By Diego Martinez, Senior News Reporter
| October 22, 2025
DeKALB – The Sycamore Pumpkin Festival, which originated in 1962, is scheduled to take place Wednesday through Sunday. Each day will host various events open to the public.
Thursday
Thursday’s events will open up with the Kiwanis Prayer Breakfast...
SYCAMORE – The 61st annual Sycamore Pumpkin Festival will take place in downtown Sycamore to celebrate all things Halloween and fall from Oct. 26 - 30.
The theme of this year’s festival is “Wish Upon a Pumpkin,” and is hosted by the Sycamore...
Pass: Kids help clean trash on Sycamore streetsMore than 150 kids from Sycamore and surrounding areas helped pick up litter Saturday, according to the Daily Chronicle.Kids Work Day, organized with the help of Sycamore High School Key Club, took place...
Wally Thurow, known as Mr. Pumpkin, will be missed in the coming Sycamore Pumpkin Festival, but loved ones are working to keep his spirit alive. “Over 50 years ago, he approached the Lions Club with a simple concept of having a family event with pumpkins...
From Thursday to Sunday, pumpkins filled the lawn of the Sycamore Courthouse.The annual Sycamore Pumpkin Festival celebrated its 50th anniversary and featured a variety of different events including a parade, 5K run and a pumpkin decorating contest, said...
