Illinois farmers cautiously approach harvest
September 16, 2019Farmers and grain buyers are beginning to gain a clearer, more accurate idea of what this year’s highly anticipated corn and soybean harvests will bring. Though corn yields…
Farmers and grain buyers are beginning to gain a clearer, more accurate idea of what this year’s highly anticipated corn and soybean harvests will bring. Though corn yields…
Kishwaukee College completed renovation of their 16,843 square foot library and will host a grand reopening on Sept. 10 from 4-5:30 p.m. The redesigned library now houses library services,…
Like almost anything past its 100th birthday, Mark Ounan’s Dodge Bros. military staff car has its cranky moments. But the olive-hued former military sedan continues to hold its own…
It’s 8:57 a.m. on a steamy Friday as a handful of stragglers rushed into the Sycamore High School auditorium for another day of summer theatre camp. Clutching green-covered scripts,…
When the lower level room at DeKalb’s Family Service Agency on Sycamore Road opened on the morning of Friday, July 19, it was packed with clothing and shoes, dry food and sundries…
Young again! I feel like I have been propelled back to the halcyon days of yesteryear, when I hear once more the ring of plain speaking throughout the land, as I did as a child. “Go…
The area around Ridgebrook Apartments in the 800 block of Ridge Drive was quieter than usual Friday. No residents were in sight, the parking lot was empty and entry doors to the three-story…
PEORIA — For 60 years, SkillsUSA Illinois has held workforce development competitions for young people entering the trades. And for 60 years, there has never been an all-female team…
CHICAGO — In a hot gymnasium on Chicago’s South Side, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced this morning that he’s running for a potentially historic third term as governor. In his announcement…
SPRINGFIELD —– Three main factors contribute to the formation of Midwest dust storms: strong winds, dry soil in farm fields and large amounts of loose soil. That’s according to…
SPRINGFIELD — Public employees hired since 2011 must continue to wait for pension reform after Illinois lawmakers declined to take up the issue during the spring session. Lawmakers…
SPRINGFIELD — Under a bill awaiting the governor’s signature, certain insurance plans would have to cover hippotherapy and other forms of therapeutic horseback riding in Illinois. …
Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed Illinois’ fiscal year 2026 budget into law, taking shots at President Donald Trump’s budget management to defend hard choices state lawmakers were…