If you're seriously hungry, the place to stop at is Dad's Place, 306 W. State St. in Geneva. It's a dark but cozy homestyle restaurant and tavern where you can grab a booth and some good food, too. The half-pound hamburgers are the favorite food of the...

Grunwald Antiques has been serving the Geneva area since 1962. Its high quality specialties are estate jewelry, (especially silver), enamels and glass products. Marge Shepard has been a Grunwald employee for 17 years and said that Geneva has kept the...

After visiting the numerous shops Geneva has to offer, you most likely will have worked up quite an appetite. If so, your next stop should be the Ristorante Chianti, at 207 S. Third St. Italian and Cajun-Italian entrees make up the menu at this restaurant...

The five hearings throughout Illinois to evaluate the effectiveness and garnish support or criticism for the state's higher education governing boards has concluded. However, it is not the time for those truly concerned about education to be optimistic....

The editorial, "Representation not ‘OK'," which in essence states that Dave Murphy is unqualified to be appointed to the Board of Regents because he has been a Community College Trustee for McHenry Community College, challenges me to respond. 1. I am...

If you're short on time and can't go to separate places for eating and browsing, try the Wilson House, 327 Franklin St. in Geneva, where you'll find everything under one roof. If you enter on the ground floor you'll find yourself in Barrels "N" Bins shop,...

The Factory Outlet Mall is affectionately known as the the "Old Piano Factory" for good reason. The building, located at 410 South 1st St. in St. Charles, actually served as the Cable Piano Factory from 1901 until 1938. The rugged structure once employed...

I am writing in response to James R. Hart's letter, Nov. 28, titled "Opinion off base." I seem to sense a sort of sickness or ignorance in this letter. Yet once again, I will try to explain to you why you don't understand. American society is, and has...

For the past decade, Chicago has failed to meet clean air standards. In 1988, there were 20 days of unhealthy smog with levels reaching as high as 86 percent above the health standard. About 150 million Americans in more than 100 cities are suffering...

On Friday, December 1, Santa Claus will arrive in Geneva at 6:30 p.m. to open his house to visitors, and to listen to the Christmas wishes of area children. In addition, five majestic homes have been selected from the Geneva community and will be professionally...

Nestled deep in the heart of the Fox Valley, only 45 miles due west of Chicago, the majestic town of St. Charles has begun to arouse the interest of tourists, conventioneers and art lovers as well as antique buffs and gourmets. The town dates back to...

So, De Kalb just doesn't have enough to offer anymore, right? You're sick of school in the cornfields and limited social opportunities, huh? Well, a 25 minute ride east down Route 38 will bring you to the historic town of Geneva - a place where you can...