Mike Danahey / The Courier-News
Despite the rain Sunday afternoon several thousand people attended the 111th annual Norge Ski Jump in Fox River Grove. The event traces its roots back to a club started 111 years ago by a group of Norwegian men who had settled in the Chicago area, and has become one of the area’s biggest outdoor cold-weather parties. 
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Despite the rain Sunday afternoon several thousand people attended the 111th annual Norge Ski Jump in Fox River Grove. The event traces its roots back to a club started 111 years ago by a group of Norwegian men who had settled in the Chicago area, and has become one of the area’s biggest outdoor cold-weather parties.
