By Sandy Vasko One of the rules of writing for a newspaper is that your readers must understand what you are trying to say, otherwise…
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By Nick Reiher The Will County Forest Preserve District Board voted 16-2 at its June 13 meeting to secure the option of selling up to…
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And just like that, summer is here, and almost everyone’s yard/grass is becoming parched and possibly brown, unless they have been watering it. Now for…
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I know many of you have had it with the buzz of the male cicadas calling for their sweethearts over the last month, but they…
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Mother Nature sure is in her usual fickle mood with her hot flashes and cold dips, but lately she has been throwing nature spitballs —…
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Rodney Bettenhausen shares this photo taken by his grandmother, Sylvia Bettenhausen of rural Manhattan, in 1926 of Fred Bettenhausen (standing) of rural Manhattan with his…
Read MoreBy Sandy Vasko Beginnings and ends – December 1864 was full of them. Things were looking up for the Union, but it wasn’t over yet.…
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Here are the Forest Preserve District of Will County programs for the week of June 10. Online registration is available on the Event Calendar at ReconnectWithNature.org.…
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Jose Velazquez-Flores (47, Aurora) was arrested, processed, and taken to the Will County Adult Detention Facility for Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse. On May 7, 2024,…
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On June 11, 2024, at 4:00 p.m., Officers responded to the intersection of Plainfield Road and Voyager Lane for a traffic crash with injuries that…
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