Category: Community

Suburban Norwegian-Americans honor departed friends

Suburban Norwegian-Americans honored departed friends Sunday, May 4. Members of Sons of Norway Polar Star Lodge 5-472 held a remembrance service during the group’s May meeting at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Montgomery. After a potluck luncheon and business meeting, Yorkville resident and Polar Star president Ken Johnson opened the

Cleaning up community: ‘Earth Day of Service’

More than 50 Aurora area volunteers, adults, and children celebrated “Earth Day of Service,” by removing litter Saturday, April 26 at Aurora and Montgomery parks and lakes and along Fox River banks. Community cleanup locations were Waubonsie Lake Park and Trail in Aurora and Montgomery canoe and kayak launch. Cosponsors

Rosary H.S. National Honor Society hosts senior citizen prom

Rosary High School’s National Honor Society was proud to host its second annual “Senior Prom” for the residents of Greenfields living community in Geneva April 15. This year’s standing-room-only event had a Western theme and featured music from the Marmion-Rosary Jazz band. Mr. and Mrs. Bergman were crowned king and

Aurora Kiwanians 74th annual pancake breakfast

Aurora Kiwanis Club held its 74th annual pancake breakfast fundraiser Saturday, April 12. Featuring two rotating pancake grills, the event was held at Aurora Central Catholic High School. Volunteers included Boy Scouts and leaders from Troop 26, sponsored by Kiwanis at Plum Landing retirement community in Aurora. Club president Daniel

Aurora Council honors Sikh Awareness and Appreciation month

By Jason Crane Mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin presented a proclamation in honor of April being national Sikh Awareness and Appreciation Month at the April 15 Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting. Mayor Irvin invited members of Aurora’s Sikh community to share more about the Sikh faith and the purpose

Cleaning up Edgelawn: Aurora University student-athletes pitch in

Edgelawn Drive from Jericho Road to Prairie Street in Aurora got a makeover April 10. Celebrating NCAA Division 3 Week, about 25 Aurora University male and female Spartan athletes cleared the Edgelawn roadway of debris. The annual service project was coordinated by Morgan Stenson, assistant athletic director and Christina Bonaparte,

Three Fires Council to honor Aurora everyday heroes May 1

Scouting America, Three Fires Council is scheduled to host its annual Aurora Everyday Heroes event Thursday, May 1 at the Prisco Center, 150 W Illinois Avenue, Aurora. This event serves to celebrate and honor heroes in the community who have made a positive impact on those around them. This year’s

Kane County Circuit Clerk annual expungement clinic May 3

Theresa Barreiro, Kane County circuit clerk; Jamie Mosser Kane County States attorney, State representative Barbara Hernandez; Kane County Law Library; and volunteers, will be host to their annual Expungement Clinic from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 3 at Aurora Public Library, 101 S. River Street, Aurora. Theresa Barreiro,

Diabetes Club’s third annual “Tee Off to Defeat Diabetes” Golf Outing set for Friday, June 20; Diabetes Club of Fox Valley “Meet & Greet” April 12

By Russ George The Diabetes Club of Fox Valley will hold it’s April “Meet and Greet”, organized by media chairperson, Ann McBride, to expose our Club and our mission, Saturday, April 12, from 9 a.m. to noon, at Society 57, 100 S. River Street, in downtown Aurora. We’re excited to