Past Articles

Education

Army Sgt. Richard E. Crotty

Name to be Added to Kane County Veterans Memorial

For the first time since 2020 a name of a fallen solider will be adde...

Sharp dressed in red and black, a male scarlet tanager pauses for his closeup before resuming his foraging activities. Photo by Nikki Dahlin

Good Natured: The Trees Are Alive with Sharp-Dressed Men

I believe it was that little ol' band from Texas, ZZ Top, that noted,...

Kane County's Sixteenth Judicial Circuit Court is out with its Annual Report.

Successes in Sixteenth Judicial Circuit Court

The response to the global pandemic has forever changed the way cour...

Geneva Sunset Park District Pool

Park District Pools Opening for the Season Across Kane County

There are many places to splash around Kane County this summer...

Kane County employees celebrate National Bike to Work Day on May 19.

Kane County Employees Celebrate Bike to Work Day May 19, 2023

Rain didn't stop Kane County employees from biking to work on Nationa...

A-ha! Native plants attract native pollinators and a host of other wildlife. Here a silver-spotted skipper sips nectar from blazing star, a prairie plant that thrives in full sun.

Good Natured: Benefits of Native Plants

When was the last time you had an A-ha...

Chicago River Chonkosaurus

Thoughts on Local Snapping Turtles

After seeing pictures of the enormous Chicago River snapping tur...

Kane County Proclaims May Bicycle and Motorcycle Awareness Month

Proclamation by the Kane County Board ChairWHEREAS, safety is the hi...

Looking very much like a creature from a Dr. Seuss story, the horned spanworm features odd structures known in entomological terms as 'eversible tentacles.'

Good Natured: Horned Spanworm

I'm a fan of Dr...

Longtime Aurora zoo alligators, Irwin and Alice, outgrew their indoor habitat and were relocated to an outdoor alligator sanctuary in Michigan

New Home for Popular Aurora Zoo Alligators

See you later, alligators...

Dr. Charles Hiscock

Kane County Educator of the Year

The Kane County Regional Office of Education is proud to announce tha...

Trash pick-up near East Aurora High School

East Aurora HS Tomcat Trash Toss Out

When the level of trash in and along property south of East Aurora Hig...

<< Prev

Next >>