Culver’s restaurants in Dixon and Rock Falls partnered with TwinCities and PADS homeless shelters during the month of June, donating over $1,500 from a share day event and shelter-requested items given by the community.

Village Clerk and Office Manager Maureen Johnson said that work is underway to inspect the Lyndon Bridge’s more than 700 planks for weather deterioration and replacement.

A 2-year-old boy was killed Wednesday when a car crashed into a Portillo’s restaurant in Oswego. Village President Ryan Kauffman shared the link to the GoFundMe page set up for the family.

Tyler Simons of Wisconsin will host “Cars Behind Bars” from noon to 5 p.m. Aug. 3 at the Old Joliet Prison, 1125 Collins St. in Joliet.

For the first time ever, Frank Lloyd Wright's first prairie-style home, The B. Harley Bradley House, will be serving as a backdrop for a photoshoot fundraiser on Aug. 30 to benefit Wright In Kankakee, the nonprofit organization that works to preserve the home.

Comedian Clay Foley is set to bring his unique blend of humor and heart to the Granny Rose Animal Shelter’s K-9 Enrichment Center on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, with his special standup comedy performance, Comedy To The Rescue.

Meals are free, but donations are encouraged, with 100% of all donations going to the fire department. The menu includes brats, pasta salad, chips and Resthave Home cookies.

The meal includes half a chicken, chips, roll and drink for $11. Drive-thru and dine-in options will be available. Proceeds will fund Sterling American Legion charities.

Guests will enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at the Dixon sanctuary’s beautiful landscape and the animals who call it home. Register online to secure a spot on the tour.

Participants in the Morningstar Mission fundraiser will enjoy an evening of dining at The Curator’s Cafe, Magpie’s Joy of Eating, The Metro Grill & Bar and La Mex.

DQ stores in Rock Falls and Sterling on Thursday, July 31, 2025, will work to change kids’ health and bring hope to University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital, a Children’s Miracle Network member hospital, through their annual Miracle Treat Day.

The event will feature a 10 a.m. shotgun start at Fairways Golf Course, a day of community connection and a shared celebration of the Foundation’s growth since its founding.

Moon, a McHenry band that had a large local following in the 1980s and opened for the likes of Survivor and Steppenwolf, will reunite for a cancer benefit show at The Vixen July 26.

Iroquois County Historical Society will host its 6th annual boneless tenderized pork chop sandwich fundraiser Friday, Aug. 1.

The Dixon Knights of Columbus Council 690 will host its monthly breakfast from 7:30-10:30 a.m. Sunday, July 27, at KayCee Hall, 506 W. Third St.

The Foundation will offer soft-serve ice cream, flurries, sundaes and root beer floats from Aug. 5 to 9, 2025, during the Carroll County Fair.

Join the Children’s Miracle Network for the Boots on the Ground charity event at the Kankakee Walmart on Saturday, July 5 at 1 p.m.

The Joliet-based Wish Upon a Star nonprofit will host its second Wishstock fundraiser to benefit seriously ill children in Will County.

Save-A-Pet is hosting its first-ever Tee Off Fore Tails Golf Scramble on July 10 at Stonewall Orchard Golf Club in Grayslake.

Among the highlights of summer in the suburbs are “Always…Patsy Cline" on stage, along with the band Asia's John Payne, folk music and blues artists, Wheaton Municipal Band, a book sale extraordinaire and walking tour.

Attending a quinceanera in Tala, Mexico was Vida Rubio’s motivation to set up shop Monday, June 23, 2025, along busy Galena Avenue in Dixon.

Nicasa Behavioral Health Service is being joined by community stakeholders, recovery advocates and allies, and more to celebrate its 35th annual golf outing – Long Drives Save Lives – on June 23 at Glen Flora Country Club, 2200 N. Sheridan Road, Waukegan.

Rock bands take the stage as festivals and concert series unfold across the suburbs, complemented by cruise nights, Wheaton Drama's new show, a spotlight on rarely seen artworks and an antiques sale fundraiser.

