Author: Fox Valley Magazine

North Aurora Deputy Chief Joe Gorski (left) with Officer Chris Joswick after the award ceremony (credit North Aurora Police Dept. Facebook page) Law enforcement officials from across the state honored the acts of heroism performed by local and state officers during the Law Enforcement Medal of Honor Ceremony today in Springfield.  The Law Enforcement Medal of Honor Committee awarded 136 officers from 41 agencies the Medal of Honor in recognition of their brave and sacrificial service to the citizens of Illinois.  The Medal of Honor is awarded to officers who have been killed or seriously injured in the line of…

Pottawatomie Golf Course is the most beautiful course in the Fox Valley area offering scenic views with lush landscapes. This rolling course was designed with all skill levels of golfer in mind. The fairways are fairly wide open and are tree lined. The Fox River comes into play on four of the nine holes. This short layout has three sets of tees for a varied golfing experience. Originally designed in 1939 by the pioneer of golf course architecture, Robert Trent Jones, Sr., who capitalized on the course’s location along the banks of the Fox River, it is here you will find…

Springbrook Golf Course is an 18-hole, parkland-style golf course located at 2220 W. 83rd Street in Naperville. Beautiful, mature trees and lush foliage complement the manicured greens, tees and fairways. Built in 1974, the facility includes a natural turf driving range tee, a 15,000 square foot practice putting green, and two short game practice greens with bunkers. These amenities combined with Springbrook’s exceptional course design draw golfers of all skill levels to return time and again to play. In August 2022, a $3.5 million renovation began at Springbrook, including a complete rebuild of all tees and bunkers, reconstruction of two ponds…

Whoa. It seems that the Chicago Bears aren’t putting all their stadium eggs in the Arlington Heights basket after all. In a statement released by Scott Hagel, senior vice president of marketing and communications for the Bears, the team indicated that the heavy property tax assessment recently announced on the property they acquired at the old Arlington International Racecourse is so daunting that they are looking at additional options outside of Arlington Heights. Numerous news outlets are reporting that Naperville – yes, Naperville – is one of the locations they are considering. According to Kevin Schmit of the Daily Herald, Naperville Mayor…

On an early morning in September 2005, a group of Aurora gang members attended a party in the 600 block of Lincoln in Aurora. At that party was 21-year-old George Caro. Quinton C. Moore, one of the gang members, along with co-defendants Juan Vargas, Max M. Aguilar, Ruben Hernandez and Roman Lucio, savagely beat Caro senseless that morning. The gang members then took Caro’s shoes and shirt and left him to die. Caro’s autopsy revealed 22 injuries to Caro’s head and face and 16 injuries to his upper body and arms, and that Caro died from blunt force trauma. In…

Two women are in custody in relation to a stabbing incident on Aurora’s south side Tuesday evening. At 5:35pm Tuesday, APD officers identified two victims, a 21-year-old female and 41-year-old female, both of Aurora, with apparent stab wounds in the 1200 block of South Fourth Street. Officers learned that a disturbance occurred outside a residence at that location during which two offenders, each armed with a knife, stabbed the victims about the body causing injuries to each victim. The victims were transported to a local hospital in stable condition, each suffering from non-life-threatening stab wounds. Two Aurora women, 21 years…

On an evening in late May, 2021, 46-year-old Samuel Ortiz-Rodriguez of Aurora was standing outside a residence talking with a few individuals. At that moment, three street-gang members from a nearby neighborhood walked by and mistakenly identified him as a member of a rival gang. One of the gang members shot him dead. Cesar J. Ponce, 20, one of those street gang members, has now been sentenced to 40 years in prison. A jury convicted Ponce of the offense of first-degree murder on March 2, 2023. On May 24, 2021 at 7:30 p.m., Ponce and two fellow members of the…

Want to add some Downtown Naperville flower power to your own yard? The tulips in the downtown and surrounding areas are sadly done blooming for the season, but they are once again being offered to YOU with the help of Naperville Public Works and Naperville Park District. FREE tulip bulbs will be available for pick up on Friday, June 9th from 8AM-10AM on Main Street between Van Buren and Benton Avenue (55 S. Main Street) in Downtown Naperville, while supplies last. Please bring your own bag and be prepared to select your own tulip bulbs from large crates. Tulip quantities…

According to a press release from the Batavia Police Department, a bicyclist was hit by an SUV at the intersection of South Batavia Avenue and Union Avenue in Batavia this afternoon. The bicyclist is in hospital in critical condition. Police are investigating the crash which occurred on at 2:29 PM Wednesday afternoon. The preliminary investigation revealed that a newer model GMC Denali was southbound on S. Batavia Avenue when it struck a bicyclist in the intersection. The bicyclist was westbound Union Avenue within the crosswalk riding across South Batavia Avenue. Batavia Avenue was shut down to vehicular traffic between Morton…

Emagine Entertainment, Inc. is opening the new Emagine Batavia movie theatre on Thursday, June 1st.   The grand opening will feature a showing of 2018 HALLOWEEN in honor of the film’s 5th Anniversary. “Michael Myers” actor James Jude Courtney will be in attendance for the opening. The venue, formally the Randall 15 IMAX, was purchased by Emagine in the Spring of 2020 and has been renovated into an upscale movie theatre with 12 state-of-the art auditoriums which includes 2 private screening rooms, a large format EMX screen and a SUPER EMX screen, all equipped with 4k projections and feature luxury heated recliners…