Kane County Lifestyle
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Home & garden calendar, Dec. 21-27Dec 17, 2025 3:30 am - Garden club meetings in the Chicago suburbs cover a range of topics such as creating moonlit spaces, hardscape designs, succulents, prairies and bison, and using native plants in home landscapes.
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Three Aurora churches to partner in Steeple Walk to benefit food pantryDec 16, 2025 11:37 pm - Three Aurora churches - Wesley United Methodist, Our Savior Lutheran, and New England Congregational - will host their first Steeple Walk on Dec. 21.
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Bartlett’s Living Lord Lutheran Church hosts candlelight services and Pop-Up PageantDec 16, 2025 8:37 pm - Living Lord Lutheran Church in Bartlett is hosting three candlelight Christmas Eve services on Dec. 24: two contemporary family services at noon and 3 p.m., and a traditional service at 9 p.m.
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Celebrate Christmas with carols and candlelight at Geneva churchDec 16, 2025 7:55 pm - The United Methodist Church of Geneva is inviting the community to celebrate Christmas with three candlelight services.
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Geneva Unitarian church celebrates Christmas with three holiday servicesDec 16, 2025 7:34 pm - The Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva invites everyone in the community to celebrate the joys of the Christmas season at three special services, each to be held in the church’s historic sanctuary
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‘Medical care is a human right’: St. Charles clinics meet the needs of Kane County’s uninsuredDec 15, 2025 6:55 pm - For nearly 25 years, the Tri City Health Partnership in St. Charles has provided free medical and dental services for Kane County residents living at or below the poverty level.
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Aurora’s oldest free Christmas display opens for its 74th yearDec 15, 2025 3:26 pm - Illinois' oldest outdoor free Christmas display opened in Aurora, featuring a blocks-long display of lawn signs and cut-out figures on homeowners' lawns.
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Dog rescued from icy pond near St. CharlesDec 15, 2025 11:14 am - A dog should give a wag of thanks to the rescuers who pulled it out of an icy pond Monday near St. Charles.
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‘She is a superstar’: Wheaton teacher shares lessons from arboretum-led trip to Costa RicaDec 15, 2025 11:01 am - Amy Schwartz, a science teacher at Edison Middle School in Wheaton, made the most of her trip with Morton Arboretum experts to Costa Rica’s cloud forest. “She's always looking for new ways to learn, and then bring that learning into the classroom,” Edison Principal Rachel Bednar said of the Daily Herald’s Top Teacher of the month.
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Final Geneva leaf pickup pushed to MarchDec 12, 2025 11:06 am - Geneva’s curbside leaf pickup program has been halted until mid-March.