Lynn Van Matre

The West Chicago City Museum is seeking photographs and other items for display in an exhibit depicting community response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Plans call for the exhibit...

Aurora University has received a $1,000 grant from the Friends of the Fox River for stream monitoring programs along Blackberry Creek. David Horn, a professor of biology at the university...

Feeding hungry stray cats is a noble gesture, but feral felines also need to be spayed or neutered. That's the message a Downers Grove-based humane society is trying to get...

The latest phase of a habitat restoration project in progress at Springbrook Prairie will be the topic of an informational meeting scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Naperville campus...

Tickets are on sale for an Oak Brook-Hinsdale garden walk and crafts fair to be held Sunday to raise funds for the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill in DuPage...

In his 45-year career, Chicago blues drummer Sam Lay has worked with many blues legends, including Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Willie Dixon. As part of the Paul Butterfield Blues...

Registration is under way for the DuPage County Fair queen pageant as well as for a County Fair talent contest open to youngsters and young adults ages 21 and younger....

Area rivers and trails are the focus of two Conservation Foundation events scheduled for the first weekend in June. On June 1, the foundation's DuPage River Coalition will stage its...

Three area water treatment facilities have been named as winners of DuPage River Clean Water Awards, presented annually by the Naperville-based Conservation Foundation. Naperville's Spring Brook facility, the Metropolitan Water...

Homeowners in search of wood chips for landscaping projects can get them free Saturday and Sunday at the DuPage County Forest Preserve District's Native Plant Nursery. Area residents are invited...