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6 days ago | 
teamusa.usahockey.com | Gregg Voss
Brady Skjei’s favorite movie growing up in Minnesota was “Miracle,” which recounted the 1980 United States men’s hockey team’s improbable march to the Olympic gold medal.
Now the Nashville Predators’ defenseman is ready to represent the red, white and blue himself.
Skjei is the oldest member of the U.S. squad that will participate in the 2025 IIHF Men’s World Championship, set for May 9-25 in Herning, Denmark, and Stockholm, Sweden.
“Obviously, it’s an enormous honor,” he said.
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2 weeks ago | 
rblandmark.com | Gregg Voss
David Hanke is already more than empowered to teach his STEAM classes at Riverside’s Hauser Junior High. STEAM, by the way, stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics. That’s thanks to 12 years working at the Field Museum in Chicago. But he’ll be a changed man come this fall, changed for the betterment of his students, and himself.
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2 weeks ago | 
ecmag.com | Andrea Klee |Gregg Voss
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced in early April 2025 that version 5 of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating system has been ratified by its members. LEED v5 for Building Design and Construction: New Construction Core and Shell, Interior Design and Construction: Commercial Interiors and Operations and Maintenance: Existing Buildings will ultimately replace LEED v4 and v4.1, though dates for that transition are still to be determined.
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4 weeks ago | 
rblandmark.com | Gregg Voss
The federal Department of Government Efficiency has notified Brookfield Zoo that $78,000 in funding for a bio-diversity and animal welfare program has been cut, POLITICO’s Illinois Playbook reported April 15. The POLITICO story noted that much of the funding for that program has already been delivered to the zoo.
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4 weeks ago | 
rblandmark.com | Gregg Voss
Nineteen conservation and veterinary science research programs, ranging from dusky gopher frogs in Mississippi to spider monkeys in Bolivia, have received nearly $140,000 in grants from the Chicago Board of Trade Endangered Species Fund. The seed funding, administered by Brookfield Zoo and announced April 7, supports global projects focused on species conservation, wildlife health and field research.
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1 month ago | 
rblandmark.com | Gregg Voss
Kevin Skinkis is in his 14th year as superintendent of Riverside Brookfield High School District 208. The Riverside-Brookfield Landmark sat down with Skinkis last week to discuss various topics, including the state of the district, his recent contract extension and feedback from a March school board candidate forum. This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity. Q. What is the current state of District 208? A. District 208 is in a very solid position.
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1 month ago | 
rblandmark.com | Gregg Voss
A wire-thin race for Riverside-Brookfield High School District 208 school board election unfolded Tuesday, but incumbent Lorena Gasca retained her seat. With all 23 precincts reporting by 8:30 p.m., Gasca garnered 24.41% of the vote. Newcomers Nicholas A. Caputo (22.7%) and Patrick Williams (18.7%) rounded out the remaining two seats. Incumbent Ryan VenHorst (16.3%) was not re-elected. Neither was Eric West (17.7%), who was running on a slate with Williams.
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1 month ago | 
teamusa.usahockey.com | USA Hockey |Gregg Voss
THOROLD, Ont. – Kelsey DiClaudio (Plum, Pa.) scored twice to lead the U.S. Women’s Development Sled Hockey Team to a 4-3 victory over Canada here today in game three of the 2025 Women’s Sled Series at Canada Games Park.
“That was a great, highly competitive game,” said Rose Misiewicz (Duluth, Minn.), head coach of the U.S. Women’s Development Sled Team.
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1 month ago | 
teamusa.usahockey.com | USA Hockey |Gregg Voss
THOROLD, Ont. – Lera Doederlein (San Diego, Calif.) scored three times to help lift the U.S. Women’s Development Sled Hockey Team to a 5-0 victory over Canada here today in game two of the 2025 Women’s Sled Series at Canada Games Park.
Doederlein opened the scoring 5:15 into the contest when she stickhandled past the Canadian defense before deking goaltender Maggie Manning at the top of the crease and capitalizing with a right-handed finish.
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1 month ago | 
teamusa.usahockey.com | USA Hockey |Gregg Voss |Bob Reinert
THOROLD, Ontario. -- The U.S. National Sled Team skated to a 2-1 victory over Canada, and the U.S. Women’s Development Team won 2-1 against Canada here today in the opening contests of the 2025 Sled Series at Canada Games Park.
Kayden Beasley (Coats, N.C.) scored with 4:37 to play to help the U.S. National Sled Hockey Team to a 2-1 victory over Canada here today at Canada Games Park in the opening contest of the 2025 Sled Series.
