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New Crown Center gym to be named for Logan family

The Friends of the Robert Crown Center and the City of Evanston will celebrate the decades of service Evanston’s Logan Family by naming the new Robert Crown Community Center gymnasium

By Evanston Now on October 16, 2020 - 6:16 am

Government

Early voting starts Monday in Evanston

Early voting for the presidential election starts Monday at the Evanston Civic Center, but voters can already cast their ballots, or drop off mail-in ballots, at the Skokie Courthouse.

By Evanston Now on October 13, 2020 - 4:32 pm

Business

Rotary names first woman president

Evanston-based Rotary International today announced the selection of Jennifer Jones, a Rotary member from Windsor, Ontario, as the group's president for 2022-23. It's the first time in the group's 115-year

By Evanston Now on October 1, 2020 - 12:12 pm

Obituary

Obituary: Karen Olson, 83

Karen Olson, age 83, a former Evanston resident, died on Tuesday, Sept. 15. Olson, who lived in the unincorporated community of Irma in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, had been under the

By Evanston Now on September 17, 2020 - 7:19 pm

Government

Wildfires prompt climate change bill

Wildfires in the west and hurricanes on the gulf coast have prompted U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Evanston to join a representative from California in introducing new environmental legislation.

By Evanston Now on September 17, 2020 - 6:10 pm

Wellness

Four join McGaw YMCA board

Evanston's McGaw YMCA elected four new members to its board of directors at its annual meeting held Tuesday evening. Named to three year terms, they are: Omar Brown, organizational transformation

By Evanston Now on September 16, 2020 - 2:30 pm

Government

Labor Day: Last chance to swim at beaches

Evanston city services will be affected by the Labor Day holiday on Monday. And the holiday will be the last day for swimming at city beaches.

By Evanston Now on September 4, 2020 - 12:33 pm

Public Safety

Evanston man’s body recovered from Monroe Harbor

A body recovered from Chicago's Monroe Harbor Thursday is believed to be that of 32-year-old Clarence "CJ" Weaver Jr. of Evanston.

By Evanston Now on September 4, 2020 - 7:28 am

Government

Oak Park trustees reject defund police resolution

Trustees in Oak Park, a west suburban town often compared to Evanston, voted 5-2 this week to reject a resolution calling for defunding the village police department as protestors supporting

By Evanston Now on August 27, 2020 - 10:37 am

Wellness

YWCA gets $1 million grant for expansion

The grant will help double the capacity of the organization's emergency shelter for domestic abuse survivors.

By Evanston Now on August 26, 2020 - 3:30 pm

Wellness

City partners with Walgreens for flu vaccinations

Flu vaccinations for everyone over six months of age are encouraged -- in part to limit the burden on the health care system during the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Evanston Now on August 25, 2020 - 10:50 am

Government

Mother of former U.S. senator dies in Evanston

Judith Brady Kirk, the mother of former U.S. Sen Mark Kirk, R-Ill., died peacefully in the McGaw Rehabilitation Center in Evanston, on Aug. 10. She was 84.

By Evanston Now on August 24, 2020 - 9:32 pm

Business

Newspaper reporter and columnist Bob Schwabach dies

Evanston resident Robert “Bob” Schwabach, a former reporter for the Chicago Tribune and the long-running author of a syndicated column on computers, died on Aug. 9 from a stroke. He

By Evanston Now on August 23, 2020 - 12:21 pm

Education

Former NU president Arnold Weber dies

Northwestern University's 14th president presided over a decade of growth and prosperity that saw the school triple its invested assets and enhance the faculty and student experience.

By Evanston Now on August 21, 2020 - 7:32 pm

Government

City gets over $4M in COVID grant funding

Evanston officials say the money will support public health and community assistance programs related to the pandemic.

By Evanston Now on August 18, 2020 - 7:52 pm

Education

D65 student wins award from presidential foundation

Thirteen-year-old Olivia Ohlson has received the George H.W. Bush Daily Point of Light Award from the former president's foundation for her extensive volunteer service in the Evanston/Skokie community. The 8th

By Evanston Now on August 18, 2020 - 6:15 pm

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