Aurora National POW/MIA Recognition Day
Aurora celebrated National POW/MIA Recognition Day with a third annual ceremony at Veterans Island Park Friday.
Pritzker calls for leaders to tone down rhetoric
By Ben SzalinskiCapitol News Illinoisbszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com Governor JB Pritzker said political leaders — starting with president Donald Trump — need to do more to condemn political violence. “He actively fans the flames of division, as he did on Friday, regularly advocates violence for political retribution, and in more than one case,
Jim Edgar, former Ill. governor, dies at 79
By Hannah Meisel& Jerry NowickiCapitol News Illinoisnews@capitolnewsillinois.com Jim Edgar, Illinois’ 38th governor who served from 1991 to 1999, died Sunday after disclosing an aggressive cancer diagnosis earlier this year. He was 79. Though he’d been out of power for 26 years — more time than the two decades he spent
Aurora remembers 9/11
Aurora firefighters lay a wreath Thursday, Sept. 11 at Aurora’s annual 9-11 memorial ceremony at the Aurora Central fire station.
High School football: East Aurora vs. Streamwood
East Aurora High School quarterback, Joseph Becker (1), looks down field for a receiver against Streamwood Friday, Sept. 12.
Kane Senior Council, offers services, volunteer opportunities
DuPage Senior Citizens Council, also doing business as Kane Senior Council, will celebrate their 50th Anniversary this year. “Come see who we are,” said Marylin Krolak, executive director of the DuPage Senior Citizens Council/Kane Senior Council. DuPage Senior Citizens Council is a volunteer-driven 501(c)(3) not-for-profit that initiates, delivers, monitors and
Aurora City Council listens to thoughts on Sept. 12 flag raising
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council listened to many public comments, both in support of and against the decision of Aurora mayor John Laesch to raise municipal flags Friday, Sept. 12, after the flags were lowered in remembrance of lives lost in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. President Donald
League of Women Voters of Illinois endorses Fair State Maps
In the shadow of midterm gerrymandering wars for U.S. Congressional seats, Illinois voters may soon face a new ballot measure aimed at curbing partisan map-drawing for legislative districts within Illinois set to take effect after the 2030 census. Partisan gerrymandering reduces political debate and competition in our elections. It also
Reader’s Voice: Kifowit: Kids Expo & Touch-A-Truck
September 14, 2025Dear editor; Thank you to everyone who joined us this past weekend for my Annual Kids Expo & Touch-A-Truck. We had such a wonderful turnout, and it was heartwarming to see so many families and children come together to enjoy the day. Kids climbed aboard police cars, fire
Reader’s Voice: Thanks for all the help Dems
September 13, 2025Dear editor; I just want to thank the activist democrats, not all democrats, and the democratic so called leadership, whoever they are, for making the next election cycle a little easier for us Republicans to win. You would like to think by now they may have learned something
Diabetes Club elects new officers & board members; Diabetes Club of Fox Valley members hear from Rick Sanchez, owner of Legacy Nutrition
By Russ George Members of the Diabetes Club of Fox Valley held their September membership meeting Wednesday, Sept. 10, at Oak Street Restaurant, 945 Oak Street, in North Aurora. Club vice president, Chuck Nelson, introduced guest speaker, Rick Sanchez, a diabetes prevention lifestyle coach, and certified personal and group fitness
Foster job fair at Waubonsee, Oct. 2
Bill Foster invites all interested persons to his upcoming Job & Career Fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, in partnership with the Illinois Department of Employment Security and Waubonsee Community College. The event will be at Waubonsee Community College’s Sugar Grove Campus at their Academic and
Octoberfest in Aurora Sept. 20
Celebrate Octoberfest at Aurora’s Phillips Park Pavilion at Phillips Park Zoo, 1000 Ray Moses Drive, from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20. There will be drink, food, music, and dancing at the family-friendly event. Admission is $5 and children under five are free of charge. Event will happen
It’s Our Fox River Day cleanup Sept. 20
The Conservation Foundation will host its annual “It’s Our Fox River Day” Saturday, Sept. 20, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.. The effort is led by the foundation with other local organizations like the Friends of the Fox River to clean litter out of the Fox River in locations from
Response to former mayor Pierce on Aurora casino
By Ricky Rieckert Dear readers, I’m thankful to former Aurora mayor David Pierce for his input last week about the Hollywood Casino in Aurora, which opened in 1993. The former mayor wrote that the City gave the casino the land, where the casino was built and a small parking lot,
Mayor Laesch on Aurora flags
Thursday, Sept. 11 the City of Aurora government joined communities across the Nation in lowering municipal flags to half-staff in solemn remembrance of the lives lost in the September 11, 2001 attacks. Friday, Sept. 12, Aurora’s flags were returned to full staff. While the president of the United States, Donald
Aurora disrespects with flag
State representative Jed Davis expressed deep concern over Aurora’s mayor raising flags to full staff before the conclusion of governor JB Pritzker’s official half-staff order, which remained in effect through sunset Sunday, Sept. 14. “The Governor’s half-staff directive was clear and carries the force of state law under the Illinois
Side effects: Maybe I should just call the undertaker
Recently I switched my prescriptions to Walgreens, because the medical plan I’m on said to do that. So I did. It has saved me money and my only complaint is with the big honkin’ plastic bottles the pills come in. Thirty little pills bounce round at the bottom of the
Elgin Symphony Orchestra to start 76th season
Acclaimed pianist Orion Weiss will join the award-winning Elgin Symphony Orchestra to open its 76th Season Saturday, Oct. 11 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 12 at 2:30 p.m. at The Hemmens Cultural Center, 45 Symphony Way, Elgin. The season opener features George Gershwin’s Concerto in F, Howard Hanson’s Symphony
Fox Valley Brass Band to open season
Fox Valley Brass Band will open its 2025-2026 concert season at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19 at Wesley United Methodist Church, 14 N. May Street in Aurora Themed “FVBB Goes to the Theater,” the concert will feature selections from soaring Puccini and Verdi operas to musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein