Author: Fox Valley Magazine

LIV Golf has announced that global pop superstar Jason Derulo will headline the live music entertainment performing the weekend of September 16-18 at the LIV Golf Invitational Chicago. The chart-topping multi-platinum singer/songwriter will entertain fans at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove on Saturday, September 17 to conclude day two of the three-day event in the LIV Golf Invitational Series. In addition, beginning Friday the Frog-X Navy SEAL Parachute Team will skydive onto the course to kick off the action. Grounds passes for the tournament are $49 per day and are all-inclusive of the live performances and fan activities. Youth 15…

Update, 9/15 6:14am: According to a report in the Washington Post, the White House is poised on Thursday morning to announce that it has reached a “tentative agreement to avert a national rail strike that had threatened the nation’s economy.” The tentative deal — confirmed by a group representing freight rail operators — still faces several steps before it is formally ratified. The unions must still vote on it, but the White House’s blessing suggests worker groups have been closely involved. Reports indicated that the breakthrough came as rail companies acceded to the key demand of workers, agreeing to give…

Our intrepid photographer Kevin Ketchum shares his tour of the Galena/Dubuque region this week. Stop 4: Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa

An interactive learning app for PreK-5 students, teachers and parents utilized by West Aurora School District 129 was apparently hacked today, resulting in “inappropriate links and images” being disseminated across the network. In a message to parents sent via social media, the District indicated that “This morning, we became aware of inappropriate imagery that was sent to parents through the digital platform, Seesaw. Since the first report, we have learned that the issue is widespread and did not originate within School District 129. “Additionally, we do not have any evidence that the imagery reached student accounts. While we wait for…

Two people are dead and two hospitalized in serious and critical condition after a violent single-vehicle car crash in East Dundee Saturday. The identities of the victims are not being released at this time. According to a press release from authorities, on Saturday morning at approximately 1:30 AM, an East Dundee Police Officer discovered a single-vehicle crash with multiple injuries in the area of E. Main Street and Van Buren Street. Three out of the four occupants of the vehicle had been ejected. The single occupant still inside of the vehicle had to be extracted. All four occupants were transported…

(Credit: Blueroomstream.com) By PETER HANCOCKCapitol News Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker announced Monday that Illinois taxpayers will soon start receiving rebates of their income and property taxes, either in the mail or by direct bank deposits. Speaking at a news conference in Chicago where he was flanked by other state officials and Democratic leaders of the General Assembly, Pritzker said the rebates are intended to help soften the impact of rising inflation and high gasoline prices. “Everyone knows inflation is a global problem with local consequences,” he said. “Prices at the pump and at the supermarket have taken Illinois families on…

LIV Golf, the controversial and disruptive new international golf tour, has announced the field for its fifth event of the year, the LIV Golf Invitational Chicago, teeing off September 16-18 at Rich Harvest Farms. The global field showcases seven No. 1-ranked players within their respective countries, 13 Olympians, 14 different nations and represents 22 combined major wins. Twenty of the field’s 48 players have 10 or more professional wins in their careers, including current and future stars of the game who have earned NCAA National Championships and U.S. Amateur Championships among their accomplishments. Former world No. 1 and two-time major winner…

Our intrepid photographer Kevin Ketchum shares his tour of the Galena/Dubuque region this week. Stop 3: The Haunted Galena Tour Just to get you in the right frame of mind… Tomorrow: Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa

According to a statement issued this morning by Metra, a work stoppage threatened by freight railroad workers for this Friday, September 16, would likely shut down all service to and from the Fox Valley. The threatened action is unrelated to Metra, but because, with the exception of the Metra Electric and Rock Island lines, Metra’s nine other lines either use tracks owned by freight railroads, intersect with tracks operated by our freight partners, or are dispatched by freight railroads, a work stoppage affecting those tracks would directly impede Metra’s ability to function. Three of the four lines that would directly…

Meet Effie, Lorrell and Deena, three talented young Black singers in the turbulent 1960s whose rise to the top will test their friendships to the very limit.  We’re talking about Dreamgirls, the Tony-winning musical inspired by The Supremes that spawned an Oscar-winning movie. And where better to see a full-blown production of this seminal musical than at Aurora’s beautiful Paramount Theatre, launching its 11th Broadway Series with Dreamgirls, August 31 – October 16, 2022. Travel back to the 1960s. The Motown sound is on the rise, and the Dreamettes are three young women trying to break their way onto the…