Yorkville resident Barb Johnson takes a sample of homemade soups in a 2020 Norwegian soup cookoff held Super Bowl Sunday by Sons of Norway Polar Star Lodge 5-472 members at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Montgomery.
Twenty-three East Aurora High students entered an early college prep program at Sugar-Grove-based Waubonsee Community College last week.
Lunar New Year began Sunday, Jan. 22, and Aurora honored the occasion with a New Year’s Eve celebration to usher in the Year of the Rabbit.
A gala banquet will be held Friday, March 31 at Villa Olivia in Bartlett to honor the Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame’s 2020 and 2022 inductees. The celebration spotlight is on talented and influential artists with connections to the Fox Valley area. The 2020 inductees are Patrick F. Beckman,
Thursday, Jan. 26Non-conferenceCoal City at Plano, 7 Friday, Jan. 27Chicago Catholic League WhiteMontini at Providence, 7St. Laurence at Marmion, 7DuKaneBatavia at Lake Park, 7:15Geneva at Wheaton-Warr. South, 7St. Charles East at Glenbard N., 7St. Charles N. at Wheaton N., 7:15DuPage ValleyMetea Val. at Waubonsie Valley, 7Naperville Cen. at Neuqua Valley,
By Bobby Narang The Jim & Sylvia Roberts Night of Hoops provided a late-season glimpse into the upcoming high school boys basketball playoffs. The annual event, with Batavia High School host, featured four high-profile games Saturday, Jan. 21. In the opener, York High School relied on a late run to
Tournament time in high school Winter sports begins and will be with us, except for Friday-Saturday, February 10-11 weekends through March 11. Fun, drama, competition, memories. It is only part of the sports whirl with the National Football League Super Bowl Feb. 12, college basketball tournaments after conference showdowns in
East Aurora High School’s Mia Moore, 25, drives against Waubonsie Valley’s Khaliah Reid, 24, at Aurora Christian School’s eight-team Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation vs. Cancer shootout Saturday, Jan. 21.
By Woodrow Carroll Winning the National college football championship 131 schools in theory have a shot at winning the big prize. Only a small number of college football programs have a realistic shot at ending up where Georgia has landed the past two seasons, the top dog, or, top bulldog,
Aurora University’s Justin Wilson, 13, shoots over Concordia (Wis.)’s Matt LeVene, 10, Saturday, Jan. 21. Host Aurora won, 70-69, in the last-minute.
IMSA’s Deondre o’Bannon, 15, blocks Aurora Central Catholic High School’s Sam Carroll, 30, at Aurora Christian School’s Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation vs. Cancer shootout Saturday.
The last Tuesday of January (January 31 this year) is National Vacation Planning Day or NVPD. According to the U.S. Travel Association, “It is a day to encourage Americans to plan their vacation days for the whole year at the start of the year, and inspire them to use those
Red Cross volunteers helped 76 individuals including 12 children impacted by home fires lsst week. Volunteers responded to approximately 23 incidents in Cook, DuPage, Kane, and McHenry Counties. American Red Cross volunteers provided assistance to the people affected through resources including temporary shelter, emergency financial assistance, food, relief items such
By Susan Glassman and Lisa Peterson Probiotic-rich foods can enhance digestion and improve overall gut health. All are produced through fermentation, a food preservation method that has been used for thousands of years to naturally reduce the risk of food spoilage and foodborne illness. Common foods include sourdough bread, kombucha,
Electronics, clothing and shoes, cooking oil, and florescent tube lights will be accepted from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 11 at 820 W. Liberty Drive, Wheaton Public Works Storage Lot. Acceptable items: clothing, shoes, sheets, bedding, towels and other household textiles in any condition. No heavily soiled items. Shoes
The Oswego Police Department is announcing sign-up for its next Citizen’s Police Academy that will begin Wednesday Feb. 22. Classes will be held Wednesday nights from 6:30 p.m. until approximately 8:30 p.m. and will run for 13 weeks in the Community Room at the Oswego Police Headquarters. Class size will
By John & Nisha Whitehead In this age of ubiquitous surveillance, there are no private lives: Everything is public. Surveillance cameras mounted on utility poles, traffic lights, businesses, and homes. License plate readers. Ring doorbells. GPS devices. Dash cameras. Drones. Store security cameras. Geofencing and geotracking. FitBits. Alexa. Internet-connected devices.
Rotarian Joe Yen, left, presents Gabriel Bradford a speaker gift at the Rotary Club of Montgomery meeting Thursday, Jan. 19, at the Montgomery Village Hall. The Rotary Club sponsored Bradford’s attendance to RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) in 2022, a weekend getaway for youth leaders. Each year thousands of young people
By Hannah Meisel A trio of gun owners and a firearms retailer in southeastern Illinois have filed the first two lawsuits in what’s expected to be a flurry of litigation against the State’s new law banning the sale and manufacture of assault weapons in Illinois. Democratic Party leaders who pushed
Tuesday, Jan. 17, 16 DuPage-area State legislators who represent the vast majority of the County in the General Assembly released an open letter to the public in response concerns raised by residents following the DuPage County Sheriff’s pronouncement that he would not enforce the Protect Illinois Communities Act, which was
