Lifestyle
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Jammy figs are the star of this steak and radicchio skillet dinner
Dec 02, 2025 4:23 am - The richness of seared steak plays well with bitter radicchio and sweet figs in this filling skillet meal. A fig-balsamic dressing pulls everything together. Top each serving with crumbled blue cheese for another layer of flavor.
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‘Horses can really teach a lot’: Benedictine to launch animal-assisted therapy courseDec 01, 2025 6:48 pm - A series of therapy horse visits on the campus of Benedictine University has helped inspire a new course. “I want students to understand our responsibility and our connection to these animals,” said Dianne Moran, who will teach the class next semester.
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Could goats be forest preserve district’s secret weapon against invasive plants?Dec 01, 2025 5:57 pm - Four-legged reinforcements may be enlisted to help battle invasive buckthorn in Lake County forest preserves.
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Long vacant, 113-year-old home in Algonquin gets new life
Dec 01, 2025 11:30 am - Matthew Mosur regularly drove by a vacant, 113-year-old Algonquin home that caught his eye. In June, he bought the house and took on the challenge of renovating it.
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Along for the ride: Judson in Elgin named Bicycle Friendly UniversityDec 01, 2025 9:49 am - With holidays approaching, my annual book reviews offer suggestions for biking gift lists, your own or others. First, however, positive bicycling news: League of American Bicyclists recently awarded official Bicycle Friendly University status to three Illinois institutions on Nov. 13, including Elgin’s Judson University.
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‘People helping people’: West Suburban Community Pantry nourishes connectionsNov 30, 2025 8:45 pm - The West Suburban Community Pantry is one of five organizations set to receive grants through the Daily Herald/Robert R. McCormick Foundation's Neighbors in Need fundraising campaign. “If you help someone at the pantry, you’re really just helping make our community stronger and healthier,” a longtime volunteer said.
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Blaming some child deaths on COVID shots, FDA vows stricter vaccine rules
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Wind phones allow grieving people to ‘talk’ to lost loved ones with Fox Valley program
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Melodic medicine: Research shows music helps ease pain from surgery or illness
Nov 29, 2025 9:31 am - Nurse Rod Salaysay works with all kinds of instruments in the hospital: a thermometer, a stethoscope and sometimes his guitar and ukulele. “There’s often a cycle of worry, pain, anxiety in a hospital,” he said, “but you can help break that cycle with music.”
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‘Creating a sisterhood:’ A year into Marmion’s coed journey and what it means for the ‘brotherhood’Nov 29, 2025 9:00 am - Around 80 female students are expected to enroll in the freshman and sophomore classes at Marmion Academy in 2026, with plans for single-gender core classes and coeducational activities.