Batavia is asking Kane County again for money to study the shoreline of the Fox River through its downtown. This time, it is asking for federal money, as the county gets ready to dole out Community Development Block Grant funds in April. Last year t...

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources staff recently honored 121 volunteers who donated their services to Volo Bog State Natural Area, Moraine Hills State Park and McHenry Dam in 2013. Together they contributed 6,019 hours to these IDNR sites...

As towns along the Fox River have heightened their efforts to revitalize their shorelines and nearby downtowns, here are the main completed projects and some still in the planning stage. Aurora Completed: The Music Garden at RiverEdge Park, an amphi...

The Fox River may be any number of things to the communities that sprouted along its banks. In Aurora, it's home to the new Music Garden at RiverEdge Park and the centerpiece of what some are calling a renaissance in downtown. In North Aurora, it'...

A building planned in South Elgin with 50 apartments for low-income residents and residents with disabilities has already generated interest from prospective tenants. “We've had many interested parties,” said Tracey Manning, executive director for T...

You can't talk about the Fox River in Carpentersville without mentioning Tom Roeser, president and chief executive officer of Otto Engineering, the biggest employer in town. Roeser's move to spend millions renovating and beautifying his company hea...

The Wayne Country Store has caught the eye of many observers as the idyllic community store from a past era. Area residents were enamored with the old-fashioned store even more when movie star Jessica Lange was there to shoot a segment of her 1990 m...

Communities celebrate National Night Out People throughout the suburbs participated last night in National Night Out, an evening spearheaded by local law enforcement as an effort to promote participation in crime prevention efforts and allow ne...