advertisement
Kevin Bickner, a Wauconda native, will compete in ski jumping in the Olympics.

Suburban natives hit the ice and hills at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics

Several metropolitan Chicago athletes are competing at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy, which started with contests Wednesday with Opening Ceremonies on Friday.

Neighbor rescues trapped woman as garage fire threatens Arlington Heights home

An elderly Arlington Heights woman was rescued from her house by a neighbor as flames and smoke were coming from a nearby garage.

Body found in creek is that of missing Elgin man

The body found in Jelkes Creek on Monday is that of a missing Elgin man, the Kane County coroner reported Wednesday.

The parade for the 75th annual Swedish Days festival heads down Anderson Boulevard on June 22, 2025.

Geneva Chamber president: ‘I do not intend to cancel Swedish Days’

After the big buildup that Geneva’s iconic Swedish Days festival was in jeopardy without city funding, a meeting last week resulted in not much – publicly, anyway.

Edward Lapinski

GOP state House candidate says he’s not a Holocaust denier

Elk Grove Township Republican Committeeman Edward Lapinski repudiated accusations he is a Holocaust denier and antisemitic, saying text messages exchanged between him and another Republican committeeperson were maliciously presented out of context.

Wisconsin woman facing attempted murder charges after violent spree through Gurnee

A Wisconsin woman is facing attempted murder charges after a violent spree Monday morning in Gurnee.

Members Touchdown Arlington, a business group advocating for the Bears to move to Arlington Heights, hosted team President/CEO Kevin Warren, left, for a meeting in 2023 at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre.

‘Indiana is moving fast’: Arlington Heights group rallies to keep Bears in Illinois

Touchdown Arlington, a pro-Bears-to-Arlington Heights business coalition, plans an event on Feb. 11 to rally support for the Bears’ proposed redevelopment of Arlington Park. The event comes amid the team’s increasing interest in Indiana.

A Sprinter transport van for Starfish Animal Rescue in Geneva crashed Jan. 25 on Interstate 65 in Lafayette, Ind., with 60 dogs and three cats. The driver and animals were not hurt, but the van was totaled.

Geneva pet rescue van crashed in Indiana with 63 animals on board. Here’s how locals came to the rescue

Starfish Animal Rescue travels to southeast Kentucky every other weekend to collect dogs and cats that would otherwise be abandoned or euthanized. But during a recent trip, it was the rescue that needed rescuing.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 

Choose a video to watch