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‘You find your niche’: How service clubs like Kiwanis, Rotary attract new members

By Dave Heun
Jan 21, 2026 4:40 pm - During my years as a service club member from 1987 to 2010, something bothered me. How would the club move into the future without younger members?
‘It’s not just retail. It’s hospitality’: Stonehouse Market store coming to downtown Wheaton

By Katlyn Smith
Jan 17, 2026 1:45 pm - Fran Rouse shares a certain French sensibility through her expanding Wheaton business, Stonehouse Market. Her store in Town Square Wheaton has cookbooks, L'epicurien salted butter caramel spread, French soaps, and art Rouse brought back from a trip to Paris. A Francophile at heart, she’s opening another store, this one in downtown.
‘We still have plenty’: Retailers making sense of penny’s slow death

By Marni Pyke
Jan 17, 2026 11:15 am - Some businesses are rounding off cash transactions, others with high credit card transactions are unfazed after U.S. Mint discontinued penny production.
Minifridge recall expands to 964,000 Frigidaires after fire reports

Associated Press
Jan 15, 2026 4:00 pm - An appliance distributor is expanding a minifridge recall that now covers roughly 964,000 Frigidaire-branded products sold in the U.S., after multiple fire reports.
Sales tax in Deer Park may stay 8% for a while longer

By Russell Lissau
Jan 14, 2026 2:14 pm - Empowered by a change in state law, Deer Park officials are considering leaving the overall sales tax on goods purchased in town at 8%.
McHenry GameStop among several closed in northern Illinois

By Janelle Walker and Denise M. Baran-Unland
Jan 14, 2026 11:49 am - McHenry’s GameStop is among several of the gaming and collectibles stores across Illinois that have closed in recent days or are about to be shuttered.
Luxury retailer Saks Global files for bankruptcy as it prepares to restructure

The Associated Press
Jan 14, 2026 6:38 am - Luxury retailer Saks Global has filed for bankruptcy, preparing to reposition itself in the increasingly competitive upscale market after obtaining about $1.75 billion in financing commitments.
Painting brick buildings a popular trend, but not with preservationists

By Dave Heun
Jan 14, 2026 4:00 am - Painting over brick is way to bring older buildings “back to life” and give a downtown streetscape a new look, but historic preservationists advise against it.
Bargain grocer Aldi seizes the moment and expands with consumers hurting

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN
Jan 13, 2026 9:16 am - The discount grocery chain Aldi is expanding rapidly and plans to open more than 180 U.S. stores this year as more Americans skip nights out at restaurants and cook at ho...
Don’t trash that battery: Rechargeables and others being accepted for recycling under new state law

By Mick Zawislak
Jan 11, 2026 8:45 pm - With the groundwork for a new state law done and mechanisms in place, consumers now have places to take batteries rather than have them rolling around in kitchen drawers or gathering dust in the garage.

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