All Stories from November 20, 2025 (Change date)
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Creating a festive charcuterie board: Ideas for holiday colors and flavorsNov 20, 2025 3:01 pm - Holiday charcuterie boards make entertaining easy. With a mix of meats, cheeses, and festive treats, you can create a delicious, eye-catching spread your guests will remember long after the party.
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Food and drink pairings for holiday parties: From appetizers to after-dinner drinksNov 20, 2025 3:01 pm - Unlock next-level holiday hosting with expert food-and-drink pairings. Chef Ryan Rondeno reveals how intentional flavor matching transforms your menu, sharpens every bite and sip, and delivers a standout seasonal feast.
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At 81, Joy Williams is as good as she’s ever beenNov 20, 2025 2:48 pm - “The demands of living have consequences,” a haunted young mother says in Joy Williams’ 1978 novel, “The Changeling,” “and that is called fate.” The woman’s brother-in-la...
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Student tours of Kane County companies aim to mold next generation of manufacturing leadersNov 20, 2025 2:32 pm - Molding the next generation of workforce leaders in manufacturing was the goal of a recent effort that brought high school students from several Kane County districts into local businesses for a ground-floor view of what they do and what jobs they provide.
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New subdivision of single-family homes coming to Lake in the Hills after 2-decade waitNov 20, 2025 2:18 pm - A new subdivision is coming to Lake in the Hills, about two decades after it first was approved.
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Postino WineCafe to fill City Barbeque space at Mellody Farm in Vernon HillsNov 20, 2025 2:12 pm - A newcomer to Illinois plans to fill the space formerly occupied by City Barbeque at the Mellody Farm dining and retail center in Vernon Hills.
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U.S. employers added surprisingly solid 119,000 jobs in September, government says in delayed reportNov 20, 2025 2:07 pm - U.S. employers added a surprisingly solid 119,000 jobs in September, the government said, issuing a key economic report that had been delayed for seven weeks by the federal government shutdown.
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‘Industry has been at this site’: Naperville panel endorses data center plansNov 20, 2025 1:42 pm - After a series of marathon meetings packed with project opponents, Naperville’s plan commission has recommended approval of a controversial proposal to build a data center on the north side of the city.
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Chef Lidia Bastianich hits the road in search of community in a divided countryNov 20, 2025 12:26 pm - Lidia Bastianich grew up in a small town in Italy where neighbors were like extended family. She’s hoping to spotlight and cultivate togetherness with her 14th TV special, “Lidia Celebrates America: A Nation of Neighbors,” which premieres at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25, on PBS.
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Grateful for insuranceNov 20, 2025 12:15 pm - Twenty-one years ago, I had congestive heart failure. Eleven years ago, I had non-Hodgkins lymphoma. I have now just started chemo for B-cell lymphoma. I am not looking f...