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Live Oak High School and Live Oak Middle School are on lockdown Friday as the Sutter County Sheriff’s Office responds to a barricaded person nearby.

Four hundred and fifty guests gathered for the "Mad Hatter"-themed fundraiser for Northern Illinois Food Bank in Geneva, raising $208,000 to enhance hunger relief initiatives.

Internationally acclaimed concert pianist Huntley Brown will provide entertainment at the Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame gala banquet and awards ceremony on Friday, March 31, at Villa Olivia in Bartlett.

One of the original city parks in Grand Junction’s town plat, Walnut Park, comprises the area from Gunnison Avenue to Hill Avenue and Fourth Street to Fifth Street.

Learn how to grow antique apple trees at Garfield Farm Museums 35th Antique Apple Tree Grafting Seminar on Sunday, March 5.

Ferdinand “Ferdie” or “F.W.” William Haberman, 92, passed away at his home in Brewster, MN, on February 21, 2023. Ferdie was born on December 27, 1930 in Worthington, MN, to Ferdinand E. and Stella (Silver) Haberman. He attended country school and later graduated from Brewster Public School. On April 26, 1952 Ferdie married the love of his life, Lois Ruder. They celebrated 70 years of marriage and were blessed with seven children. He was a faithful member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

A pre-dawn doe, sandhill cranes and bison at Kankakee Sands, Illinois’ deer harvest and advice on bear dens in Wisconsin are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

The Forest Preserve District of Kane County seeks applicants for 2023 summer-seasonal positions and internships.

On Friday, Feb. 24, the Friday Flicks series continues with the documentary "Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution" at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva.

Former Grand Junction city manager Joe Lacy said in 1965 that he once thought Emerson, Whitman and Hawthorne parks were named for famous poets: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman and