Author: Paul Stukel

Batavia Mainstreet is excited to host the 10th annual Cocktails in the Park Fundraiser July 31st 7:00- 11:00 pm at Appleton Park. Discover downtown Batavia and enjoy an evening on the riverbanks of the Fox River with live music, drinks, small plates and more! Cocktails in the Park raised more than $15,000 last year and the hope is to surpass that with help from the community. The funds raised will be used to support other downtown programming from Batavia MainStreet, such as BatFest, Batavia Farmers’ Market, Second Fridays, Block Party and more. Cocktails in the Park Committee Chair, Kurt Hagemann…

Classic Rock, R&B, Funk, Blues & contemporary tunes are coming to South Elgin tonight, July 7, at Panton Mill Park. Veteran rockers The Plant Band will be performing at the South Elgin Concerts in the Park series from 6:30pm – 8pm. The Plant Band has entertained friends and fans in the Fox Valley region since the early 2000’s.  “The Stones, Doobies, Beatles, Blues Brothers and other classic rock bands are their main genre, but don’t be surprised to hear a Roger Miller, Johnny Cash hit or even a Sinatra classic!” This is a free, family-friendly event with lawn and pavilion seating…

The market is open on Wednesdays from 8am to 1pm, June – September.

The market is a rain or shine event that continues until Mid-October.

We remain an exceptional nation.

One in a series from the July 2021 issue of Fox Valley Magazine.

Welcome to our latest edition of Fox Valley Magazine’s 4 FOR THE WEEKEND where Independence Day always makes us want to go kick some Limey butt! Arghh!!! So let’s get to it, starting with….. Let’s Begin All Civilized Like Sure, most American music around the time of the Revolution was played with buckets and washboards and pieces of really long hair tied between two ends of a stick. (OK, we made that last bit up.) But now that we’re all civilized and stuff, let’s kick off Independence weekend with an ESO concert featuring three great American composers. And let’s hold…

One individual dead, one in critical condition, one in stable condition, and one has been released from hospital.

The Aurora Police Department has issued an alert for a missing 10 year-old boy. His name is Benjamin Pena and he was last seen in the 600 block of W. Galena Bl in Aurora at 7:45pm. Benjamin is approximately 4’08” with a medium build. He was wearing a gray shirt with cars on it and gray pants with a stripe down the side. If you see Benjamin, please call 9-1-1.

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, was sentenced today to 22.5 years in prison, a 10 year expansion of state sentencing guidelines in second degree murder cases. The killing of Floyd, a Black man, in Minneapolis in May 2020 convulsed the nation and sparked global outrage and Black Lives Matter protests and riots all around the world.  It has led to a vigorous and contentious reexamination of not only policing but society as a whole here in the United States. Infamous video footage of Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes, during…