Glen Ellyn Village President Jim Burket will appoint an attorney to a vacant trustee seat, subject to a confirmation vote at a special village board meeting set for Monday night.

Gusty winds and dry crops accelerated a fast-moving brush fire that burned about 8 acres of farmland Sunday afternoon near Harvard, officials report.

Cary School District 26 plans to add solar panels to the roofs of three schools with a goal to have them installed before financial incentives end with the passage of the “Big Beautiful Bill” backed by President Donald Trump.

Prompted by a student coping with a cancer diagnosis and his mother, a staff member, McHenry schools are helping to bring visibility to childhood cancers.

Teaching more people the skills to plant and care for a tree properly will help trees in communities across the state be healthy and thriving for a long time.

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The annual Jumptoberfest brought ski jumpers from around the country to the Norge Ski Club in Fox River Grove Saturday, Oct. 4, jumping in 80-degree weather.

Algonquin has joined Huntley in finishing the replacement of all of its known lead pipes, well before its state-mandated deadline set at 2042.

Summer-like weather lifted vendors and visitors at Huntley's Farmers Market Saturday, with the last one of the year planned for the coming weekend.

Jet Cars - watercraft made to look like high-end luxury cars - have debuted on the Chain O' Lakes.