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The second annual Summer Wine Walk fundraiser hosted by the Downtown Algonquin Association will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday in downtown Algonquin along Main Street.

Dunk’s Bar & Grill is now open at 510 Chicago Ave. in Dixon.

Tasha Foster has opened the Silver Arrow Studio hair salon at 121 W. First St. in Dixon. From taper fades to highlights, Silver Arrow Studio offers haircuts, coloring, waxing, beard trimming and other services.

For the past two decades, restaurant Cucina Bella has been bringing a piece of Italy to downtown Algonquin and is now celebrating its 20th birthday Thursday.

AllenForce will host a grand opening for its Veteran Wellness & Recreation Center in Joliet on Friday.

Equipped with a mobile kitchen, a hungry customer base, a dream and a meat smoker gifted to them at their wedding, Courtney and Dantrion Dodd hit the road with their barbecue and have not looked back since.

Work began this week on a lift station in Wonder Lake, part of a project that will bring municipal water and sewer to 61 parcels on Hancock Drive, potentially spurring economic development in the village

Derek Kessinger opened a State Farm agency at 445 W. Walnut St., Oglesby, open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Goldwater Care in Spring Valley recently cut the ribbon at its location at 1300 N. Greenwood St., Spring Valley.

The New Chalet in Ottawa will be changing hands.

Renovations are underway at Debo Ace Hardware in Peru.

Kaley Dilley and Anna Weygand had wanted to open a little shop in Ottawa since they were kids — and this year, the opportunity came.

The Sycamore Chamber of Commerce recently congratulated home construction company Lennar for the opening of its Reston Ponds community model home.

The DeKalb Chamber of Commerce recently celebrated Future Fades Academy’s move to DeKalb.

Solstice of Joliet will host “Lunch & Learn Community Tours” through July 30.

The Sycamore Chamber of Commerce recently welcomed Lil’ C’s Mini-Cheesecakes to its membership.

Customers at McHenry's Preserved Peculiarities can find bugs mounted under glass, dioramas of dried flowers and butterflies, animal skulls, rabbits feet from real rabbits, tattooed pigs ears, and exotic animal mounts.

Preserved Peculiarities, which moved from McHenry's Riverwalk Shoppes incubator to a more permanent location downtown, sells things like bugs mounted under glass, dioramas of dried flowers and butterflies, animal skulls, rabbits feet, tattooed pigs ears, exotic animal mounts and materials for Wiccan and Pagan followers.

A luxury home construction and remodeling company is celebrating 25 years in Geneva.

First Secure Community Bank has been in the Joliet community for seven years and recently celebrated with an outdoor party at the bank.

Heartland Bank soon will have a new location to call its own along Grove Street in DeKalb. The bank's Grove Street plans were greenlit this week.

Pug & Hound Pet Apothecary in Geneva not only marked it sixth year in business this month, it was named America's Coolest Pet Store 2025 by Pets Plus Magazine.

Attendees will learn how to qualify for workforce funding and network with African American Business Association members.

The Sycamore Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual legislative briefing Wednesday with state Sen. Dave Syverson, R-Cherry Valley, and state Rep. Jeff Keicher, R-Sycamore.

Eyemart Express, a national optical retailer dedicated to providing focused eyecare at an affordable price, is expanding to northern Illinois with a location along Sycamore Road in DeKalb.

The first restaurants and businesses to occupy the retail section of the Water’s Edge development in Crystal Lake have been revealed.

A townhome development in Crystal Lake was issued a stop work order for “serious and widespread” problems that included a sewage backup.

The DeKalb and Sycamore chambers of commerce recently celebrated the opening of Smallcakes Cupcakery and Creamery, a bakery in Sycamore.

The Village of Shorewood recently issued licenses for four businesses, two of them home-based.

The new owners of Kiddie Academy of New Lenox want to bring the academy to Lockport.

A coffee stop inside a Sycamore grocery store will serve its final cup of joe this weekend. Caribou Coffee at the Sycamore Hy-Vee will close Sunday.

Several dog-friendly Will County restaurants allow dogs and owners to dine on their patios together – and some venues offer specialty dog-friendly entrees, too.

Blue Heron Bagels is a home kitchen and cottage food business in Shorewood that crafts gourmet sourdough bagels by hand each week.

The latest exhibit at the Strange & Unusual Gallery in downtown Joliet features the “sharp, satirical and visually striking” cartoon collages from Kent Smith.

The DeKalb, Genoa Area, and Sycamore chambers of commerce recently celebrated the opening of Communities by Grainger’s Old Mill Park Clubhouse, a subdivision for residents 55 and older.

Geneva-based restaurateurs received early support this week for public dollars from the city which they said will help support the opening of their new chicken eatery, HoneyBird. The money would go to help rehab a building built in 1877.

Heartland by Hand announced that its downtown Ottawa gift shop is closing and its framing services will be relocating.

Misfits opened the bar portion of its business over the Fourth of July weekend.

A new family-owned and operated veterinary clinic opened this month on the east side of St. Charles. Monarch Veterinary Clinic specializes in small animals and exotic pets.

An assortment of new food options are popping up in Crystal Lake this summer, including a bakery that has already opened and authentic Mexican restaurants.

Big O’s Barbecue, a food truck turned walk-up storefront known for its rib tips, links and chicken, opened this month at a new spot in DeKalb.

Plans for Heartland Bank to build a new drive-thru facility along Grove Street received preliminary support from DeKalb city leaders this week.

Kane County IT company Teqworks recently ranked in the top 100 fastest-growing companies in the Midwest, according to Inc. Magazine.

A DeKalb cannabis dispensary has been given the green light this week to move forward with plans to open a tasting room. “We also want to use it as a means to bring the community together as well to use it as an education for cannabis," owner Maria Davis said.

Infinity Truck Sales Inc., 3100 S. First St., Unit A, DeKalb, specializes in selling used heavy equipment including flatbed trailers, reefer trailers, van trailers, and semi-tractors.

Teqworks, a St. Charles-based IT services and consulting business, has announced a move to a new space.

Next spring, Harbor House Paddle & Provisions could become a go-to stop for Kane County residents looking for exercise, coffee, drinks, a date night, live music and just about any other excursion.

Hidden Treasures and More, 143 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb, will soon close up shop for good, its owners announced.

The ‘"Passport to Downtown Batavia" shopping promotion and fundraiser is July 26, sponsored by Qui Travel, Travel a Latte and the Batavia Woman’s Club.

A new trampoline park is coming to Algonquin after the village board approved the request with plenty of safeguard conditions.