A touch of old England in Iowa
Ladies' makeup crowned Carl Weeks as cosmetics king of the country, but it took a 42-room, bits-and-pieces palace in Des Moines to make him king of the hill. Anxious to...
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Who is that?
"Old" is what you are when you don't recognize any of the names in the Personals section ("Who's Who and What's Up"), the Trib's new celebrity-hype feature.
A no-frills approach to bargain wines
Tucked on the side of a small strip mall in Naperville, Snootie's Wine is an offshoot of owner Knute Anderson's 4-year-old Naperville Wine Shop. Snootie's stocks closeouts, which translates into...
Check out these Midwest holiday happenings
Here's an eight-state roundup of some of the biggest holiday events coming up in the weeks ahead. In cases where event space is limited and reservations are necessary, we've included...
SENIORS STAY ON THE GO
Oak Lawn and Evergreen Park offer services and activities designed to keep older residents active and engaged in lifelong learning. Nowhere is this more evident than at the Oak Lawn...
MARKET DAY STORE IS MADE TO ORDER
Individuals who for years have stocked their freezers and fridges with Market Day Corp. food ordered through their schools, churches or other local organizations will welcome the company's first store,...
SUPERMARKET STOCKS ITS INVENTORY WITH EASTERN EUROPEAN FLAVORS
Bobak's Sausage Co., a fixture on Archer Avenue since 1966, is expanding its act to the suburbs. Bobak's opened a second retail store in Burr Ridge (County Line Square, 100...
Holland history
Fresh from the Netherlands, a small nation dotted with dikes, ditches, deltas and dams, the Dutch who settled here in early 1847 well knew the terrors of living next to...
How Swede it is
With a few hundred of his countrymen in tow, 38-year-old Swedish preacher Erik Jansson arrived here on the Illinois prairie in late 1846, determined to establish a community of men,...
Just plain folk
Modeled after Scandinavian folk museums that mirror the work and customs, successes and setbacks of ordinary people, the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum showcases the lives of hardy immigrants who settled along...