Aurora ice cream shop ready for Christmas in July
The weather outside may be "frightfully" warm, still an Aurora ice cream shop will soon be celebrating the season — the Christmas season that is. For three days, beginning July...
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Recreation program aims to help those with mental illness
When Stephen Thurlow retired as music department chairman from Marmion Academy in Aurora, he began volunteering for National Alliance of Mental Illness Kane County North's adult recreation program. Twice each...
Program helps people with disabilities learn to ride a bike
Learning to ride bike can be terrifying. For individuals with disabilities, it can seem more daunting or something they were told they would never be able to accomplish. Statistics show...
Program in Aurora works to place ‘unadoptable’ cats at local farms, businesses
Cats that some have deemed unadoptable are getting a chance to finally find a home through the Humane Society of Aurora's "barn cat" program. Started last year, the program is...
Aurora library takes part in summer meal program
Once each week, the Aurora Public Library bookmobile parks at William V. Plum Park on Aurora's West Side and kids climb aboard and grab a few books and a box...
Batavia woman works to connect prisoners with their children
As a lifelong volunteer, Batavia resident Jill Runke has donated her time to literacy centers, nursing homes and a domestic violence center. For the last five years, Runke also has...
Community Foundation gives out more than 350 scholarships
Matthew Flanders of Aurora was one of more than 350 area students who were awarded a scholarship through the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley 2017 program. A recent...
New group helps Fox Valley kids help others
Nine-year-old Nora Sage of Batavia was among a group of about 30 kids who ranged in age from 7 to 17 that attended the kickoff meeting of 100 Kids Who...
Fox Valley Garden Club to hold plant sale
Members of the Fox Valley Garden Club are digging into their gardens early this season. The group is dividing perennials from their own gardens to add to the assortment of...
Rescue dogs take center stage at Aurora event
Over the last four years, Aurora's Shawn Keating has fostered about 60 dogs for Rover Rescue, a local nonprofit dog rescue foster network. With two dogs and a cat of...