Dave Heun
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World War I historian, author unravels legend of Sgt. Alvin York at 'Date With History' lectureApr 28, 2023 6:00 am - Any military history buff would find the "Date With History" presentations at the Visitor's Center of the First Division Museum and Cantigny Park in Wheaton to be intere...
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Friends of Fox River's passion on display in new filmApr 21, 2023 6:00 am - On a calendar, Earth Day is Saturday, April 22. To those who make a living of fighting back against the harm that sewage, industrial runoff and constant littering inflic...
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The path to publication: How three Tri-Cities journalists became book authorsApr 14, 2023 6:00 am - Writers are going to write. Today's column celebrates that premise, focusing on three journalists who have been around the Tri-Cities a long time in the newspaper, marke...
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Meet the 98-year-old Elgin woman who walks 3 miles dailyApr 07, 2023 6:00 am - Betty McKeown should have been a postal worker in the days when nearly all walked their routes. She certainly had the skill set and ambition to walk whenever and whereve...
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Restaurant openings across Tri-Cities fuel a rebound as new tech finds its nicheMar 31, 2023 6:00 am - Restaurant openings across Tri-Cities fuel a rebound as new tech finds its niche
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Get your bagels online with Geneva bakeryMar 17, 2023 6:00 am - There's a little bit of Spain in the Pepper Valley subdivision of Geneva because Catie Barrett and her husband, Mateo Ortega Cortes, operate Bread.Geneva, an online bake...
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How trip to 'Lyme hospital' in Germany helped save St. Charles familyMar 17, 2023 6:00 am - More than three years ago, the overriding theme of the unusual and cruel story of Lyme disease affliction for the Nitkey family of St. Charles was "desperation." Kelly N...
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100 years and counting: Geneva grotto thrives, thanks to restoration work by local volunteersMar 10, 2023 5:00 am - Vandals generally carry out their wasteful and costly attacks under the cover of darkness or in places where the chance of someone suddenly showing up during the crime i...
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How Geneva couple saved each other's livesMar 03, 2023 5:00 am - To say the holiday season was ruined for the Vokeny family of Geneva in 2021 would be accurate.To say the family faced devastating consequences from the trauma it endure...
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Geneva nonprofit Fox Valley Hands of Hope shifts mission to grief counseling, mental health aidFeb 24, 2023 5:00 am - As more for-profit hospice programs became available and state certification regulations for that type of care created more challenges in the past few years, the not-for...