Those who frequent downtown Sycamore will soon see Sycamore Moose Lodge No. 1506 get a facelift, as the City Council approved funds recently for the organization to benefit from Sycamore’s downtown improvement program.

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The Lighted Way and Trinity Catholic Academy Personal Assistants to Lighted Way Students, also known as PALS, Spring Track Meet was held Monday at the L-P Athletic Complex in La Salle. Lighted way students with help from TCA eighth graders, participated in running, throwing and wheelchair slalom, among other activities.

The Utica Public Library, 224 Mill St., will host a program, “Build A Healthy Immune System,” at 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 21.

The recipient of the 43rd annual Conkey Family Award was announced Monday at OSF HealthCare Saint Paul Medical Center in Mendota as part of National Health Care Week. This year’s honoree is Brenda Grobe, a hospital administrative assistant.

About 73 percent of Illinois’ Medicaid recipients remain on the rolls after the first redetermination cycle following the COVID-19 pandemic, while approximately 660,000 recipients have been disenrolled.

West Lowell Park Road was closed from the Mt. Morris city limits to the intersection with North Moose Road after a vehicle hit a telephone pole and gas main causing a gas leak, Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle said Monday.

Authorities are still working to identify a person found dead inside a car after a car fire was extinguished near McHenry last week.

An Ottawa man linked to pair of “stash houses” of guns and drugs pleaded guilty Monday to three felonies and was sentenced to 15½ years in prison.

Spring Valley Hall High School held its prom Saturday at Senica’s Oak Ridge.