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Internship hunt starts earlier as students, parents stress over jobs

By Jo Constantz
Sep 17, 2025 10:02 am - As a new cohort of college freshmen settles onto campuses, many students aren’t just thinking about classes and dorm life. Aiming for an edge in a tough job market, and anxious about how artificial intelligence will reshape entry-level work, they’re racing to land internships — armed in some cases with early-career coaches provided by their parents.
US homebuilder sentiment stays low despite mortgage rate drop

By Michael Sasso
Sep 17, 2025 9:55 am - Sentiment among U.S. homebuilders remained at one of its lowest levels in years this month, underscoring the deep freeze in the housing market despite a recent drop in mortgage rates.
No injuries in fire that damaged machinery at factory near Libertyville

By Jake Griffin
Sep 17, 2025 8:02 am - Fire damages machinery inside factory warehouse near the border between Libertyville and Lake Forest.
Federal Reserve cuts key rate by quarter-point and signals two more cuts this year

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Sep 17, 2025 7:17 am - The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point Wednesday and projected it would do so twice more this year as concern grows at the central bank about the health of the nation's labor market.
Jerry quits Ben & Jerry’s, saying its independence on social issues has been stifled

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN
Sep 17, 2025 7:12 am - Ben & Jerry's co-founder Jerry Greenfield is leaving the ice cream brand after 47 years, saying that the independence it once had to speak up on social issues has been stifled by parent company Unilever.
Restaurant, townhouses approval new chapter for long vacant village-owned land in Lake Zurich

By Mick Zawislak
Sep 16, 2025 8:01 pm - After 20 years, Lake Zurich envisions a new chapter for vacant village-owned property across Main Street from its namesake lake.
Buyer steps into cracked bathtub

By Barry Stone
Sep 16, 2025 2:41 pm - The home I just bought has a cracked bathtub. The sellers tried to fix the crack, but the patch cracked the first time I stepped into the tub.
FDA takes aim at Hims & Hers, weight loss drugs in crackdown on pharmaceutical ads

By MATTHEW PERRONE
Sep 16, 2025 2:39 pm - For the first time, federal health officials are taking aim at telehealth companies promoting unofficial versions of prescription drugs — including popular weight loss medications — as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on pharmaceutical advertising.
New children’s bookstore in Fox River Grove aims to conjure reading magic

By Michelle Meyer
Sep 16, 2025 2:03 pm - Former grade school English teacher and Crystal Lake resident Susan Kelly remembers how magical books were for her growing up. Now she’s aiming to pass on that same feeling in her newly opened independent children’s bookstore in Fox River Grove.
Plan for $1.9M duplexes in downtown St. Charles advances, despite worries over tree removal

By David Petesch
Sep 16, 2025 1:55 pm - A proposed housing development in downtown St. Charles took another step toward final approval last week with a positive recommendation from the city’s planning and development committee.

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