Kane County Business
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The Biz Week That Was: New grocer, candy plant closure and bar celebrating 100 years in business among highlightsJul 07, 2024 5:52 am - Amazon Fresh grocery store opening ‘very, very soon’ in Arlington Heights At long last — after many starts and stops — the planned Amazon Fresh grocery store in Arli...
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Good business starts with good educationJul 07, 2024 5:04 am - The state of education in Illinois is nothing short of a crisis — only 29% of our third-grade students are meeting reading proficiency standards, according to state data....
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Geneva committee recommends $2M TIF redevelopment deal for E. State Street projectJul 05, 2024 10:11 am - Great Western Flooring plans to redevelop 122-130 E. State St., a .87-acre site at the southwest corner of East State Street and Crissey Avenue.
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Jelly Belly closing North Chicago plant, laying off 66 workersJul 04, 2024 2:32 pm - Jelly Belly Candy Co. will close its plant in North Chicago about Oct. 11 and lay off 66 employees, according to its Chicago-based parent company Ferrara Candy.
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Opened during Prohibition, Kane County bar celebrates 100th anniversaryJul 04, 2024 2:10 pm - The year was 1924, during the Prohibition era in the United States. Even though consuming alcoholic beverages was illegal, it didn’t stop Flora and Albert Mott from opening a bar in western Kane County.
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Advocate Sherman Hospital celebrates 50 years of training paramedicsJul 03, 2024 9:19 pm - Advocate Sherman Hospital recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of its paramedic training program, with 20 graduates completing the 11-month long course.
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Explore careers in skilled trades at open house for McHenry County College’s new tech, innovation centerJul 03, 2024 9:04 am - McHenry County College will conduct an open house to highlight programs in the skilled trades to be offered at the Crystal Lake campus’ new Foglia Center for Advanced Tec...
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Bell Works in Hoffman Estates adds three more tenants, including largest to dateJul 03, 2024 6:51 am - Three new tenants are coming to Bell Works Chicagoland in Hoffman Estates, including its largest to date.
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‘The natural approach’: Cary Apothecary sells local, nontoxic products inspired by owner’s Lyme disease journeyJul 02, 2024 1:01 pm - When Cary resident Tami Moore-Kedzie was diagnosed with Lyme disease in 2012, she was bedridden for about a year and came up with an idea to open her own apothecary business.
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Geneva announces road, drainage workJul 01, 2024 3:21 pm - Geneva will begin several road resurfacing and drainage projects in mid-July