Editor’s Note: “Roadside Botany” is a snapshot look at the amazing plant life that can be found in Kane County, IL, with photography and text…
Kane County Recycles announced today that it will hold a special post-holiday recycling event on Jan.14 — and special holiday hours will be in place…
Kane County’s first-ever pumpkin recycling event was a smashing success. Last Saturday (Nov. 5, 2016), Kane County partnered with Pushing the Envelope Farm in…
A historic property in rural Plano, Sherman R. Cook Memorial Scout Park, is under re-development through a partnership between Plano Rotary, the Plano American…
Calling all book-lovers and nature enthusiasts: join the Forest Preserve District of Kane County’s Nature Book Group! Every month, you’ll discuss a book about the…
As of this weekend, there are not one, not two, but THREE opportunities to rid yourself of rotting pumpkins in Kane County. There’s the first-ever…
When is fire a good thing? When it’s a carefully controlled, prescribed burn in your local Kane County forest preserves! Each spring and fall, the…
Beginning Nov. 1, the Fox Valley Park District will resume its program of prescribed burns at selected park sites and natural areas. For decades, the…
The city of St. Charles has earned Five Blooms, the highest rating, in the America in Bloom program. St. Charles also was recognized with an…
OAKtober — also known as Oak Awareness Month — is a chance for Kane County residents, organizations, communities, park districts, forest preserve districts, private landowners…






