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Wilmette aims to modernize fire stations, attract women firefighters

October 13, 2026 at 9:16 a.m.

The village is looking at a $24 million cost to upgrade two fire stations, one built in 1958 and the other in 1964.

Members of the Lake Forest Caucus voted October 2025 at the Gorton Community Center on a proposed bylaw change that would have allowed alternative voting. The measure narrowly failed to get a 2/3 majority. Another vote on Jan. 24, 2026 also failed to get enough votes for approval. (Daniel I. Dorfman/ for the Pioneer Press)

Lake Forest Caucus holding special meeting after not all candidates not endorsed by committee

October 12, 2026 at 3:12 p.m.

The Lake Forest Caucus will hold a special meeting on Oct. 20 after voters did not endorse two school district candidates recommended by the caucus committee at its Oct. 6...

Joe Wanda, co-owner of Wanda Farms, which produces pasture-raised meats and eggs in Harvard, Ill. (Ben Rattin)

Lake Forest high school senior promoting sustainable farms to consumers in North Shore

October 2, 2026 at 9:09 a.m.

Lake Forest High School senior Ben Rattin believes the practices used in modern farming are harmful to the planet's climate, have a negative impact on the soil as well as...

The opening of the Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum, formerly the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, in Evanston includes the debut of "The Gifts of Our World," a permanent, hands-on exhibition for children ages three to 10. (Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum)

Gichigamiin Museum opens in Evanston to showcase Native peoples of Great Lakes region

September 29, 2026 at 9:50 a.m.

The Indigenous Nations museum, formerly Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, will focus on peoples of Great Lakes region.

Artist Bruno Surdo of Evanston visited Ground Zero within days after 9/11 occurred in 2001 and created this 35-foot-wide, five-panel painting to honor the victims. It's being exhibited at Gallery Victor, 300 W. Superior, Chicago, for the 25th anniversary of 9/11. (Bruno Surdo)

Sweeping, 35-foot painting honoring 9/11 by Evanston artist shown on 25th anniversary

September 8, 2026 at 9:06 a.m.

Evanston artist Bruno Surdo recalls how in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Americans came together with a unifying sense of sadness and patriotism, plus an overwhelming...

Lake Forest College is seeing the largest incoming class in its 169-year history. (File photo)

Lake Forest College sees new academic year start with largest incoming class in its history

September 7, 2026 at 6:22 a.m.

There's a good reason for why Lake Forest College's 107-acre campus seems a bit more crowded this fall. The school is welcoming the largest incoming class in its 169-year history.

The opening of the new Foster Elementary School in Evanston-Skokie School District 65,, located at 1600 Simpson St., Evanston, was celebrated Aug. 7, 2026. It will function as a neighborhood school for Evanston's historically African-American Fifth Ward. (Andis Robeznieks/for Pioneer Press)

New Foster School opens in Evanston’s historic African-American Fifth Ward : ‘Joyful day’

August 11, 2026 at 8:00 a.m.

The neighborhood school for Evanston's historically African-American Fifth Ward, Foster opened decades after old building closed.

The Optima Lumina condo building planned for downtown Wilmette will be built with terracotta materials and vertical landscaping. Large four-bedroom units are expected to sell for $4.59 million. (Artist's rendering by DBOX for Optima, Inc.)

Price for Wilmette luxury condos hits $4.6 million in tight North Shore housing market

August 7, 2026 at 11:51 a.m.

Sales have opened for the Optima Lumina luxury condo building in downtown Wilmette, amid little housing inventory on North Shore.

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