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Cortland resident Michelle Berge with son Ethan, age 7, watch while Molly Trickey, Executive Director of the Midwest Museum of Natural History helps dissect a pig heart at Dissection Workshop: Have a Heart, an educational event hosted by the Midwest Museum of Natural History at 425 West State Street, Sycamore on Saturday afternoon.

Local museum hosts Valentine’s Day heart dissection

By Brooke Shinberg | February 17, 2013

Charlotte the spider certainly wouldn’t have approved of a local Valentine’s Day-themed class. Children and their parents were able to dissect pig hearts on Saturday at the Midwest Museum of Natural History, 425 W. State St. in Sycamore, in honor...

Don’t play it again Sam (or Mitt or Newt)

By Alex Fiore | March 20, 2012

With the Illinois Primaries wrapping up Tuesday night, the nation became a little more engrossed in the political season. During the countless baby-kissing, flag-waving and ticket-tape covered photo opportunities sure to follow as the campaign for the...

Area bands split album, share glory

By Jerene-Elise Nall | August 23, 2010

Bust! and Heart Shaped Hate released a split on Cassette Deck Media Conglomerate and on Underground Government/Recess Japan this summer. While the album in its entirety lasts only 12 minutes and 55 seconds, both bands deliver more in just under 13 minutes...