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Officials running the Bureau County Fair announced that country band Sawyer Brown and Lonestar will headline the annual fair this summer.
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5 Things to Do: Ottawa Restaurant Week, Utica St. Patrick’s Parade this weekend in the Illinois Valley
Vintage Shop Hop returns to northern Illinois March 6-7
Best of the Best Brews: Top coffee shops in suburbs, Sauk Valley & Illinois Valley
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Dining
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Sauk Valley
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Here’s a list of things to do the week of Dec. 1, 2025, in Morrison, Fulton, Erie and Prophetstown.
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After being on the market since April 2024, Graham's 318 Coffeehouse on Third Street in Geneva was sold to new owners – with the first floor tenant to be a French bistro, Bread & Vine.
Kane County’s favorite outdoor dining patios/beer gardens
Joliet Blues Festival rolls into Billie Limacher Bicentennial Park Aug. 9
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The downtown Elgin cocktail bar at 161 E. Chicago St. is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a number of events scheduled for Aug. 5-9.
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