This weekend Elgin Fringe Fest: Through Sunday, Sept. 12, at locations throughout Elgin. The inclusive celebration of the arts includes a variety of performances. All Fringe attendees must visit Fringe Central, at 15 Ziegler Court, to pick up ticket...

Submit your event listing at www.dailyherald.com/share; deadline is two weeks prior to event date or registration deadline. Through Aug. 29 'Shipwrecked' - The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont: Through Aug. 29, St. David's Episcopa...

Submit your event listing at www.dailyherald.com/share; deadline is two weeks prior to event date or registration deadline. Ongoing Can You Solve This Wilmette History Mystery: Runs through Aug. 14, Wilmette Historical Museum, 609 Ridge Ro...

Last week, my “chocolate radar” went up last week when sensing that Batavia suddenly entered the sweets game with The Chocolate Shoppe display in the Barnwood & Beeswax marketplace at 14 N. Island Ave. “It's the first chocolate shop in Batavia that ...

This weekend Kane County Fair: 3-11 p.m. Thursday, July 15; noon to midnight Friday and Saturday, July 16-17; and noon to 10 p.m. Sunday, July 18, at the Kane County Fairgrounds, 525 S. Randall Road, St. Charles. Rides, food, music, entertainment, r...

Submit your event listing at www.dailyherald.com/share; deadline is two weeks prior to event date or registration deadline. March 23 Babytime: 9:30 a.m. Thursday through March 23, Wilmette Public Library, 1242 Wilmette Ave., Wilmette. A bonding...

Submit your event listing at www.dailyherald.com/share; deadline is two weeks prior to event date or registration deadline. Dec. 29 Animal Orchestra on Tour: 9:30 and 11:30 a.m., and 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. Thursday-Sunday through the end of Decembe...

The St. Charles Business Alliance had no idea the Be You Rock Hunt would be so popular. SCBA Marketing Strategist Carley Salomon came up with the challenge as a way to build on the popularity of the city's Be You sculpture and promote local business...

This weekend Lake County Greek Fest: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday through Sunday, July 9-11, at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, 1400 N. O'Plaine Road, Libertyville. Greek food, raffle, music from '80s cover band The Breakfast Club from 6-9 p.m. Fri...

As John Knebl drove west toward Rockton as part of a caravan of firefighting vehicles on Monday, a black speck in the distance grew to a billowing cloud of smoke overwhelming the horizon. The deputy chief of the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Prot...