Aurora Winter Lights Fest to feature parade, tree-lighting, drone show and more
The city of Aurora will officially welcome in the holiday season on Friday with the annual Winter Lights Fest from 6 to 9 p.m. downtown.
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Batavia Winterfest Art Market offers chance for some early holiday shopping
Visitors to downtown Batavia over the weekend got a head start on their holiday shopping as the Batavia MainStreet group and Water Street Studios offered their annual Winterfest Art Market,...
Batavia rally focuses on immigrant rights, food insecurity and the affordability of health care
The recent end of the longest federal government shutdown in history didn't end concerns some Fox Valley residents have about the state of the country right now.
Pumpkin smash events get Kane County residents in the swing of composting
The pumpkin smash events are designed to reduce the number of pumpkins ending up in landfills. Instead, the pumpkins are broken apart and used as compost.
Aurora salutes its veterans during downtown parade: ‘Without our veterans, we wouldn’t have a country’
Tuesday morning, Aurora joined the rest of the country in honoring our nation’s heroes as the annual Veterans Day parade in the city began just after 10:15 a.m. at the...
Cocoa Crawl in Geneva offers chance to warm up during cold snap
The blast of cold weather that swept through the Chicago area over the weekend was welcomed by visitors to Geneva on Saturday who felt it perfectly complemented the Geneva Chamber...
Aurora food pantry puts emphasis on veterans, distributes food boxes
Rich Epperson of Naperville spent 27 years in the Marine Corp and was happy to see a lot of other veterans this past weekend at a special event held in...
Batavia experiencing growth, Mayor Jeff Schielke tells business audience
At the Batavia state of the city address, Mayor Jeff Schielke told a business audience the city is experiencing growth.
Batavia’s New Moon vegan bakery gets Illinois tourism award
Local business and city leaders gathered in Batavia Wednesday to celebrate a local bakery and café’s induction into a state program that recognizes businesses offering destination-worthy products. Earlier this week,...
Indoor winter market opens for season in downtown Batavia
The Batavia summer farmers market that thousands attended this past season may be over, but shoppers are able to pick up right where they left off thanks to the opening...