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Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Illumination opens Nov. 14, and a big football game is Saturday

Plus, Naperville's draft 5-year priorities plan is open for your feedback.

The Daily Naperville team2 stories11 sources4 min read

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Morton Arboretum's Illumination opens Nov. 14 with a 400-foot Northern Lights canopy

Illumination spreads 22 displays across 50 acres

22
displays along a one-mile trail
4
new large-scale installations
400 feet
for the Northern Lights canopy
1,000 feet
of model track in the Pine Whistle Railroad

Sources: Lisle Patch, Daily Herald

If you're looking for holiday lights, Illumination: Tree Lights opens at Morton Arboretum in Lisle on Nov. 14. It's the 14th season, with 22 displays on a one-mile, ADA-accessible trail, and it runs through Jan. 2, 2027. The big new one is Northern Lights, a 400-foot canopy that mimics the aurora borealis. It's here for one season only.

  • Also new: Lightwave, Cosmic Garden and Fairy Forest
  • : separate ticketed add-on in Firefly Pavilion
  • Extras: Illumidome rentals and hot cocoa by a fire pit

Illumination is also nominated for a USA Today 10Best Readers' Choice Award for best botanical garden holiday lights. You can vote once daily through 10:59 a.m. Mon., Nov. 30. It's the sixth nomination, and it has been runner-up three times. NCTV17 says winners will be announced Thu., Dec. 3, at 11 a.m.

Illumination opens Nov. 14, and voting closes Nov. 30

  1. Nov. 14Illumination opens for its 14th season.
  2. Nov. 30Voting for the USA Today 10Best award closes at 10:59 a.m.
  3. Dec. 3The top ten 10Best winners will be announced at 11 a.m.
  4. Jan. 2Last day of Illumination's 2026-27 season.

Sources: Lisle Patch, Daily Herald, NCTV17

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High School Football

Lincoln-Way East hosts Mt. Carmel in a Class 8A quarterfinal on Saturday

If you follow high school football, Saturday's biggest Class 8A game is in Frankfort. Top-seeded Lincoln-Way East beat Hinsdale Central 24-7, a game played at East, and is now 11-0. No. 8 seed Mt. Carmel, bidding for a fifth consecutive state title, dominated Barrington 56-0.

Lincoln-Way East is unbeaten, and Mt. Carmel has two losses

11Wins9
0Losses2
1Playoff seed8
1Super 25 rank4

Source: WGN-TV

  • Kickoff: 1 p.m. Saturday at Lincoln-Way East
  • Semifinal opponent: winner of Oswego vs. Bolingbrook
  • Class 8A title game: Nov. 28, Hancock Stadium in Normal

Mt. Carmel won three straight Class 7A titles from 2022-24 before winning the Class 8A title last year.

Lincoln-Way East and Mt. Carmel both won second-round games at home

  • Hinsdale Central7
    Lincoln-Way East24
    Final
  • Barrington0
    Mt. Carmel56
    Final

Sources: Frankfort Patch, WGN-TV, Shaw Local

News Notes

City plan

Naperville's new 5-year priorities plan would run through 2031 and includes 11 proposed priorities, among them the electric utility's future, planning around the I-88 corridor and mobility improvements. The City Council approved a draft Nov. 4, and the public can review it and give feedback. NCTV17

Edward nurses

Registered nurses at Endeavor Health Edward Hospital in Naperville voted Nov. 5 to join the National Nurses Organizing Committee, with 65% in support. The union now represents more than 10,000 nurses across the Chicago area. NCTV17

65%of registered nurses at Edward Hospital voted to unionize

The Nov. 5 vote means the union now represents more than 10,000 nurses across the Chicago area.

Source: NCTV17

Finance director

Naperville has hired Andrea Lamberg as its director of finance, starting Dec. 14. She most recently was finance director for the village of Oswego. NCTV17

Girls swimming

Neuqua Valley won its first girls swimming sectional since 2020 at Metea Valley. Naperville Central won the 200-yard medley relay. NCTV17

Trader Joe's

A new Trader Joe's opened Monday morning in Oswego, at U.S. Route 34 and Kendall Point Drive. It sits next to the Delta Sonic car wash and gas station, and a long line waited to get in. Shaw Local

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The Wrap

Downtown Naperville's JoJo's shakeBAR has turned its restaurant and Treehouse into a Winter Wonderland, a fully enclosed and heated space with eight-foot nutcrackers and giant ornaments. The Biggie Shake is peppermint, topped with a Christmas tree cookie and a donut-hole snowman. It's open through Jan. 3. Frosty would approve.

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Past issues

  1. Wed., Nov. 11York wins state cross country; DuPage opens $2M food pantry grants
  2. Mon., Nov. 9Edward Hospital nurses vote to join a union
  3. Sun., Nov. 8Oswego edges Naperville North 21-19; Bolingbrook is next
  4. Sat., Nov. 7Naperville hires a finance director who grew up here
  5. Fri., Nov. 6Naperville council OKs $8.5 million camera contract
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Daily Napervilleto me · Tues., Nov. 106:00 a.m.

Illumination opens Nov. 14, and a big football game is Saturday

Plus, Naperville's draft 5-year priorities plan is open for your feedback.

The TLDR

  1. Illumination opens at Morton Arboretum on Nov. 14
  2. Lincoln-Way East hosts Mt. Carmel in Saturday's 8A quarterfinal
  3. Naperville's draft 5-year priorities plan wants your feedback
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