Those who frequent downtown Sycamore will soon see Sycamore Moose Lodge No. 1506 get a facelift, as the City Council approved funds recently for the organization to benefit from Sycamore’s downtown improvement program.

The recipient of the 43rd annual Conkey Family Award was announced Monday at OSF HealthCare Saint Paul Medical Center in Mendota as part of National Health Care Week. This year’s honoree is Brenda Grobe, a hospital administrative assistant.

About 73 percent of Illinois’ Medicaid recipients remain on the rolls after the first redetermination cycle following the COVID-19 pandemic, while approximately 660,000 recipients have been disenrolled.

Authorities are still working to identify a person found dead inside a car after a car fire was extinguished near McHenry last week.

An Ottawa man linked to pair of “stash houses” of guns and drugs pleaded guilty Monday to three felonies and was sentenced to 15½ years in prison.

A former Bolingbrook man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the attempted murder of his estranged girlfriend in 2022.

Algonquin police took a District 300 Jacobs High School student into custody after the student reportedly posted a weapon on social media, Algonquin Police reports.

In reacting to news that an arrest was made in connection with the sexual abuse of a resident at Marklund Hyde Center Geneva, officials stated in a news release that “it feels like a huge weight has been lifted.”

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to the crash shortly after 5 p.m. Saturday near the intersection of Rock Island and Bloody Gulch roads.