Month: September 2025

Recipe of the Week: Sauerbraten

Ingredients1 1/2 cups red wine vinegar1/2 cup dry red wine2 onions, sliced2 carrots, sliced1 bay leaf1/8 teaspoon whole allspice3 whole cloves1 tablespoon black peppercorns1 tablespoon salt4 pounds rump roast1/2 cup butter1 tablespoon vegetable oil5 tablespoons all-purpose flour1 tablespoon white sugar1/2 cup crushed gingersnap cookies Directions1. In large non-metal bowl, combine

A grand celebration for grandparents at Aurora Library

Get ready for a grand afternoon, because the Aurora Public Library District is rolling out the welcome mat for grandparents, grand-friends, and their families! Sunday, Sept. 7 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., the Santori Library will host a Grandparents’ Day Celebration filled with crafts, Bingo, storytime, family portraits, and

Reader’s Commentary: Trump labeled threat, but brings about more peace

By Bela “Bill” Suhayda Democrats called Donald Trump: “The existential threat to our world.” Americans then elected him president. Trump made liars out of them all! Who could have known? Trump negotiated peace between Cambodia vs. Thailand, Rwanda vs. Congo, India vs. Pakistan, and he brought Middle East countries together

Select high school football schedule Sept. 5-6; results Aug. 29-30

Friday, Sept. 5Fox Valley*Cary-Grove at Burlington Central, 7 p.m.Hampshire at Crystal Lake Central, 7 p.m.Jacobs at Prairie Ridge, 7 p.m.Dundee-Crown at Huntley, 7 p.m.Non-conferenceBatavia at South Elgin, 7 p.m.Benet Academy at Glenbard North, 7 p.m.Chicago Christ the King at Aurora Cen. Cath., 6 p.m.Chicago Crane at Aurora Christian, 7 p.m.Chicago

College football schedules and results

Friday, Sept. 5Western Illinois at Northwestern, 6:30 p.m., BTNNorthern Illinois at Maryland, 6:30 p.m., BTN Saturday, Sept. 6Illinois at Duke, 11 a.m., ABC or ESPNUniversity of Wisconsin Platteville at Aurora University, 1 p.m.Eastern Illinois at Indiana State, noonMoorehead State at Illinois State, 6 p.m., ESPN+Buena Vista at Benedictine, 1 p.m.Wheaton

Suburban beekeepers present conference seminars

Seminars by members of the Batavia-based Fox Valley Beekeepers Association (FVBA) highlighted a summer conference. Sherrie Benson of Batavia and Jim Konrad, Aurora, were among guest speakers at the Illinois State Beekeepers Association conference Aug. 16. The annual event was held at Meyer Bees apiary in Minooka. Benson, FVBA president,

‘Eye to Eye’: Aurora University exhibits 40 unique artists

Aurora University’s Schingoethe Center gallery, 1315 Prairie Street, Aurora, opened the “Eye to Eye,” an exhibit showcasing the work of 40 artists. Natasha Ritsma, Schingoethe Center director, said “This interdisciplinary display, running through Dec. 2, showcases photographs, paintings, prints and sculptures by more than 40 artists from around the world.

Burning the flag or torching the constitution

By John & Nisha Whitehead Cancel culture—political correctness amped up on steroids, the self-righteousness of a narcissistic age, and a mass-marketed pseudo-morality that is little more than fascism disguised as tolerance—has shifted us into an Age of Intolerance. Nothing illustrates this more clearly than president Donald Trump’s latest executive order