Algonquin Lifestyle
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Dundee Township garden club offers scholarshipFeb 06, 2023 12:00 am - The Backyard Garden Club of Dundee Township is offering up to a $2,000 scholarship for the 2023-24 school year. Students applying for the scholarship should be pursuing...
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Northern Illinois Food Bank gets grant from The Community Foundation for McHenry CountyFeb 05, 2023 10:00 pm - The Northern Illinois Food Bank recently received a $15,000 grant award for two years from the Community Foundation for McHenry County. These funds will be used to suppo...
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Crystal Lake woman takes in pregnant golden retriever and soon fosters 13 puppiesFeb 03, 2023 5:00 am - Golden retrievers she named Hope, Faith and Joy likely were locked in an Ohio barn for most of their lives before being rescued in early December, Kristen Vesely of Crys...
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Author, 85, credits Daily Herald with giving her a push to start her writing careerFeb 03, 2023 5:00 am - Her tenure at the Daily Herald was only two years in the early 1970s. But 85-year-old Frances Altman of Baltimore, Maryland, still points to that time in the Arlington H...
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Help NINA find the next great high school student journalistFeb 02, 2023 10:00 pm - The Northern Illinois News Association will award a $1,000 scholarship to the high school senior who earns the John Etheredge Award for the Northern Illinois High School...
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Neighbors in the news: ECC English professor wins Book of the Year for Indie FictionFeb 02, 2023 5:00 am - • The Chicago Writers Association has honored Christina Marrocco, an associate professor of English at Elgin Community College, with its 2022 Book of the Year Award for ...
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Gala fundraiser to help CASA Kane County 'Be the Lighthouse in a Child's Storm'Feb 01, 2023 10:00 pm - "Be the Lighthouse In a Child's Storm" is the theme for CASA Kane County's annual Children's Champion Celebration on Saturday, March 4, at the Q Center in St. Charles. "...
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Huntley's inaugural Running of the Elves 5K a successJan 30, 2023 10:00 pm - Everyone was a winner at the inaugural Elf 5K run, walk and dash, established to support the Huntley community. The overall 5K winners were Algonquin resident Lindsey ...
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Grant will help Aurora church's ministry serving neighborsJan 30, 2023 10:00 pm - Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora has been awarded a $2,000 grant to support its Wednesday Night Gatherings series, a ministry serving church neighbors. The grant...
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Geneva's RJA Design Interiors mixes modern, traditional for a 'quirky and deliberate' aestheticJan 27, 2023 5:00 am - As a collector of unique furniture and art pieces, Richard Abrahamson is grateful he has a 5,000-square-foot warehouse near Northwestern Delnor Hospital in Geneva to sto...