Sidecar Supper Club & Beer Garden is celebrating 10 years of food, fun and live music in Batavia.

It’s not often workers’ jobs are saved once their company lists imminent layoffs on the WARN Act report. But when 86 workers were listed by Microplastics Inc. in St. Charles, a last-minute reprieve for “a majority” of them is exactly what happened.

Janel Cabadas, a lifelong Oswego resident, becomes the new Earthmover Credit Union CEO on Jan. 1

Dancers from Fox Valley Ballet, who performed in "The Nutcracker" at Batavia Fine Arts Centre, visited children in the hospital to brighten their day.

Soul Studio opens in Batavia with mocktails, workshops, yoga, sound baths, live music and a space to be yourself.

Marissa Kirch was a barista at the former All Chocolate Kitchen in Geneva. Now she owns it and has renamed it Coffee, Cones & Cabernet after the All Chocolate proprietors retired.

The Geneva Chamber of Commerce bestowed its Wood Award, and several other honors at Riverside Receptions Nov. 6.

The Grand Opening Weekend lineup features live music, food trucks and special limited beer releases.

Try Detroit style pizza at restaurants in Bartlett, Elgin, Algonquin and Naperville.