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Wednesday, November 11, 2026

York wins state cross country; DuPage opens $2M food pantry grants

Plus, overnight ramp closures at I-355 and I-55 Thursday and a baby goat tied to E. coli cases.

The Daily Naperville team2 stories18 sources6 min read

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York wins the 3A boys state cross country title as Naperville teams finish 10th and 11th

Naperville-area runners finished 10th and 11th as teams

WhoFinish
Naperville Central (team)10th
Neuqua Valley (team)11th
Derek Williamson26th, one spot from All-State
Shrey Meyer, Naperville North36th

Source: NCTV17

York won the IHSA Class 3A boys state cross country title at Peoria's with a score of 141. Naperville Central and Neuqua Valley ran as full teams, and Naperville North sophomore Shrey Meyer ran as an individual.

  • Boys champion: Santiago Chavez, 14:04.08, a top-10 time in 3A history
  • Second: Karanveer Patil of Lake Zurich, five seconds back
  • Top four: senior Jesse Gudauskas, 14:15.8

The girls race made history too. Hersey won its first title in school history with 126 points, ahead of Barrington at 146 and Prospect at 179. St. Charles North junior Kara Glenn won the individual crown in 15:13.0, smashing the course record of 15:53.4.

Hersey's 126 points beat Barrington and Prospect for the girls title

Source: Daily Herald

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Value
Hersey126 pts
Barrington146 pts
Prospect179 pts

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DuPage County is taking applications for a new $2 million food pantry grant

If you run a food pantry or help fund one, the DuPage County Board has opened applications for a new $2 million . It's for pantries and similar groups fighting food insecurity, and projects must benefit multiple organizations and pantries.

  • Request: at least $250,000
  • Cap: 50% of the project's total cost
  • Pantries in DuPage: 83

Applications are due Dec. 18, and funding must be secured by the end of 2027

  1. Dec. 18Deadline to apply for a
  2. JanuaryApplicants past the first round present to the Human Services Committee
  3. Dec. 2027Applicants must have total project funding secured by the end of 2027

Source: Wheaton Patch

“The Challenge grant will spark collaboration among government, non-profits and philanthropic partners as they create solutions which will truly transform the food procurement and distribution system.”

DuPage County Board Chair Deborah Conroy

Last year the county invested $4.8 million to address food insecurity, including $2.5 million for . That group is building a new food distribution hub in Aurora and adding space for its CARES services in Naperville. Board member Grant Eckhoff voted against the grant, saying, “At best, this resolution is premature.”

The new $2 million grant follows $4.8 million in county food insecurity spending

Source: NCTV17

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County spending last year$4.8 million
Loaves & Fishes grant$2.5 million
New Challenge grant$2 million

News Notes

Iverson

Naperville North girls cross country coach Dan Iverson ran his final state meet at , as he will retire at the end of the school year. He qualified his team for state in 34 consecutive seasons. NCTV17

Teachers

Scullen Middle School's Matthew White received the 2026 Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching for bringing music to a deaf student, seventh-grader Tharun Manikandan. He and Naperville Central's Seth Brady stopped by NCTV17's “The Morning Show.” NCTV17

Driver ed

Indian Prairie School District 204 is seeking a waiver from Illinois school code to charge a higher driver education fee beginning next year; it charges $425 per student now. The program costs about $1.6 million a year, and fees plus the state's $152-per-student reimbursement cover about $300,000. NCTV17

Driver ed costs District 204 far more than it takes in

$425
charged per student for driver education
740
students a year across three high schools
$1.6 million
a year to run the program
$300,000
about what fees and state reimbursement cover

Source: NCTV17

Veterans

Veteran Business Project, a Naperville-based charity, helps veterans develop skills so they can start or own a business. Aurora resident Devin St. Pierre, a former Army sheet-metal mechanic, is working with the group on what comes next. Daily Herald

Ramps

If you drive I-355 Thursday night, the ramp from northbound I-355 to southbound I-55 closes at 10 p.m. for pavement repairs and is scheduled to reopen by 5 a.m. Friday. A posted detour runs via northbound I-55 to Lemont Road, the work needs two nights, and the Ogden Avenue ramp to southbound I-355 also closes at 10 p.m. with no detour. Shaw Local

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E. coli

The Will County Health Department says a baby goat at Bengtson's Pumpkin Farm's petting zoo in Homer Glen is the likely source of E. coli infections that sickened seven people. Advanced DNA testing found a close genetic match between bacteria from the goat and bacteria from people who got sick. Several animals tested positive for Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, but only the goat's bacteria were closely related to the patients'. Bengtson's quickly shut the petting zoo after five cases were first linked to the farm on Oct. 23, and its season ended Nov. 8. Homer Glen PatchShaw LocalWGN-TVNBC 5 ChicagoCBS Chicago

7confirmed E. coli cases linked to Bengtson's Pumpkin Farm

Five cases were first linked to the farm on Oct. 23, and two more were lab-confirmed after the health department surveyed visitors.

Sources: Homer Glen Patch, Shaw Local

Bobcat

A young female bobcat hit by a car near Route 64 in Oregon, Ill., is recovering at the DuPage Wildlife Conservation Center and is expected to make a full recovery. A homeowner found the barely 17-pound, semi-conscious cat in her front yard last week. Oaken Acres Wildlife Center in Sycamore took her in, where she was “pretty gosh darn spicy” on arrival, and its rehabbers realized she needed more help than they could provide. WTTW NewsNorthern Public Radio

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Pumpkins get a second life in Naperville. The Naperville Park District's Pumpkin Smash drew nearly 200 families to Ron Ory Community Gardens Saturday, and 779 pumpkins got smashed for compost. Together they weighed 8,732 pounds. The event wasn't held in 2025 because of construction. That's one satisfying splat.

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Daily Napervilleto me · Wed., Nov. 116:00 a.m.

York wins state cross country; DuPage opens $2M food pantry grants

Plus, overnight ramp closures at I-355 and I-55 Thursday and a baby goat tied to E. coli cases.

The TLDR

  1. York wins the 3A boys state cross country title; Naperville teams finish 10th and 11th
  2. DuPage's $2 million food pantry grant takes applications until Dec. 18
  3. IPSD 204 wants to charge more for driver ed
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