
Students collect 'Coins for Cancer'SOMONAUK — With their young lives already touched by cancer, two fourth-grade students at J.R. Wood Elementary School in Somonauk decided they had to do something to help. Committee recommends wind farm moratoriumSYCAMORE – Just days after the DeKalb County Board approved the county’s first wind farm, its Planning and Zoning Committee will recommend to the full board a three-year moratorium on expansion or new wind farms. County board OKs wind farmDEKALB – The DeKalb County Board granted permission in a 16-4 vote Wednesday for a wind energy company to build and operate 119 turbines in western portions of the county. Study concludes wind power viable for D432SOMONAUK — In 2005, Somonauk Community Unit School District 432 established a master plan to guide the district’s future growth. Included in the plan were “green” concepts. Among other practical uses, the concepts would help maintain wetlands on the district’s property. An additional green concept proposed to the plan was the installation of a wind turbine to generate the district’s electricity. Harvest Chapel hosts nationally-known artistSANDWICH — Nationally-known Christian recording artist Caleb Rowden will bring his balancing act to the Harvest Chapel in Sandwich on Wednesday, June 17.
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Don Riemensnider named grand marshallSOMONAUK — The Somonauk Summer Fest Committee has announced that Don Riemensnider has been chosen to preside over the first-ever Summer Fest parade as ... Opinion
Editorial CartoonColumnsWind farm OKed; personnel addressedThe DeKalb County Board approved the pending wind farm with a vote of 16-4, one abstention and three absent last Wednesday evening. This gives the gre ... Letters to the Editor |
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