The First National Bank of Dwight, designed in 1905 for the 1906 opening by world-renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright, will be marking Wright’s 150th birthday with cookies, punch and coffee June 8. According to Eric Stewart, vice president and loan…
An original Abraham Lincoln portrait by Dwight artist Cat Clausen that was sold to a patron in Springfield a few years ago will now be a mural on a building — a much bigger version of course. And the man…
Dwight’s Dairy Queen has been operated by the Oates Family for a third of a century as of May 1. The business at 324 W. Mazon, was purchased by Paul Oates as of May 1, 1984, and is now run…
An explosion at the World War II Joliet arsenal, and getting shot in the stomach failed to stop Jewell Carlson, now 93, who will soon be celebrating his 70th wedding anniversary with his wife Marguerite (Peg).Carlson grew up in LaRose,…
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Thanks to the efforts of the Dwight Rotary Club and the New Life Assembly of God Church in Dwight, roughly 1,500 people will no longer have to walk 11⁄2 to two miles for drinking water. The new well, a hand-powered…
The Essex Fire Protection District has completed construction, outside and inside, on its new fire station building, an addition to the station on Main Street in downtown Essex. An open house will be held at the new structure from noon to…
Keith Lackner, of Dwight, is featured in the current issue of the national Woodturning magazine, published Jan. 26, issue number 302. In addition, photos taken for the article, including the cover photo, were done by Dwight photo studio J7 Images,…
The man who wears the star is still serving “customers” at the Dwight Texaco Ambler gas station on the corner of Old Route 66 and Route 17 (Mazon Avenue) in Dwight. And this is long after Texaco has since become…
For three-quarters of a century, volunteers have guided young people involved with raising livestock as part of the Cabery Specials 4-H Club, starting with Eldon Sargeant of rural Cabery, the first leader of the fledgling group. As one can imagine,…