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For nearly forty years, the Cosley Zoo in Wheaton has celebrated the holidays with its Festival of Lights, a dazzling display of more than 20,000 twinkling lights and lit up animal figures. “Starting the day after Thanksgiving through the end of the month, we have the Festival of Lights and our holiday tree sales going… Read more »

Procedures for granting a building historical landmark status in Naperville have been called into question and are now moving forward with possible changes. The issue was brought up at a city council meeting earlier this year, with the group advising city staff to take another look at the process. Thursday night, the Historic Preservation Commission… Read more »

A Naperville woman has been sentenced to a year and a half of probation for taking part in the U.S. Capitol breach on January 6, 2021. Sentenced on Wednesday Dawn Frankowski, 54, received the sentence today from U.S. District Court judge Amy Berman Jackson, as reported by the Chicago Tribune. Frankowski had pleaded guilty earlier… Read more »

The Naperville mayoral race now has three candidates. Tiffany Stephens has tossed her hat into the ring, hoping to become the first African American woman to serve as mayor of Naperville. Nonprofit Founder Stephens is the founder of the nonprofit organization, Kid Teen Rider, which provides transportation for kids and teens serving both Naperville School… Read more »

The Naperville Garden Club is holding its 60th annual Cup of Cheer house walk, holiday market and tea from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on December 1 and 2.  Four Homes Featured The self-guided house walk will feature tours of four homes from the Cress Creek, East Highlands, Kinloch and Silver Springs Estates subdivisions, decorated… Read more »

The Naperville Police Department has two new paw-fficers (officers) who are sniffing away crime in Naperville. German Shepherd Dax and Labrador Retriever Riggs are the latest to join the NPDs K-9 Unit. Officer Matt Susnis and his K-9 Riggs, are assigned to the Investigations Division’s drug unit. Officer Alexis Hammer and her K-9 Dax, are… Read more »

Before bringing out the turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes, over 6,000 trotters brought their running shoes to Naperville Central High School early Thanksgiving morning for the 25th Annual Turkey Trot 5K, hosted by the Naperville Noon Lions.  Thanksgiving Tradition Trotters flocked to Naperville from all around, as many run the 5K as a yearly family… Read more »

Santa is beginning his preparation up in the North Pole, and luckily, Kris Kringle will get some help from the children of Naperville. The Letters to Santa Mailbox was recently installed next to the Van Buren parking lot on Main St. in Downtown Naperville. Naperville to the North Pole “We are in beautiful downtown Naperville,… Read more »

The Dandelion Fountain tree stands over 20 feet tall at the Naperville Riverwalk’s Civic Plaza to welcome everyone to the holiday season.  Naperville Park Specialist for the Riverwalk Division Mike DiCristina and five people from the Naperville Park District installed the Dandelion Fountain artificial holiday tree on Tuesday. Dandelion Fountain Tree Installation “We’re down here… Read more »

“It’s a romantic comedy,” says director Eric Ustian, “It’s based off of a book. It’s actually a book called ‘Most Guys Are Losers” and I met the book author. And as fate would have it, when I met the book author, he had his daughter’s boyfriend in town, and he was meeting them for the… Read more »

The rise of catalytic converter theft across the Naperville area prompted the Naperville police to team up with Cassidy Tire and Service  for their “Tat-A-Cat” event.  “To stop the theft, we are installing the last six digits of the VIN number using high heat-resistant paint. That paint number on the catalytic converter will stop the… Read more »

Boys Troop 889 and girls troop 1776 are back at the Wheatland Salem Church selling Christmas trees.  “We’re selling trees and basically with every shift, you can earn money for your scouting account, which you can use for things like reregistration and signing up for camp outs. And it’s just a generally fun way to… Read more »