As the weather is warming up in Aurora, it’s the perfect time to Get Back on Your Bike! The Aurora Public Library District (APLD) at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 13 will hold a virtual bicycling tip and information session with Ride Illinois. The program will address subjects such as the
Kendall County 4-H and the Yorkville Public Library will team up for a fun, interactive, three-day STEM experience for ages five to 12. The Summer STEM camps, which will be June 14 to 16, will provide age-appropriate lessons for ages five to eight in the morning session, and for ages
The Kane County Board Office and the Kane County Health Department will open a vaccination site at West Dundee’s Spring Hill Mall. The official name and location of the site is Kane-SpringHillMallVax Carpentersville, 1072 Spring Hill Mall, West Dundee. The vaccination site will open from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Grandpa,My husband tells me that he is a member of (a social club) and goes to meetings three times a week. Allegedly these meetings are held at (a local motel). With the COVID-19 shut down, I find it hard to believe this club meets that often. I have driven past
Three new Aurora Sunrise Rotary Club inductees, left, pose with president Joe Kosner. They are, from left, Andolf Rincon, Hannah Olson, and Monica Tovar.
Montgomery-based Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity broke ground Saturday at 654 Spruce Street in Aurora for its 69th area home. The Cristal Lopez home is Habitat’s 69th area project and the housing ministry’s Habitat’s fifth annual Faith Build, a partnership of 25 area faith communities. Mark Knox of Naperville, Habitat
From left, State House speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch, representative. Keith Wheeler and his wife, Lisa, and House minority leader Jim Durkin at Friday’s representative Wheeler’s open House in North Aurora.
Golf carts transport degree candidates, family members and friends at Aurora University outdoor, in-person commencement ceremonies Saturday and Sunday on the University quadrangle.
An Aurora protest against puppy mills Saturday at the Fox Valley Mall informs passing motorists about stores in the Mall which have possible problems with unhealthy puppies.
The stars are aligned for Illinois to become a hotspot in the revival of manufacturing across our great American heartland. For example, I propose a really big, transformative, federal-state-private-sector partnership that would create a cutting-edge, computer chip manufacturing and research facility on Arsenal Island, which straddles the Illinois-Iowa Quad Cities.
The Kane County Cougars have released a list of all 411 players to make it to Major League Baseball (MLB) in franchise history. The announcement followed the unveiling of the Cougars new enhanced logo with the addition of “Est. 1888” to honor the franchise’s 111-year history. This season will begin
By Bobby Narang Marmion Academy head wrestling coach Nathan Fitzenreider is not bothered by a shortened season. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) moved wrestling into the new Summer season. At a time when most wrestlers would be resting their bodies, or playing a Spring
Aurora University midfielder Jalyn Yakovich, 18, is in a battle with a Concordia University Chicago defender Saturday at Spartan Athletic Park in Aurora.
Aurora University’s Hannah Tomasko, 27, delivers a pitch in the Spartans’ 9-0 victory Saturday over visiting Concordia University Chicago at Bedrosian field at Spartan Athletic Park in Montgomery.
By Woodrow Carroll The 2000 National Football League (NFL) draft was well along when the St. Louis Rams selected Matt Bowen of the University of Iowa in the sixth round. Shortly later, the New Orleans Saints picked Sherrod Gidean from Southern Mississippi University. Bowen was the 198th player selected and
Elmhurst Eagles youth football will be host to an exciting registration event Sunday, May 23 at the Bo Jackson Elite Sports Dome, 1000 Commerce Court, Bensenville. We will have a window of 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to make it easy for parents as we realize there are other sports
The U.S. National Guard 2nd Squadron, 106th Cavalry Regiment, receives a welcome home to its Aurora facility adjacent to East Aurora High School.
Geneva High School has been successful in winning football games over many years. Rob Wicinski, the head coach the last 22 seasons led the Vikings to second place in the 2008 season and a 13-1 won-loss record. Earlier this week he announced his retirement from coaching and will no longer
A young mother called one morning to tell me her five-year-old son was vomiting and asked what she could do. I suggested the standard of rest, sips of Pedialyte, or Gatorade (not the sugar-free versions), and time. Later that day, when the vomiting hadn’t stopped, the mother called her pediatrician
Kane County Animal Control will be host to its second Rabies and Microchip Animal Clinic of the year on from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday May 12 at Kane County Animal Control, 4060 Keslinger Road in Geneva. The clinic will be conducted drive-thru style. Dog and cat owners just
