Look: The Week in Pictures photo gallery for Sept. 1-14, 2025
Daily Herald photographers worked all over the Chicago suburbs in the first half of September. Did we come to your neighborhood?
Luke Enyart, 2, of Naperville goes on his first kiddie car ride. “He loves this stuff, this is his first time at a carnival,” said Luke’s mother Kelli Enyart at the Naperville Last Fling festival on Sept. 1, 2025.
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Kevin Jarr, of Naperville with son Jude, 2, at the Naperville Last Fling festival on Sept. 1, 2025.
Karie Angell Luc/for the Daily Herald
Glen House Food Pantry staff member Donna Blake moves a cart of melons for clients on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025 in Glen Ellyn.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Fishing on Crystal Lake on Thursday, Sept. 04, 2025 in Crystal Lake.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
Crystal Lake Park District's Main Beach complex takes up a majority of the east end of Crystal Lake.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
A plane is seen against a pastel colored sunset and the moon Friday, Sept. 5, 2025 in Palatine.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Amy Geltner of Barrington Booster Club fills a stein with beer during the Platzkonzert Germanfest Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025 in Hoffman Estates. Platzkonzert Germanfest is a family-friendly Oktoberfest-style celebration featuring Hofbrau beer, authentic German food, live music, free kids’ activities and more.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Doug Brousil, of Algonquin enjoys a stein of beer at Platzkonzert Germanfest Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025 in Hoffman Estates. Platzkonzert Germanfest is a family-friendly Oktoberfest-style celebration featuring Hofbrau beer, authentic German food, live music, free kids’ activities and more.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
In early summer, a 1.22-acre island on Grass Lake near Antioch was listed for sale. Currently, Redfin Corporation has the property listed for $175,000, a $25,000 drop since early July. The island and its structures are in bad shape and there would be challenges and costs to rejuvenating the property. The island is in unincorporated Lake County and sits around 100 yards from the popular boating bar Blarney Island. Previous owners of the island in the early 1900s include George H. Nelson and Lewis Pfeifer. The Horse Shu Road and Gun Club bought the island in 1952 before selling to its current owner in 2020.
Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com
People hold signs during an Ice protest Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025 in Wheaton.
Susan Sarkauskas/ssarkauskas@dailyherald.com
Zorien Royce is a four-year-old at The Science and Arts Academy in Des Plaines. He works on a puzzle with teacher Kristen Colletti.
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Zorien Royce is a four-year-old at The Science and Arts Academy in Des Plaines. He reads a book with teacher Emma Steubi.
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Arlington Park Racetrack site, including the former paddock, is showing signs of deterioration on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025 in Arlington Heights as the Chicago Bears move forward with plans for a stadium there.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
"I'm so proud to show off my country", Says Yamini Chetan Notaria, right, with the Global Indian Diaspora Foundation, as she gives a Indian chai to LoriAnne Nelson of the Palatine Park District during the first annual Palatine Park District Festival of Cultures on Sunday, September 7, 2025 at the Fred P. Hall Amphitheater in downtown Palatine. The event celebrated diversity, community and culture with entertainment, activities and ethnic cuisine from around the world.
Ryan Rayburn / for the Daily Herald
Samuel Ortega, 2, and his mother Virginia Ruiz, both of Carpentersville wave to the passing trucks in the El Grito Parade 2025 Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025 in Carpentersville.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
PADS of Elgin executive director Katie Shaw Thompson said the organization needs an infusion of $500,000 to ensure they’re able to continue operations through the winter.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
A guest watches television inside PADS of Elgin. The shelter is open all day, unlike emergency overnight shelters. The mattresses on the right are spread out across the empty area at night.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Customers flood into Heinen’s, a family-owned grocer, during the opening of its newest store at 1244 East Chicago Ave., Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025 in Naperville. The Naperville store marks the company’s fifth in the Chicago area. The former Butera market was demolished to pave the way for the construction of the store along Chicago Avenue.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
West Dundee’s Grafelman Park is one of three hosts for True Patriots Care 9/11 Memorial Healing Fields. 403 American flags at each site honor first responders who died in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
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Police and firefighters set up flags at Grafelman Park Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025 in West Dundee. True Patriots Care presented three memorials across the suburbs, each displaying 403 American flags in solemn tribute to the first responders who made the ultimate sacrifice on Sept. 11, 2001.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
The Wheaton Police Honor Guard pauses after a three round volley during the Sept. 11 Remembrance Ceremony Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025 at Memorial Park band shell in Wheaton.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
The honor guard from Schaumburg VFW Post 2202 fires a three-volley rifle salute during the Schaumburg Patriot Day ceremony Thursday morning, Sept, 11, 2025.
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Fire Chief Jim Walter salutes during the Schaumburg Patriot Day ceremony Thursday morning, Sept, 11, 2025. It was Walter’s last time leading the ceremony; he retires on Friday.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
People bow their heads in prayer during the Sept. 11 Remembrance Ceremony Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025 at Memorial Park band shell in Wheaton.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Kiki Sabic, of Des Plaines plays “Bozo Buckets” during Meadows Fest at Kimball Hill Park on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025 in Rolling Meadows. In this version of the game, competitors turned the bucket over after each successful attempt.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Arlington Heights Mayor Jim Tinaglia poses at the Arlington Park Metra station.
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The crowd was full at the remembrance of Turning Point USA founder and President Charlie Kirk on Sept. 14, 2025 at North School Park in Arlington Heights.
Karie Angell Luc/for the Daily Herald