By Karen Haave Usually around this time of year, there’s some excitement over an annual event geared towards helping the community at large. Hosted by…
Read MoreWith this wacky summer with the fast, early warm-up, many gardeners are already harvesting those first tomatoes and peppers in record time. But soon, we…
Read MoreA friend and I recently were talking about our mutual dealings with high blood pressure. I chuckled when I told her my cardiologist will ask…
Read MoreBy Nick Reiher Will County Executive Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant and City of Joliet Mayor Terry D’Arcy have partnered to explore the creation a consolidated government campus…
Read MoreBy Sandy Vasko Hardy is a word that is usually used to describe early settlers in any part of the country. But in Robert Huston’s…
Read MoreJen Guest recently picked through a tangled mass of fishing line stretched out before her on a table searching for items that didn’t belong. She…
Read MoreEight years ago, Sheriff Mike Kelley reinstated the Sheriff’s K-9 Unit. Two specially trained canines were the first to arrive and begin their careers in…
Read MoreBy Karen Haave Joshua Klootwyk is one of those kids who just seems to excel at everything he does. He was a straight-A junior (with…
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