Electronics, clothing and shoes, cooking oil, and florescent tube lights will be accepted from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March. 8 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 Naperville Police Department will be host to a scam awareness webinar at noon Wednesday, Feb. 26, to educate citizens about the latest scams being used to defraud Naperville residents and how to protect themselves. Naperville residents reported losing nearly $5.5 million to scams in 2024. Victims ranged in age
The League of Women Voters of Central Kane County, will host a five-part candidate forum in Sugar Grove, featuring candidates running in contested races for the offices of Sugar Grove Fire Protection District Trustee, Waubonsee Community College Trustee, Village of Sugar Grove Trustee, Village of Sugar Grove President, and Kaneland
By Russ George Members of the Diabetes Club of Fox Valley held their February membership meeting Wednesday, Feb. 12, at Oak Street Restaurant, 945 Oak Street, in North Aurora. Club members welcomed our newest member Kari Mathieu, into our group, held a short business meeting, then began to celebrate Valentines
The Fort Hill Wellness Series continues into 2025 with its next topic, “Age is Only a Number” Monday, March 3 at 1 p.m. at Fort Hill Activity Center, 20 Fort Hill Drive. Joanne Whiteside, MS, RN, NC-BC, a holistic and wellness nurse coach will lead an hour-long discussion on key
There will be a FREE Plano Food Pantry Friday, Feb. 21 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at First Lutheran Church in Plano, 200 N Center Street. Attendees can pick up a box of canned goods, fresh fruit & veggies, frozen meat, bread, milk, eggs. All in need are welcome
Hines VA and the Aurora Mayor’s Office will host a special Women Veterans Event to launch Women’s History Month. The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 1, at Prisco Community Center, 150 W. Illinois Avenue in Aurora. The event will focus on connecting women Veterans
The City of Aurora’s Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Military Museum, 23 East Downer Place, Aurora, will highlight the contributions, struggles, and lasting impact of African American service people in the 19th and 20th Century. The G.A.R. Museum is open Wednesday through Friday from noon to 7 p.m. and
The Yorkville Public Library Youth Service Department will have many events in February. All events will take place at the Library, 902 Game Farm Road, unless otherwise noted. For more information, or to register, call 630-553-4354 or visit www.yorkville.lib.il.us. •Read with Paws, Saturday, Feb. 22, 10:30 a.m.. Children can come
When the private Lincoln Highway Association laid out the nation’s first improved coast-to-coast highway, its route from Plainfield to Aurora zigzagged through northeastern Kendall County’s Oswego Township on existing country roads. When plans to pave the highway in the 1920s were being made, Naperville made a strong case to run
New England Congregational Church in Aurora celebrated Black History Month with “A History of Negro Spirituals through Word and Song” Sunday afternoon. The event featured vocalist and music educator Ina Allen of Bolingbrook, a freelance performer and vocal teacher and coach at Bolingbrook and Romeoville high Schools. She was accompanied
The Aurora African American Heritage Advisory Board is proud to be host to the 19th Annual Aurora Heritage Dinner, Friday, Feb. 28, at The Matrix Club, 808 Illinois Route 59, Naperville. Social hour will begin at 6 p.m., followed by the dinner and program at 7 p.m.. Tickets are $125
The Oswego Chamber Musicians will present My Funny Valentine, a concert about love, at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23 at Our Savior Lutheran Church, 420 W. Downer Place in Aurora. The group plays varied musical stylings including opera, jazz, classical, and more modern hits. For more information and tickets visit
The Roosevelt – Aurora American Legion Post 84 will be host to a meeting at 8 a.m. Friday, Feb. 14, at the Post, 1649 Montgomery Road, #7, Aurora. — Roosevelt – Aurora American Legion Post 84
Open Roads ABATE Meeting will have its meeting Saturday, Feb. 22, at 6 p.m., at Plano American Legion, 510 E. Dearborn Street, Plano. Agenda items includes legislature updates, event updates, summer book. For more information go to the Open Roads ABATE Facebook page or call Cliff on (630) 552-3828. —
Parents and caregivers of children with ADHD often face unique challenges, from managing daily routines to understanding the best ways to support their child’s growth. To help navigate these challenges, the Aurora Public Library District (APLD) is hosting an informative session, Executive Functioning & ADHD: Helping Your Child Thrive, Thursday,
Join the Sierra Club Valley of the Fox ExCom for its Monday, Feb. 17 Valley of the Fox online meeting at 6:30 p.m. for a program on the Xerces Society, an international organization that protects the conservation of invertebrates and their habitats. Linda Seyler, from the organization, will present The
New England Congregational Church, 406 W. Galena Blvd. in Aurora, will celebrate diversity with a visit by the Mobile Museums of Tolerance exhibit bus. The bus will be open to the public in the church parking lot Sunday, Feb. 16, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission and parking are
This year marks the 175th birthday of Oswego’s iconic Little White School Museum. To celebrate, a new exhibit capturing the historic building’s many lives and changes it has experienced since it was completed in 1850. To kick off the year-long birthday recognition, a new exhibit, “Restoring the Little White School
Faith Lutheran Church, 3000 Liberty Street in Aurora, will celebrate Scout Sunday with worship services and a pancake breakfast fundraiser Sunday, Feb. 9. The public is invited. Parking is free. Members of the church’s Cub Scout Pack 643 and Scout Troop 508 will participate in worship services at 8 a.m.
