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6-year-old battling leukemia launches Brave Beauty Project to provide dresses for child cancer patients

May 22, 2019 at 9:07 p.m.

Six-year-old Maren Carr of Montgomery was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in March and needed a port placed in her chest to administer chemotherapy. The procedure required Maren to remove...

Committee looks at forming League of Women Voters chapter in Aurora

May 22, 2019 at 9:07 p.m.

In the last couple of years, in an effort to be closer to their children and grandchildren, both Deb Fisher and Carol Tidwell, former Wisconsin residents, relocated to Aurora. Both...

Senior Medicare Patrol working to keep Fox Valley residents safe from scams

May 22, 2019 at 9:06 p.m.

Even with supplemental health insurance, Tom Teune was “fully aware of how important Medicare was to the health and well-being” of his parents. Wanting to diminish Medicare fraud and ensure...

The Kane County Farm Bureau organized a meeting with representatives from the Northern Illinois Food Bank, local food pantries and farmers to talk about how to get more milk to food pantries in the Fox Valley.

For Fox Valley food pantries, milk can be a tough item to carry

May 22, 2019 at 9:05 p.m.

Got milk? That is a question one Fox Valley group is asking concerning food pantries in the area. Milk may be one of the most requested items at the food...

Girl Scouts and potential new members spend time at a recruitment event for the group in Aurora.

Aurora Girl Scouts look forward to busy year

May 10, 2019 at 12:46 p.m.

As a newly-minted Junior Scout, Brooke Bieker, a member of Aurora’s Girl Scout Troop 765, is looking forward to the “adventurous” part of Scouting this year. Already plans are set...

Civil War re-enactors look to keep legacy of regiment formed in St. Charles alive

May 22, 2019 at 9:03 p.m.

Molly Middel of Aurora’s involvement with the 8th Illinois Cavalry re-enactors, an educational nonprofit group, began after she bid on and won a free weekend to participate as a re-enactor...

Aurora event focuses on immigrant students looking to go to college

May 22, 2019 at 9:02 p.m.

In just a few weeks, Aurora’s Adrian Gonzalez will head back to Stanford University to begin his sophomore year where he is studying computer science and Latin American studies. However,...

Oxford House Natalie in Aurora works to help women beat drug addiction

May 22, 2019 at 9:01 p.m.

The ongoing opioid epidemic is making recovery programs like Oxford House Natalie in Aurora all the more important, Oxford House officials said. Oxford House Natalie provides a home for women...

Naperville resident Nyssa Stagnaro-Green participates in a protest with her 14-month-old son earlier this month at Fox Valley Mall in Aurora. She said at the time that she hoped the protest would lead to more understanding about the rights of breastfeeding mothers.

Fox Valley events aim to promote breastfeeding

May 22, 2019 at 8:59 p.m.

As breastfeeding has become both a national and local headline recently, in Kane County for the third year new and expectant moms will gather together as part of an international...

Batavia United Methodist mission trip called a ‘life-changing’ experience

May 22, 2019 at 8:57 p.m.

Just back from rural Kentucky, North Aurora’s Jabari Sisco and 85 other members of the Batavia United Methodist Church’s mission trip streamed into the morning Sunday worship service to talk...

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