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The Food Guy: Spilt Milk Pastry
Oak Park is known for its Frank Lloyd Wright architecture and as the birthplace of Ernest Hemingway. It's also home to one of the Food Guy's favorite bakeries, now in a much larger space from where it started, allowing the owners to expand their menu. Two sisters, who started selling...
Singing in rock band helps Wheaton man keep Parkinson’s symptoms at bay
A man from Wheaton is showing how music can help in the fight against Parkinson’s disease. Dave Mikulskis credits a number of different things for keeping tremors, voice issues, and other hallmarks of Parkinson’s at bay.
They have arrived! Millions of cicadas emerge over weekend in Western Springs
WESTERN SPRINGS, Ill. — The cicada emergence has officially begun in the Chicago area. Some parts of the area could expect anywhere from millions to billions. There have been many cicada sightings throughout Chicagoland over the weekend. Nature experts say the bugs are harmless, they do not bite or sting, and they contribute to a […]
Illinois Grocery Chain Dumping Cashiers and Checkouts – Run by AI
I am not anti-tech and I can prove it, but I am concerned about what an Illinois grocery chain is doing that includes doing away with cashiers and the traditional checkout process and allowing stores to be run completely by artificial intelligence. Yes, the robots are taking over. Food and...
Rare blue-eyed cicada spotted during 2024 emergence at suburban Chicago arboretum
LISLE, Ill. (AP) — It was late morning when The Morton Arboretum’s Senior Horticulturist Kate Myroup arrived at the Children’s Garden with a special guest: a rare, blue-eyed female Magicicada cassini cicada, spotted earlier in the day by a visitor. A lucky few saw the cicada Friday...
An Illinois Bar Has Officially Lost Their Mind With a Cicada Malört Shot
A popular brewpub outside of Chicago has put two of the most atrocious things Illinois is known for together into a cocktail you have to be brave to try. You might have to be masochistic in order to truly enjoy it. The Noon Whistle Pub in Lombard, IL announced that...
Urgent Warning to Illinois Pet Owners After Rabid Bats Found
Not that we need something else to worry about while living in Illinois, with trillions of Cicadas beginning to emerge, and recent news of Mosquitoes in the state testing positive for West Nile Virus. Now there's a warning to pet owners around the Land of Lincoln following the discovery of...
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