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Miskatonic Brewing Craft Kitchen in downtown Naperville has announced it will be closing Nov. 2. (Carolyn Stein/Naperville Sun)

Miskatonic Brewing Craft Kitchen, hurt by downtown Naperville construction, to close in November

October 23, 2025 at 2:42 p.m.

Closure of Miskatonic Brewing in Naperville tied to the financial hit from months of bridge, road construction, co-founder says.

Cars line up at the 7 Brew in Naperville on Sept. 1, 2025. The Naperville City Council is considering amending the 1% food and beverage tax to include businesses like 7 Brew. (Carolyn Stein/Naperville Sun)

Naperville may require drive-thru-only businesses, food trucks to pay food and beverage tax

October 23, 2025 at 12:19 p.m.

The Naperville City Council may expand the city's food and beverage tax to include drive-thru-only businesses and food trucks.

The Fresh Market, an upscale North Carolina-based grocer, is closing its Naperville location after opening less than a year ago at 204 S. Route 59. (Tess Kenny/Naperville Sun)

Naperville’s Fresh Market store to close less than a year after opening

October 21, 2025 at 2:43 p.m.

The Fresh Market is closing its Naperville location less than a year after opening at 204 S. Route 59, a company rep confirmed.

The stretch of 6th Avenue between Center Street and Ellsworth Street in Naperville is one where the city plans to put in a sidewalk in 2026. (Allison Longenbaugh)

Naperville to put in 17 new sidewalks over the next two years

October 17, 2025 at 8:29 p.m.

The city has signed off on a plan to install 17 sidewalks in 2026 and 2027 to close gaps where residents currently cannot walk.

This rendering shows the proposed data center to be built at 1960 Lucent Lane in Naperville by Karis Critical, scaled back from the two centers initially planned. (Karis Critical)

Naperville data center vote delayed after opponents flood commission meeting

October 16, 2025 at 2:45 p.m.

A commission decision on plans for a proposed Naperville data center was postponed after dozens of people spoke against the project.

A "No Kings" protest is to be held Saturday outside the Naperville Municipal Center, similar to the gathering held in June for the first "No Kings Day." (Michelle Mullins/for the Naperville Sun)

‘No Kings’ rally to be held Saturday outside Naperville Municipal Center

October 16, 2025 at 12:15 p.m.

Anti-Trump protesters will gather for a “No Kings” rally Saturday to be held outside the downtown Naperville Municipal Center.

This artist's rendering shows what the Karis Critical data center campus could look like if built at 1960 Lucent Lane in Naperville. It's proposed for the former Alcatel-Lucent property off of the Interstate 88 research and technology corridor. (Karis Critical)

Karis Critical scales back proposed data center in Naperville

October 14, 2025 at 5:01 p.m.

The developers of a proposed 72-megawatt data center campus at the former Alcatel-Lucent site in Naperville are now scaling back their plans.

The Water Lantern Festival was held at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. About 3,000 water lanterns were launched in the small pond behind the school, each containing personal messages, with about 20% of the proceeds from the festival going to the Make-A-Wish Illinois Foundation. (Jon Langham/for the Naperville Sun)

Lanterns illuminate Naperville pond in fundraiser for Make-A-Wish Illinois

October 14, 2025 at 10:32 a.m.

About 3,000 illuminated lanterns were launched Saturday as part of the Water Lantern Festival in Naperville benefiting Make-A-Wish Illinois.

Everly Trace is a 68-unit townhouse development to be built in south Naperville next to Crone Middle School's athletic fields. (M/I Homes)

South Naperville in line for 82 new homes with council OK of new developments

October 10, 2025 at 7:10 p.m.

Residential developments approved by the Naperville City Council this week will add 82 new homes to south Naperville when complete.

Water trickles from a lead service line as workers move forward on replacing it with a copper pipe for a homeowner in the 10100 block of South Green Street in Chicago on May 2, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Interest-free loan lets Naperville remove last of its lead water lines by 2027

October 10, 2025 at 6:08 p.m.

A $3.5 million loan from the state will allow Naperville to remove its remaining lead service lines by 2027, two years ahead of schedule. If successful, Naperville will be among...

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