Photographed by reporters

Verilife Marijuana Dispensary, located on S Lincolnway in North Aurora, provides locally-grown cannabis in flower, edible, tincture and vapor form.

Many people made their way to the back of the line that stretched around the Verilife Marijuana Dispensary and down S. Lincolnway street in North Aurora on Jan. 1st.

Hundreds of people line up outside Verilife Marijuana Dispensary in North Aurora on Jan. 1st to purchase legal marijuana.

People who have been waiting in line for hours Wednesday enter the Verilife Marijuana Dispensary located on South Lincolnway in North Aurora to buy marijuana.

Vincent Mianulli, two, Sarah Mianulli's first-born, sits with his little brother.

Tony Mianulli, 25, of Woodstock, holds his newborn, Leonardo, Wednesday afternoon at Northwester Medicine Huntley Hospital.

Leonardo Mark Mianulli weighed 8.8 pounds and was 20 inches and three quarters when he was born at 12:02 p.m. Jan 1 at Northwestern Medicine Huntley Hospital.

Leonardo Mark Mianulli weighed 8.8 pounds and was 20 inches and three quarters when he was born at 12:02 p.m. Jan 1 at Northwestern Medicine Huntley Hospital.

The Fox River, seen Monday, near the Snuggery Riverside Bar and Grill, 801 N. River Road in McHenry, is not expected to rise to levels that would threaten a flood after rains soaked the area Sunday night into Monday morning.

Sarah Mianulli, 23, of Woodstock, smiles as she holds her new year baby, Leonardo, Wednesday afternoon.

The Fox River, seen Monday with North River Road intersecting the Fox River in McHenry, is not expected to rise to levels that would threaten a flood after rains soaked the area Sunday night into Monday morning.

The Fox River, seen Monday near North River Road in McHenry, is not expected to rise to levels that would threaten a flood after rains soaked the area Sunday night into Monday morning.

People walk into a Home Depot in Crystal Lake on Sunday.

Charlie Sedevic, publicity chairman for the Norge Ski Club in Fox River Grove, explains Sunday how the club still has tournaments without snow on the ground. "We're going to have a tournament, [bu]) whether it's going to be on plastic or snow, that will be the big question," he said.

The Norge Ski Club in Fox River Grove is seen Friday. Although the winter tournament, set for late January, can go on without snow by putting water on the plastic landing instead, the ski club's publicity chairman said they would rather it have snow.

Garrett Anderson, Woodstock's economic development director, presents on using the Downtown Development Plan as the framework for the purchase and development of the Die Cast Property at the Woodstock City Council meeting on Dec. 17.

Woodstock City Council member Jim Prindiville discusses the development of the Die Cast property at the Woodstock City Council meeting on Dec. 17.