Daily Herald's Photos of the Week
Naperville North student Katherine McHugh tests the nitrogen of flood plain soil Tuesday as students survey aquatic life at Springbrook Prairie Forest Preserve in Naperville.
Tanit Jarusan | Staff Photographer
Danny Webb of Wayne gets a flamingo kite aloft while he and wife Cheryl, fly kites at the town picnic at Dunham Field celebrating the town of Wayne's 175th anniversary on Saturday.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Two-year-old Brec Birmingham of Arlington Heights, eyes an animal he wants to pet in the petting zoo during Autumn Harvest fest at North School Park in Arlington Heights.
Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
Naperville residents Silke Hylla and her children Sarah, 4, David, 2, check out The "Daisy Fairy-Crow" by Troop 50311 Whittier Elementary school in Downers Grove during the outdoor museum Sunday at Morton Arboretum in Lisle.
Tanit Jarusan | Staff Photographer
Senior Jill Gough pauses to collect herself while talking about friend Jerry Martinez while surrounded by friends Sara Kling, left, and Stephanie Connolley, right, also seniors, during a memorial at Burlington Central High School.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Looking like he's holding on for dear life, Danny Burke, 8 of Schaumburg braves the high winds Monday at Busse Lake. The wind and unseasonably-cold temperatures brought out the hat and gloves all over the suburbs.
Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
Golfers playing in the DuPage Valley Conference golf match Monday in St. Charles battled brutal winds during their round. The flagstick on the 13th green provided a good indicator of the fierce winds in the Fox Valley.
Christopher Hankins | Staff Photographer
Six-year-old Michelle Weber of Arlington Heights, foreground, and seven-year-old Laurel Hart of Arlington Heights have fun with the hay while building their own scarecrows during Autumn Harvest fest at North School Park in Arlington Heights.
Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
Michael Frentzof, 7, of Winfield, covers his hears from the noise of the helicopter landing during the Winfield Fire Prevention Week open house at Winfield Fire Station 1 on Saturday.
Stephanie Janisch | Staff Photographer
Darryl Hanson of Schaumburg, left, and Joe Engelman of Palatine warmup for The Chicago Cornhole Classic, held at Arlington Park racetrack.
Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
Student Tess Krueger, 16 of Arlington Heights and music teacher Edie Kayne of Mundelein perform "All American Hometown Band" during the Northwest Suburban Music Teachers Association's Festival of Pianos.
Mark Black | Staff Photographer
Jill and Jeni Houtz, left, of Lindenhurst walk with Deuce as their mother, Judye, walks with Warren during Save-A-Pet's 23rd annual Pet-Athlon "Million Mutt March" Sunday at Lakewood Forest Preserve in Wauconda.
Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer
A white-crowned sparrow enjoys the water in a heated bird bath.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
Attorney Terry Chiganos of Lisle walks into a fierce wind Monday as he leaves the DuPage County courthouse in Wheaton.
Tanit Jarusan | Staff Photographer
10-year-old Vinnie Dinh of Mundelein shows a little fear over his opponents move during the fall chess club at Fremont Public Library Tuesday in Mundelein.
Steve Lundy | Staff Photographer
Red-breasted nuthatch's really like peanuts and black oil sunflower seed. You can also get them to eat from you hand as photographer George LeClaire did.
George LeClaire | Staff Photographer
Some of the walkers didn't walk at all but got a ride from mom and dad.
Vincent Pierri | Staff Photographer