In the News

The Association for Individual Development, Hesed House, and The Neighbor Project hosted a groundbreaking ceremony on Nov. 14 to celebrate the start of construction on new Permanent Supportive Housing in Aurora.

Officials at the Northern Illinois Food Bank in Geneva are expressing relief that the government shutdown has ended and funding for the essential SNAP food assistance program is secured for the next year or so.

Rep. Bill Foster (D-Ill.) is leading an effort to ask the Financial Stability Oversight Council to weigh the financial risks of a speculative “bubble” around the artificial intelligence sector.

Tina Ruiz isn’t sure how she will be able to pay bills and keep food on the table if Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are not restored.

Ruiz, a Kane County resident, said she had received emails and letters about SNAP getting cut off and also saw it watching TV.

Tina Ruiz has been turning more to food pantries to provide food for her family recently. The 58-year-old Kane County resident is currently without access to SNAP.

She is eating more soup these days.

At least for now, despite the uncertainty associated with the federal government shutdown, local agencies are continuing to accept applications for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

The 2025 corn and soybean growing season ended as it started — ideal conditions — along with the usual and unusual challenges sandwiched in between.

Crystal Williams, Pioneer agronomist in DeKalb, Lee, Ogle and Whiteside counties, recapped the northern Illinois growing season.

Planting began ahead of schedule.

The 28-mile Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal was the product of a monumental feat of engineering that reversed the flow of the Chicago River, but no one can deny it is saddled with a rather unpleasant name.