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How a weaker dollar is quietly making life more expensive

By MATT SEDENSKY
May 04, 2026 1:37 pm - A hidden force is quietly pushing up costs for everything from your summer vacation to your weekly grocery bills: a weaker U.S. dollar.
Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Chamber announces new executive director

By Michelle Meyer
May 04, 2026 1:09 pm - The Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Chamber of Commerce has appointed a new executive director to replace the current director who is moving out of state.
Community pulls together for Cary Barbershop owner as she recovers from hospital stay

By Michelle Meyer
May 04, 2026 1:09 pm - Hannah Haldeman, the owner of Cary Barbershop, is recovering from necrotizing fasciitis, a rare and aggressive bacterial infection that can be fatal.
An airborne assist: Drones becoming new first responders in suburban policing

By Eric Peterson
May 03, 2026 8:45 pm - Drone technology is being embraced with growing frequency by suburban police departments that are looking to the airborne devices as automated first responders.
Candy crush: Long Grove chocolate shop doubles as museum to iconic bridge’s mishaps

By Steve Zalusky
May 03, 2026 8:45 pm - Long Grove is well known, notorious even, for the frequency at which the town’s iconic covered bridge has been hit by vehicles too big to pass through. Now local store Broken Bridge Treats is paying tribute to that history with a minimuseum documenting the dozens of mishaps.
Waste not, want not: Palatine opens food scrap drop-off site

By Steve Zalusky
May 03, 2026 7:07 pm - Palatine unveiled a community food scrap drop-off site and special materials recycling center at its Public Works facility, 148 W. Illinois Ave.
OPEC+ countries agree modest rise in production as Iran retains chokehold on key Strait of Hormuz

May 03, 2026 4:49 pm - VIENNA (AP) — Seven countries in the OPEC+ grouping of oil-producing countries — including Saudi Arabia and Russia — say they've decided to a modest increase in productio...
Ship is attacked near Strait of Hormuz as Iran reviews US response to latest proposal

By ADAM SCHRECK, MELANIE LIDMAN and CARA ANNA
May 03, 2026 4:00 pm - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz said it was attacked by multiple small craft, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Tra...
More than 60% of U.S. is covered by drought as impacts worsen

By Ben Noll
May 02, 2026 5:34 pm - Large swaths of the United States are in desperate need of soaking rainfall as drought continues to deepen.
Historic 8-sided barn taken down piece by piece, rebuilt at Richardson Adventure Farm to be event venue

By Janelle Walker
May 02, 2026 5:25 pm - A rare, eight-sided barn that stood on the south end of Spring Grove for well over a century is getting raised again. The circa-1876 barn stood on the Hatch-Kattner farm for nearly 150 years, but was “on its last legs” when the farmland went up for sale three years ago, said George Richardson, of Richardson Adventure Farm. Taken apart piece by piece and stored until it could be rebuilt, it’s now being put back together with hopes for it to survive another 150 years.

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