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Fiestas Patrias celebration set for this weekend at RiverEdge Park in AuroraSep 08, 2026 4:23 pm - The 13th annual Fiestas Patrias celebration will take place Sept. 12-13 at Aurora’s RiverEdge Park, featuring Mexican Independence Day festivities with mariachi music, local food vendors, and renowned bands including Banda Carnaval and La Maquinaria Norteña.
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Soul & Smoke opens flagship with acclaimed barbecue and new fine dining dishesSep 08, 2026 3:43 pm - Soul and Smoke, best known for its critically acclaimed American soul food and barbecue, has finally opened a long-awaited flagship in Evanston, inspired by roots in the South Side and, perhaps more surprisingly, molecular gastronomy.
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Former Illinois WR Mike Dudek’s Neuqua Valley records motivate Will Kalish, who is ‘really, really good’ tooSep 08, 2026 2:07 pm - Neuqua Valley junior receiver Will Kalish has never met Mike Dudek and hasn’t watched him play in person. But Kalish has seen the highlights on YouTube. Dudek set Neuqua ...
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U.S. Census Bureau field workers set to visit Aurora homes for special censusSep 08, 2026 11:54 am - The online reporting period for the Aurora special census has ended, and residents in certain areas of the city can expect U.S. Census Bureau field workers to be knocking on doors in their neighborhood beginning in mid-September.
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Want to go apple-picking? Some Illinois orchards might not open after several spring frosts killed crops.Sep 08, 2026 10:49 am - Climate change is consistently warming winter temperatures across northern Illinois, signaling earlier spring arrivals to plants. At the same time, while final spring freezes are happening earlier in the Midwest, that trend is much more variable and hard to predict. A study last year found full bloom dates for apples are expected to shift one to two weeks earlier in the spring across different Midwest climates by mid-century because of warmer winter and spring air temperatures.
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West Aurora’s Michael Williams, who has ‘always been the smallest,’ puts himself in the running with big gameSep 07, 2026 9:49 am - Junior running back Michael Williams is fast becoming the complementary piece of what could be called an electric ground game for West Aurora. And his timing couldn’t be ...
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A state champion in baseball, Libertyville’s Kaden Butt makes winning plays on football field against WarrenSep 07, 2026 9:42 am - Libertyville’s Kaden Butt is having a stellar few months as an athlete. The winning pitcher in the Class 4A Libertyville sectional championship game against Warren du...
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Calls for speed limit come after high-speed fatal crash on the Fox RiverSep 07, 2026 8:03 am - Boaters often wave as they pass each other on the water. Jeff Matheson, a boater on the Chain O’ Lakes, proposed a modest change in honor of the woman who was struck and killed recently by an allegedly intoxicated boater. Instead of waving, Matheson proposed flashing a peace sign to signify safer boating. “Let’s make this tragedy mean something and attempt to make change for the future,” he wrote on Facebook.
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Aurora launches solar power program that could lower utility costs for some residentsSep 06, 2026 3:18 pm - Aurora residents could save money on their monthly electric bills under a new community solar power program, according to city officials. The savings could equate to arou...
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Community honors Hamas hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin with first kosher fridgeSep 06, 2026 1:18 pm - A new initiative in Skokie is honoring the legacy of 23-year-old Hersh Goldberg-Polin, the Israeli-American citizen with Chicago ties who was kidnapped during the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel. Hersh’s Fridge, as organizers call it, is the nation’s first completely kosher fridge.