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So far, Pete Buttigieg has made it look easy.

The once little-known former mayor of a midsize Midwestern city vaulted over a former vice president and several U.S. senators in the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire presidential primary.

AURORA – Aurora native and Naperville resident Renee Miklosik said she remembers where she was on her way home after meeting her parents for dinner in Aurora on Feb. 15, 2019. She said she thought it was a little odd to see three Aurora police squad cars rush past her, and then three more, and then several more police cars from surrounding agencies, including Joliet and Batavia, following close behind.

"At that point, I didn't know what had happened, but God ...

Children’s book author and military veteran Robert Snyder is slated to bring to life his award-winning book, "What Is A Veteran, Anyway?," during a free community event from 2 to 4 p.m.

McHenry West High School students have been dancing, singing and acting their hearts out to bring "Chicago" to their West Campus stage.

Set amid the razzle-dazzle decadence of the 1920s, "Chicago" is the story of Roxie Hart, a housewife and nightclub dancer who kills her on-the-side lover after he threatens to walk out on her.

Desperate to avoid conviction, she dupes the public, the media and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, by hiring Chicago’s slickest criminal lawyer, Billy Flynn, to transform her malicious crime int

More Brewing Co. will be opening its new microbrewery in Huntley, 13980 Automall Drive, on Feb. 29 at 11 a.m.

The opening will be preceded by a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10:30 a.m.

A business development agreement approved by the Huntley Village Board initially set Dec. 31 as the date renovations would be completed and operations could begin.

The week in photographs from the Northwest Herald, as seen by our photographers.

The Fox Lake Polar Plunge happened on Sunday at Lakefront Park in Fox Lake. The event was presented by the Law Enforcement Torch Run to support Special Olympics Illinois.

WOODSTOCK – Mary Zimmerman has a talent for putting performances onstage that weren’t meant to be there. She specializes in adapting classic texts, such as “The Odyssey” and “Wonderful Town,” and directing them for onstage performances in a vision that’s entirely her own.

For more than 25 years, Zimmerman has made a career of seeing something for what it’s not and bringing it to life onstage for what it could be.

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen is proposing a 2,454-square-foot drive-thru location along Route 47 in Huntley.

The restaurant would sit between an O'Reilly Auto Parts, 12380 Route 47, and Panda Express, 12340 Route 47.

Island Lake officials have again delayed voting on a proposed moratorium on new video gambling machines in the village.

The village board punted the issue at its meeting Thursday night, just as it did twice last month.

And once again, a request to allow the potentially lucrative machines at the Island Foods grocery store, 223 E. State Road, is holding up the plan.

The issue was pushed off to the board's Feb.