Somonauk News

Somonauk High School conducted its second annual Senior Institute on April 24. Seniors and teachers attended sessions covering a wide variety of topics significant in helping ensure a safe and purposeful transition to the next phase of the students" lives, whether that is college, the workplace or the military.

The focus was on health and wellness for all ages on the kick-off day of the annual Sandwich Freedom Days Festival.

Tyson Kinsley of Sycamore was the overall winner of the second annual Unlimited Performance Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine 5K Charity Run June 20 at the old Kishwaukee Community Hospital.

Somonauk High School hosted its annual Awards Night Tuesday, May 19. Staff and community members recognized outstanding scholarship as well as school and community involvement.

The Illinois Association of SkillsUSA conducted its annual Leadership and Skills Conference in Springfield from April 23 to 25.

In exchange for maintenance to the Somonauk baseball fields, the Somonauk Recreation League asked the village board to consider waiving a $3 per participant fee for the next two baseball seasons.

Somonauk will celebrate its second Summerfest July 24-26, and has added a Saturday morning parade to the event lineup, according to the Summerfest Web site.

A library that once consisted of a single room soon will fill a 15,000-square-foot building.

A 42-year-old Somonauk man was killed when his car left the road and hit a tree Monday afternoon.

Bill Heriaud stands outside Jim's Automotive next to his big red Dodge Durango. He maintains a daily routine, making the rounds to coffee breaks between his favorite hangouts in Sandwich and Somonauk.

A reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the person who vandalized several cars in St.

Family and friends lined State Street from the downtown area to the Sycamore Armory on Monday morning to welcome home soldiers returning from their tour of duty in Afghanistan.

Close to a hundred people gathered in an unlikely place on Sunday - Oak Ridge Cemetery - to pay tribute to Almon Gage, the man regarded as the founder of Sandwich.

Somonauk Community Unit School District 432, Citizens First National Bank and the Somonauk Business Association are working in partnership to launch the "Rain Barrels on Parade" for the summer.

Graduating seniors, from right, Katie Castleman, Tasha Krapausky, Kristine Taylor and Brenda Rodriguez share letters they had written to themselves as freshman before the ceremony at Somonauk High School in Somonauk, Ill., on Sunday May 31, 2009.

The new street and railroad crossing that replaces Gletty Road on the west side of Sandwich opened to traffic on Wednesday.

Tom Warren stands by one of the many informational signs in his park, Finding Heros, in Somonauk, Ill., on Friday.

ASHTON – As strange as it might sound, swinging the bat wasn't the way for Indian Creek to win a regional title on Saturday.

Memorial Day events: Ottawa The Memorial Day observance will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in Washington Square.

The Somonauk Summer Fest planning committee is selling stoneware crocks commemorating Somonauk's 175th anniversary, according to a committee news release.