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Touch-A-Tractor event combines education, fun
Apr 6, 2016 5:55 AM - What if you could climb aboard a powerful tractor and find out how it works? This weekend at the Kane County Farm Bureau, you can do that and more during the 11th annual Touch-A-Tractor event in St. Charles. -
Celebrate Canned Food Month with Northern Illinois Food Bank
Feb 4, 2016 4:44 PM - February is Canned Food Month, and Northern Illinois Food Bank is celebrating the occasion by highlighting this enduring staple in the quest to solve hunger. "We're grateful for every canned food donation that comes through our doors," said president and CEO Julie Yurko. "While many of us take the convenience of canned foods for granted, they can be essential for hungry neighbors who either don't have access to refrigeration or are struggling to acquire fresh alternatives." -
Fox Valley Robotics, Batavia Robotics kick off season of robotics for kids
Aug 13, 2015 8:28 PM - Fox Valley Robotics and Batavia Robotics will be opening registration for their 14th season this year with new robotics challenges for kids in first to 12th grades. Informational meetings will be held Aug. 21-23 at Rotolo Middle School in Batavia. -
Northern Illinois Food Bank receives $20,000 grant from ConAgra Foods Foundation
Jun 19, 2015 6:08 PM - One out of five children in northern Illinois faces hunger. When schools are closed for summer, kids have less access to nutritious meals as many rely on free or reduced school breakfast and lunch. This is why Feeding America, the nation's leading domestic hunger-relief charity, has selected Northern Illinois Food Bank to receive a Hunger Free Summer grant. -
Historic status sought for Frank Lloyd Wright farmhouse in Kane County
Jun 15, 2015 5:30 AM - Having recently won a fight to keep ComEd power lines from looming over the property, the Muirhead family now wants their Frank Lloyd Wright-designed farmhouse near Plato Center on the National Register of Historic places. -
Ruling on Grand Prairie ComEd project preserves historic farmhouseApr 15, 2015 6:54 PM - The ICC rejected the appeal of the Kane County Forest Preserve District to re-route ComEd's Grand Prairie Gateway along railroad tracks that run through the Muirhead Forest Preserve. The decision ends a battle about the historical value of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed farmhouse that is also adjacent to the rail line.
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Opponents: Brunner, Muirhead deals will tarnish Kane forest image
Feb 7, 2015 7:41 AM - A handful of local residents decried two pending deals that will introduce new uses into two Kane County forest preserves. Residents said the introduction of ComEd power lines and a for-profit organic farm will destroy the credibility of the district for any landowners contemplating selling their property to the district in hopes of it remaining pristine natural space. "The message sent to future land granters will be clear: The forest preserve cannot be trusted," one critic said. -
Your 2015 Guide to the Suburbs: It's our best advice, but share yours too
Jan 1, 2015 7:30 AM - Want to make the most of 2015? Daily Herald Editor John Lampinen introduces a special New Year's Day guide to living, working and playing in the suburbs. -
Self-published authors can enter Soon to Be Famous Illinois Author contestNov 20, 2014 9:02 PM - Illinois authors who have self-published an adult fiction book may enter the second year of the Soon to be Famous Illinois Author project until Monday, Dec. 15. The Soon to be Famous Illinois Author project is being coordinated in collaboration with the Illinois Library Association and Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS) and is supported by the American Library Association Digital Content Working Group, the Public Library Association (PLA), Illinois Heartland Library System.
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Fox Valley police reportsOct 23, 2014 4:27 PM - This content is no longer available on dailyherald.com
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