The Holiday Express train is welcoming all aboard during the first three weekends in December at Blackberry Farm for its Yuletide celebration, with thousands of…
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…
This past spring, Aidan Meadows, a junior at Batavia High School began brainstorming ways to begin working toward his Eagle Scout rank and approached…
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…
Too much holiday food? Tired of shopping? The Kane County Forest Preserve District has a great alternative. Come to LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve for “Over…
Pottawatomie Park in St. Charles is known as a great place for mini-golf, swimming, boating, picnicking and biking. Now, thanks to a generous funding grant,…
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…
Editor’s Note: This “Good Natured” article was submitted to Kane County Connects by Pam Otto, the manager of nature programs and interpretive services at 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…
