 2006, the goal of the Pennies for Pies campaign has been to encourage the community to make donations of any amount, including pocket change, to help fund the purchase of...
By John W. Whitehead Things are falling apart. How much longer we can sustain the fiction that we live in a constitutional republic, I cannot say, but anarchy is being loosed upon the Nation. We are witnessing the unraveling of the American dream one injustice at a time. Day after...
November 5 More than 300 Santee Sioux are found guilty of raping and murdering Anglo settlers and are sentenced to hang. All but 38 were granted a reprieve, and the 38 were hanged simultaneously December 26 in a bizarre mass execution witnessed by a large crowd of approving Minnesotans. –...
