Plans for a new Amoco gas station with a convenience store to set up shop in DeKalb’s Fourth Street corridor moved one step closer to reality Monday night.

Community Shoe Box, a DeKalb charity organization that aims to provide free shoes to all with no questions asked, has closed for good, its lead organizer announced.

In November, Grateful Clay will reopen in downtown Ottawa at the site of the former Heartland by Hand, 231 W. Main St. 

The Geneva Chamber of Commerce recently celebrated the grand opening of Hammer and Nails, a men's barbershop.

Rock Valley Credit Union opens new spot in DeKalb

Summer-like weather lifted vendors and visitors at Huntley's Farmers Market Saturday, with the last one of the year planned for the coming weekend.

Summer-like weather lifted vendors and visitors at Huntley's Farmers Market Saturday, with the last one of the year planned for the coming weekend.

Jet Cars - watercraft made to look like high-end luxury cars - have debuted on the Chain O' Lakes.

Business owners and landlord’s in Joliet’s Special Service Area are invited to have coffee with Emmanuel Lopez, the new executive director for the Joliet City Center Partnership.

The DeKalb Chamber of Commerce recently welcomed the Children’s Learning Center to its membership.

The public is invited to celebrate centennial manufacturers and farms on Oct. 8 when the “Makers on the Move” Bus Tour rolls into DeKalb County.

Crystal Lake planning and zoning commissioners are uninterested in seeing another car wash come into the city, after a developer presented the possibility of one to be built off Route 14.

Tickets are now available for the Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s “The Visionary Series: Inspiring the Future of Business,” on Nov. 19 at Hollywood Casino – Joliet.

Locally, SERVPRO-Joliet, which includes Crest Hill and Romeoville, opened in 2005, according to SERVPRO- Joliet.

Lake in the Hills has added regulations to address what officials called the “emerging trend” of food trucks.

About 300 vintage shops and barns, high-end consignment and boutiques throughout southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois are gearing up for the annual fall Vintage Shop Hop the weekend of Oct. 3 and 4.

Downtown DeKalb has a new spot for steaks and other food, after Florentino’s Charhouse opened this month.

A new Burlington store is opening Friday along Randall Road in Algonquin.

The Treehouses at Starved Rock is a 26-acre retreat carved into Starved Rock’s border. There are two treehouses available for short stays and two more under construction, with availability beginning in February.

A family-owned Country Club Hills restaurant specializing is cheesesteaks and lemonade is coming to Joliet.

One is for Business Name : Kafe de Kasa at 707 W. Jefferson St. Unit I , in Shorewood, a quick service coffee and pastry shop.

Owners of The Mercantile want to increase the establishment's seating capacity by opening up a wall in the cocktail lounge, creating a larger dining area that will feature darts, and obtain a permit that will allow their doors to stay open later during special events.

A husband and wife duo, Ryan Quinn and Nancy Quinn, have acquired and rebranded the former Schramm Construction Company into Quinn Design-Build Inc., according to a news release.

Maggie and Mabel aren’t your average local celebrities. For starters, they wear shaggy coats all year long and like to cuddle. The Scottish Highland cows will even pose for a photo or two during sessions at Majestic Highlands of Batavia.

Global packaging company Pregis recently opened a new 477,000-square-foot paper converting center in Elgin, bringing with it more than 500 manufacturing jobs, according to a news release.

For 40 years, State Street Jewelers in Geneva has been the go-to place for fine jewelry that memorializes special moments. “It’s kind of an honor," general manager Kelly Vass said. “Not a lot of businesses survive that long.”

Geneva’s State Street Jewelers, 230 W. State St., marked 40 years Thursday with a ribbon cutting and soiree with champagne, hors d’oeuvres, gift bags and a raffle.

Both restaurants are open to the public. Menus to both restaurants are posted on the Joliet Junior College website.

Fall is in the air and so is the season’s latest Back Alley Market, a downtown DeKalb shopping experience featuring more than 150 area vendors on Saturday.

A new McDonald's is now open at the corner of Plank Road and Illinois Route 23 in Sycamore.

The grand reopening begins at 3 p.m. Friday, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and will include refreshments and giveaways.

A new grocery store is expected to open on the ground level of the former Fanatico Restaurant building in DeKalb, with financial aid awarded this week from the City Council. The old restaurant was the site of a fire, and later arson charges, in 2023.

Holzlager Brewing Company in Woodstock is shutting down after six years. The owner had expressed concern about the long-term roadwork along Route 47, as well as a general downturn in the craft beer market.

Prime IV Hydration and Wellness, which offers vitamin therapy, celebrated its grand opening in Geneva.

Pop's Corn Crib, the little and iconic popcorn shack in downtown Crystal Lake, will reopen with new owners after the previous owner suddenly died earlier this year.

An Oglesby favorite has reopened.

The Algonquin Commons shopping center has been sold to new owners about a year after it went on the market.

Garden’s Gate is changing ownership, but the new owner is a familiar face to customers of the longtime Ottawa garden center. 

The year-round, indoor-outdoor venue will offer a 4,000+ square foot main room, flexible pre-function areas, and outdoor patios.

The Geneva Chamber of Commerce recently celebrated the grand opening of a boutique, Scout and Gem.

A Crystal Lake-based food truck and a Lemont restaurant beat out dozens of competitors for the best burger and are now in the championship round in WGN radio’s first-ever Chicago’s Very Own Eats: Best Burgers Tournament.

Sycamore Mexican restaurant, Nina’s Tacos, is closed until further notice after a fire Sunday night severely damaged the small business.

Jitters coffeehouse's anniversary event will be held from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 26 at 178 N. Chicago St. in Joliet.

Crystal Lake will soon be home to two marijuana dispensaries again as another company will take over the shuttered Spark’d location nine months after it abruptly closed.

Batavia MainStreet will hold a Taylor Swift–themed Showgirl Lantern Walk in October to combine shopping, music and community spirit.

Missing The Dock in Joliet? Try Mokena location. Noteworthy menu items include a goat board, reuben rolls and sausage and peppers (appetizers), pastrami reuben, blackened grouper reuben and fried fish tacos.

McHenry County voted for its favorites, and the Northwest Herald/Shaw Media's Best of the Fox honorees picked up their awards Thursday at The Dole in Crystal Lake.

Sought Out Grounds, a new coffee shop in downtown Joliet that opened in May, has rebranded with an emphasis on hosting live events.

After years of tattooing in other people’s parlors, Jacob Mekeel has finally found a shop of his own, opening Merlo Macs Tatt Shack in Dixon. He's also got another venture in the works: turning a bus into a mobile tattoo parlor.

The shop is seeking gently used books for all ages to help build its cafe library, according to Jitters.