Family-Run Newsstand in Chicago Will Fold After 82 Years

Edison Park's Kaage Family Newsstand Closing After 82 Years

EDISON PARK — For years, Linda Kolinski started her days with a visit to Mike Kaage’s newsstand.But she’s going to have to start picking up her morning paper somewhere else starting next month.After 82 years in business, the Kaage family newsstand in Edison Park is closing June 29, with plans to make its last sales by 10:30 a.m. Kaage, 68, has been the man at the stand for more than 60 years. After his wife, Karen, died in February, Kaage decide…

Kaage Newsstand, an Edison Park mainstay for 82 years, is closing

Since 1943, Kaage Newsstand in Edison Park has witnessed some of the biggest headlines over the course of eight decades. Now, it is making its own headline with news it will close on June 29.It’s the end of an era for the third-generation family business near the Edison Park Metra station. Owner Mike Kaage, 68, plans to retire from running the newsstand that his grandfather — a former newspaper delivery driver — bought for $100 during World War …

Family-run newsstand in Chicago will fold after 82 years

A newsstand that has sold papers on Chicago’s far northwest side since 1943 is closing. The owner of the family-run Kaage’s Newsstand in Edison Park plans to fold at the end of June.