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Don Johnson surprised his wife on their 67th wedding anniversary with a new diamond ring set, replacing the wedding ring that was lost recen…

Almost 25 years ago, one of my older brothers was graduating from the University of Minnesota. He was a fixture on the dean’s list and a bur…

Weather, global warming, climate change – what’s the difference?It seems like these terms often are …

When reporter Katie Finlon told me she was working on a story about girls who wanted to join the Scouts BSA – a group most of us know as “Bo…

One Father’s Day, when I was 6 years old, I asked my dad why there was no such thing as “Kids’ Day,” and he said, “Because every day is kids…

I learned a few things at the DeKalb County Economic Development Corp.’s lunch this week about DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport.

At a Lifelong Learning class at Northern Illinois University this week, led by Elizabeth Bass, the broad-ranging discussion included the dec…

Last week I wrote about the potential future of the buildings that were once home to an auto dealership that could now be up for a public au…

Before I turned myself into a runner, I was a college student just fickle enough to give myself an out and elect not to go to class if it me…

Illinois has been a leading state in education innovation for many years. For a matter of fact, the very first community college began opera…