Event starts at 1:15 p.m. at Town & Country Days festival tent

Save-A-Pet is thrilled to announce its eighth annual Furry Friends 5K and 1-Mile Six-Legged Fun Walk, taking place June 21 at the scenic Old School Forest Preserve in Libertyville.

Spring amps up the fun with milestone celebrations and a headlining turn by the Legendary Count Basie Orchestra on Father's Day Sunday as part of a Jazz & Wine Fest in Cantigny Park in Wheaton.

Sterling Walmart will host a Touch-A-Truck event Saturday, June 14, in the Sterling Walmart parking lot, 4115 Lincolnway, Sterling. All proceeds will go to the Children’s Miracle Network.

Riverside Healthcare golfers helped raise more than $218,000 to assist behavioral health services during the organization's 48th annual golf outing on Friday at the Kankakee Country Club.

Anthony Pens, 27, and Alyssa Pens, 15 of Coal City both have heredity spastic paraplegia type 35, a disease is so rare that only 51 people in 19 families are documented in medical literature.

The Holly Club of Joliet will host its final fundraiser on June 10. The club typically donated $40,000 to organizations in the community.

A chill concert by the Kankakee River is the latest fundraising event set for The Currents of Kankakee on Saturday from 6:30 - 11 p.m. in the Riverview Historic District. Winslow, Arizona (a tribute to The Eagles) will perform.

The Ogle County event is held in memory of Maggie Rosko and her son, Amos, who died in 2016.

Southside Elementary School of Morrison is hosting a drive-thru fundraiser to support Dylan Wescott, a Rock Falls High School student-athlete who was left partially paralyzed after suffering a broken neck during a track and field meet March 15.

The event will take place from 1-3 p.m. in the Dixon YMCA parking lot at 110 N. Galena Ave. and features a cookie/lemonade stand and a cardio drumming performance from 1-2 p.m.

Though December is a distant flip of the calendar away, the folks who put together the Jeeps on the Run Toys for Tots Run already are excited about the 2025 event.

Event is a major fundraiser for the Mt. Morris-Oregon FFA Alumni Association that helps fund activities in conjunction with OHS FFA chapter.

Admission is free; free-will donations are accepted.

The Salvation Army of Kankakee is requesting donations for its Summer Fundraiser event, running through July.

The Will County Thresherman’s Association's annual 40-mile Vintage Tractor Drive Fundraiser goes from Manhattan to Wilmington.

Prepare for traffic delays and road closures in the vicinity of St. Mary Immaculate Parish along Illinois Route 59 in Plainfield Saturday morning.

The all-you-can-eat breakfast includes eggs, bacon, sausage, potatoes, biscuits and gravy, and pancakes

The Brent Wadsworth Alumni Golf Outing typically raises $25,000, which funds fall mini-grants for students and staff at Joliet Township High School District 204.

Inflatable donuts in-hand, local law enforcement agencies scaled the buildings of local Dunkin’ stores to fundraise for the Special Olympics of Illinois.

MorningStar Mission in Joliet launches Sponsor-A-Bed program in which a donation of $37.37 supports one night for a client.

Joliet Public Schools District 86 held its 10th annual Autism Awareness 5K and raised $5,000 for special needs programming.

The Special Olympics of Illinois helps provides athletes with year-round training, personal and social development activities and health education opportunities.

Local police departments across the Joliet area will be participating in the annual “Cop on a Rooftop” fundraiser to benefit Special Olympics Illinois from 5 a.m to noon Friday.

The Morrison Fire Department will host its annual pancake breakfast from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, May 18, at the station, 206 W. Main St.

Morton Arboretum unveils its latest whimsical sculptures, while classical orchestras and choirs along with a Taylor Swift tribute shake up the musical scene, native plants buoy the environment and a walking murder mystery takes a Japanese twist.

The CC2 Forever Foundation will host its annual Strike Out Cancer event Saturday at Flink Field in Lockport. The foundation was founded after 18-year-old Connor Christian died from an aggressive brain tumor.