

Local Government
The Department of Homeland Security says the Evanston man injured by ICE agents on Howard Street on Sept. 20 was "not cooperative," contradicting eyewitness accounts that describe agents pinning the man to the ground and leaving him bloodied in the street.

Sports
Northwestern is hosting three events at the new $875 million Ryan Field this week, including a 10,000-person season-ticket-holder watch party Friday, ahead of the stadium's grand opening against Penn State on Oct. 2.

Local Government
The Department of Homeland Security says the Evanston man injured by ICE agents on Howard Street on Sept. 20 was "not cooperative," contradicting eyewitness accounts that describe agents pinning the man to the ground and leaving him bloodied in the street.

Local Government
The Department of Homeland Security says the Evanston man injured by ICE agents on Howard Street on Sept. 20 was "not cooperative," contradicting eyewitness accounts that describe agents pinning the man to the ground and leaving him bloodied in the street.

Local Government



Local Government

Local Government
The Department of Homeland Security says the Evanston man injured by ICE agents on Howard Street on Sept. 20 was "not cooperative," contradicting eyewitness accounts that describe agents pinning the man to the ground and leaving him bloodied in the street.

Local Government
Eyewitness Ryan Garton says the Evanston man detained by ICE agents on Howard Street on Sunday, Sept. 20, was walking to a pharmacy after a hospital visit when agents pinned him to the ground, left him bloodied in the street and drove off; Evanston police then pulled over one agent on Dodge Avenue and observed blood on his hands.

Business
Planters outside Patisserie Coralie in downtown Evanston were vandalized over the weekend, prompting the shop to say on Facebook that doing business downtown feels "increasingly like a liability," less than three weeks after smash-and-grab burglaries hit three nearby businesses.

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.

Sports
Northwestern is hosting three events at the new $875 million Ryan Field this week, including a 10,000-person season-ticket-holder watch party Friday, ahead of the stadium's grand opening against Penn State on Oct. 2.

Sports
The No. 1 Northwestern Wildcats (6-0) head to California for three games against Stanford (6-0), No. 18 Cal (5-0) and UC Davis to close non-conference play, riding back-to-back ranked wins anchored by goalkeeper Juliana Boon and four returning All-Americans.

Community
Evanston Community Fridges opened its fifth and first downtown location on Sept. 22 at the Woman's Club of Evanston, bringing a free food pantry to the alleyway near the Evanston Public Library off Church Street.

Community
Evanston's Crisis Responder Team started operations Sept. 14, building on the CARE program that has handled more than 3,500 calls since 2024, with full deployment expected by Nov. 2.

Education
Northwestern University and the University of Chicago both fell to a tie for ninth in the U.S. News 2027 Best Colleges rankings after the publication added a new graduate-earnings metric to its methodology.

Education
Thrive 65 leaders told dozens of Evanston residents to identify their priorities before Interim Superintendent Eric Witherspoon presents $20 million in District 65 budget cuts, including two school closures, at the Oct. 13 board meeting; three public input sessions at middle schools run Tuesday through Thursday this week.