VNA Health Care (VNA) offers expanded testing for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), and it started Monday. These services are available by appointment to those with COVID-19 symptoms. A VNA provider will assess individuals prior to testing. Individuals without insurance will be served on a sliding fee scale based upon income, with
A sign in Winfield offers a constant reminder for the situation our society finds itself. The overhead sign on Winfield Road at Beecher Avenue reads
Little Traveler boutique department store in Geneva cleared out Easter candy Friday by donating chocolate bunnies and other treats to employees at Northwestern Delnor Hospital in Geneva. In a Facebook post, a store spokesman said, “Since we temporarily closed the store, all the chocolate bunnies and their other Easter candy
Peculiar things happen when Homo sapiens isolate. Whether it’s referred to as social or physical distancing, being alone does unexpected things to humans. Pappion, a 1973 movie, depicts how isolation can affect human behavior. The film is about the penal system of French Guyana and the years that prisoner Henri
With many individuals inside, representative Stephanie Kifowit has created a COVID-19 BINGO card to help raise awareness during this time of crisis and each completed card will generate a meal donation through Feeding the Frontline initiative through April. The BINGO card was posted on Friday to representative Kifowit’s Facebook page,
With many individuals inside, representative Stephanie Kifowit has created a COVID-19 BINGO card to help raise awareness during this time of crisis and each completed card will generate a meal donation through Feeding the Frontline initiative through April. The BINGO card was posted on Friday to representative Kifowit’s Facebook page,
The Easter Bunny tours through streets in Aurora in the back of a pickup truck bringing smiles to children and adults Sunday, April 12.
By Dave Soderstrom Monday (April 6) I received a message from a nice lady who follows my wildlife photos. She said she had a baby great horned owl in her yard that had fallen out of its nest high up in a pine tree in her back yard in North
Paul Eggert of Aurora is among new officers recently elected to lead Aurora District United Methodist men. One of five districts in the United Methodist Church Northern Illinois Conference, the Aurora District comprises 76 clergy and 58 churches from Sugar Grove to Yorkville to Morris, plus Lombard, Orland Park, and
The Little White School Museum in Oswego has created a “Hometown Historian” initiative to record and collect the community’s unfolding history during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Museum is asking residents inside its area of interest, the 68 square miles inside the Oswego School District, to send the museum photos and
Rebecca and Mark Walker of Aurora enjoy the first Virtual First Fridays April 3. Aurora Downtown organized the online event that featured more than a dozen participating Facebook pages from downtown Aurora businesses and nonprofits.
Presence Fox Knoll/Ascension Living retirement community, 421 N. Lake Street in Aurora, celebrate staff members Monday with a Heroes Work Here sign on the front lawn.
By Peter Hancock Illinois residents are being directed to continue staying home, and schools will continue to be closed for on-site instruction through April 30, governor JB Pritzker said Tuesday. Pritzker made that announcement during a news conference Tuesday in Chicago. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 937 new
Loading a bus destined for Georgetown Elementary School in Aurora, a part of Indian Prairie District 204, Monday, are personnel at Metea Valley High School in Aurora.
Flowing Forth United Methodist Church in Aurora is looking for volunteers willing to write thank-you notes for delivery to Aurora area frontline health-care workers. Those willing to write thank-you cards can contact Flowing Forth Pastor Derek Rogers at pastorderekrogers@Gmail.com or call the church office, 630-239-2321, to advise many cards you
Shelter in place is the norm in much of the country, thanks to COVID-19. As a result, connections once made face to face are now happening electronically in both work and personal lives. John Caughlin leads the department of communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and specializes in
As much as we tell ourselves that we are an essential business, we know deep down inside that’s just not the case. That said, as of March 21, per governor JB Pritzker’s order, If These Walls Could Talk Custom Framing & Gallery was closed to the public. We will open
By Tom Siebert The rapidly-spreading coronavirus pandemic forced Kendall County PADS to abruptly cut short its tenth shelter season by about one month, but not until volunteers sought help for their homeless guests in securing alternative temporary housing. Earlier this month, the PADS board of directors decided to defer to
March 15 all bars and restaurants in the State were ordered to close the following day with the exception of carry-out and delivery. That same week was filled with lines of cars outside of downtown restaurants waiting for carry-out orders, and hefty tips for restaurant staff members. March 21 a
