Lifestyle
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Sign up to give blood at Gary UMC in WheatonJan 08, 2025 12:06 am - Help save up to three lives by donating blood at Gary United Methodist Church in Wheaton on Feb. 5.
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Midwinter in your yard is for the birdsJan 07, 2025 7:52 pm - This time of year is good for indoor gardening, and particularly good for those wanting to attract birds to their yard.
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Home & garden calendar, Jan. 12-18Jan 07, 2025 7:36 pm - Turf grass alternatives, vegetable gardening basics and more.
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Methodists to honor MLK’s legacy Jan. 19 at Downers Grove churchJan 07, 2025 6:25 pm - Methodists will honor Martin Luther King's memory with the Rev. Danita Anderson speaking on "The Unfinished Agenda."
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Triumphant turnaround: Once denied enlistment, former metalhead becomes National Guard’s top recruiter in IllinoisJan 07, 2025 11:22 am - Francisco Orozco went from an overweight bass player rejected by a recruiter to the top Army National Guard recruiter in Illinois, changing his life and paying it forward.
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‘Vintage goth’ furniture rehab business moving to bigger space in Crystal Lake
Jan 07, 2025 10:48 am - McHenry Riverwalk Shoppes’ rehabbed furniture store Edge Designs has moved to a permanent location that’s due to open this week in Crystal Lake at the intersection of Routes 31 and 176.
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Best Bets: ‘Too Hot to Handel: The Jazz-Gospel Messiah’ returns to Chicago’s AuditoriumJan 07, 2025 10:17 am - The jazz-infused “Too Hot to Handel” reimagining of Handel’s oratorio returns to Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre, and author Jenniffer Weigel performs her solo stage show in Highland Park.
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Thermal drone locates Charlie, a dog from Crystal Lake who was missing for a week
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These savory pancakes can be made with just about any vegetable
Jan 07, 2025 5:35 am - Way back in March, one dreary, drizzly morning, I made buttermilk pancakes. That’s how our rainy-day pancake tradition began. If this was a tradition we’d keep, the pancakes would have to be savory sometimes, too.
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What’s on the table in 2025? Some predicted trends in food
Jan 07, 2025 5:17 am - What’s in the cards for foodies in 2025? Some predict passions for Korean flavors, crunchy textures, international snacking, exotic fruit, aquatic (seaweed and such) ingredients and sustainability.