

Sports
Northwestern baseball enters 2027 having lost its top four home run hitters, its ace pitcher, and nearly 68% of its RBI production after a third straight Big Ten Tournament miss, leaving coach Ben Greenspan to rebuild with transfers and a standout freshman.

Education
Northwestern University has begun visible repair work on some of its vacant Evanston properties after years of community pressure and city code violations, with multiple city hearings scheduled in September to address ongoing enforcement.

Sports
Northwestern baseball enters 2027 having lost its top four home run hitters, its ace pitcher, and nearly 68% of its RBI production after a third straight Big Ten Tournament miss, leaving coach Ben Greenspan to rebuild with transfers and a standout freshman.

Sports
Northwestern baseball enters 2027 having lost its top four home run hitters, its ace pitcher, and nearly 68% of its RBI production after a third straight Big Ten Tournament miss, leaving coach Ben Greenspan to rebuild with transfers and a standout freshman.

Local Government
Two Evanston firefighters were treated for minor injuries after rescuing a man trapped against the Lighthouse Beach breakwall on Sunday, Aug. 23, while the beach was closed and a National Weather Service hazard statement warned of life-threatening conditions on Lake Michigan.

Local Government
Evanston City Council approved an $863,850 contract with John Keno & Company to build an ADA-accessible entrance at Dog Beach, ending a four-year debate but requiring $113,850 in additional 2027 bond funding beyond the project's original budget.

Business
The Addled Bunny, a new gastropub owned by Fifth Ward resident Jeremy Adler, opened Aug. 19 at 1010 Church St. in downtown Evanston, bringing cocktails, New American cuisine and about 30 jobs to a storefront vacant for six years.

Business
TIME magazine ranked Northwestern University's The Garage as the nation's No. 1 university incubator and No. 5 overall on its inaugural America's Best Incubators & Accelerators list, recognizing the Evanston program's 1,500-plus startups, $1.6 billion raised and equity-free model.

Sports
Northwestern baseball enters 2027 having lost its top four home run hitters, its ace pitcher, and nearly 68% of its RBI production after a third straight Big Ten Tournament miss, leaving coach Ben Greenspan to rebuild with transfers and a standout freshman.

Sports
Northwestern University's Norris Aquatics Center, shut down since July 27 storm flooding damaged its mechanical room, is expected to reopen soon after Labor Day according to an update on the university's recreation website.

Community
The American Red Cross has declared only the second national blood supply crisis in its history, with type O positive blood below a one-day supply, and two blood drives are scheduled in Evanston on Thursday, Aug. 27.

Community
Evanston residents must vote by noon Thursday, Aug. 27, on one of two playground designs for Clyde-Brummel Park, a $400,000 project with KABOOM! that the City Council approved unanimously in July and plans to build in late October.

Education
Northwestern University has begun visible repair work on some of its vacant Evanston properties after years of community pressure and city code violations, with multiple city hearings scheduled in September to address ongoing enforcement.

Education
The Music Institute of Chicago will launch RCM Smart Start, a research-based early childhood music program from the Royal Conservatory of Music, at its Evanston campus in September 2026, offering weekly classes for children from birth through age 5.

Ellie Nevel is an Editor overseeing local news outlets. She holds a marketing degree from Illinois State University and brings that background to her work shaping how communities receive their news. Ellie is committed to delivering accurate, community-focused reporting on the issues that matter most to local readers.

Ellie Nevel is an Editor overseeing local news outlets. She holds a marketing degree from Illinois State University and brings that background to her work shaping how communities receive their news. Ellie is committed to delivering accurate, community-focused reporting on the issues that matter most to local readers.

Ellie Nevel is an Editor overseeing local news outlets. She holds a marketing degree from Illinois State University and brings that background to her work shaping how communities receive their news. Ellie is committed to delivering accurate, community-focused reporting on the issues that matter most to local readers.