Month: October 2023

Marmion Academy head football coach Dan Thorpe retires

Marmion Academy announced this week that after nearly two decades as head football coach, Dan Thorpe is voluntarily retiring from Marmion’s football program. Although coach Thorpe no longer will be coaching football, he will remain the director of college guidance at Marmion Academy and retain head coach position for the...

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Select high school football playoff schedules Nov. 3-4; regular season results Oct. 27-28

Class 8AGame 17: Neuqua Valley at Loyola Academy, Sat., Nov. 4, 1 p.m.Game 18: Huntley at Chicago St. Ignatius, Fri., Nov. 3, 7 p.m.Game 19: Glenbard Wes at #4 Edwardsville, Sat., Nov. 4, 1 p.m.Game 20: York at Lyons, Sat., Nov. 4, 6 p.m.Game 21: Minooka at Lincoln-Way East, Fri.,...

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St. Charles East in familiar State soccer

By Bobby Narang The St. Charles East High School boys soccer team found itself in a familiar spot in the playoffs on Saturday, Oct, 28. The Saints entered the Class 3A West Chicago Sectional championship game aiming earn a signature playoff victory over the No. 1 York Dukes. In the...

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Northwestern resilient with college football program

By Woodrow Carroll It was only a few short weeks back that everyone was feeling sorry for the Northwestern University football program. Events surrounding former head coach Pat Fitzgerald and the Wildcats’ lack of success on the playing field painted a less than pretty picture. Well, things can change in...

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College Football standings through October 30

Nacc Conf. Overall Aurora 6-0 9-0 St. Norbert 5-2 6-3 Benedictine 4-2 4-3 Concordia Wisconsin 5-1 6-2 Eureka 2-4 4-4 Wisconsin Lutheran 3-4 3-6 Concordia Chicago 1-4 1-6 Rockford 0-6 1-7 Lakeland 2-4 3-5 Individual Teams Conf. Overall Notre Dame 0-0 7-2 St. Francis (Joliet) 2-3 6-3 Judson 0-4 0-7...

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Big Ten Conference Football standings, schedule, results

East Division Conf. Overall W-L W-L Michigan 3-0 6-0 Penn State 3-0 5-0 Ohio State 2-0 5-0 Maryland 2-1 5-1 Rutgers 1-2 4-2 Indiana 0-2 2-3 Michigan State 0-2 2-3 West Division Wisconsin 2-0 4-1 Iowa 2-1 5-1 Minnesota 1-2 3-3 Nebraska 1-2 3-3 Northwestern 1-2 3-3 Purdue 1-2 2-4...

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MAC College Football standings through October 30

Conf. Overall West Division W-L W-L Toledo 4-0 7-1 Northern Illinois 3-1 4-4 Central Michigan 2-2 4-4 Eastern Michigan 2-3 4-5 Western Michigan 2-3 3-6 Ball State 1-3 2-6 Conf. Overall East Division W-L W-L Miami 4-1 7-2 Buffalo 3-1 3-5 Ohio 3-2 6-3 Bowling Green 2-2 4-4 Akron 0-4...

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Football feted finally from all levels; some surprises seen

Football is all around us. High school playoff teams are moving to the second round in the upcoming weekend, college teams at all levels capture our attention. The National Football League (NFL) is nearly at the halfway point of its 17-game schedule. Notables: The Chicago Bears were 2-6 and in...

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Opioid epidemic: Pushed away from prescription drugs

The world of health has been turned upside down over the past few decades. Doctors had been derided for not prescribing enough pain-relief medicine back in the 1980s. Pain control had become so important that the world of health even saw fit to add a fifth indicator of health. The...

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Taste of Norway Fall Festival

Taste of Norway, an annual fall festival showcasing Norwegian food, music and crafts will be held from noon to to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 5, at St. Olaf Lutheran Church, 1233 Douglas Ave. in Montgomery. The public is invited. Admission is free. The sponsor is Sons of Norway Polar...

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Halloween films portray our government fortunes

By John & Nisha Whitehead We are approaching a reckoning. This is the point, which the poet W. B. Yeats warned, when things fall apart and anarchy is loosed upon the world. We have seen this convergence before in Hitler’s Germany, in Stalin’s Russia, in Mussolini’s Italy, and in Mao’s...

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A Focus on History: November 2-8

November 2 The Hughes Flying Boat, known as the Spruce Goose, the largest flying boat ever built, is piloted by designer Howard Hughes on its first and only flight. Built with laminated birch and spruce, the massive wooden aircraft had a wingspan longer than a football field and was designed...

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Busy and crowded Water Street Mall in Aurora portrays a celebration of Halloween October 31, 2022. City of Aurora government photo

Annual Halloween at Aurora City Hall Event to Offer Families Easy Opportunity to Trick-or-Treat Amid Cold Temps

Trick-or-treating at Aurora City Hall offers a quick, one-stop-shop for families to celebrate the holiday amid the cold temperatures. The 7th annual Halloween at Aurora City Hall event from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 31, will welcome hundreds of children and families to downtown Aurora before they head...

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Biltmore Haunts in Aurora, Ill

Biltmore Haunts in Aurora

Aurora resident Jason Lever’s favorite holiday always has been Halloween. He and his wife, Carrie, started with turning their living room into a mini-haunted house for friends and annual Halloween parties. Then the gatherings became so big, they moved the structure outside. A contractor by trade, Jason focuses on home...

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Pritzker proposes new early childhood agency in Illinois

By Peter Hancock Vowing to make Illinois the top state in the Nation for child-care accessibility, governor JB Pritzker unveiled a plan Tuesday, Oct. 24 to consolidate all the State’s early-childhood programs and funding into one new State agency. “Early Childhood program governance has to be unified in its focus...

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Proposal: Veterans Illinois Cold War Day

Illinois State representative Stephanie Kifowit, D-Oswego, is sponsoring a resolution in the Illinois State House of Representatives to declare December 26 as Cold War Veterans Recognition Day in the State of Illinois. The resolution HR0443 is set to be considered during the fall veto session, aims to honor the valiant...

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