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A view of the St. Charles dam and the Fox River.

St. Charles’ Dam Task Force raises questions on who owns the dam

About 70 people attended the second St. Charles Dam Task Force meeting on May 2, where members were appointed to subcommittees, heard presentations from city and park dis...

Grayslake Central’s Sean Mullen attacks the pole vault at the 2023 Lake County boys track and field meet in Grayslake.

Daredevils: It takes a ‘risk taker’ to soar over a bar as high as a house just for sport

The skinny on pole vaulters is that they are a little off. A group that gets their kicks catapulting upside-down over a metal bar as high as a house. One must be “a littl...

Lombard police responded to a report of an armed person at Yorktown Center mall Saturday afternoon, but later determined the call likely was a case of “swatting.”

Lombard police investigating ‘swatting’ at Yorktown Center

Lombard police responded to reports Saturday of an armed person at Yorktown Center mall, but later determined the report likely was a case of “swatting.” Swatting is a te...

Northwestern University Athletic Director Derrick Gragg watches the football team’s practice in Evanston, Ill., Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023.

Jim O’Donnell: Nay, nay, nay — Northwestern says it’s not expecting athletic director Gragg to leave

RUMORS HAVE BEEN CRESCENDOING that Derrick Gragg will soon be departing as athletic director at Northwestern University. That ain't necessarily so, according to a NU ...

Softball: Third in state, then second — Antioch takes aim at state championship

Prior to coach Anthony Rocco’s arrival, the Antioch softball team wouldn’t exactly qualify as chopped liver. From 2005 through 2011, the Sequoits never had a losing seaso...

Three injured when porch collapses in Spring Grove

Three people were hospitalized after a porch collapsed Saturday afternoon on Lincoln Avenue in Spring Grove, authorities said. The Fox Lake Fire Protection District respo...

A Canadian National train sits at the railroad overpass over Route 45 just north of Route 176 in Mundelein on Friday. The rail company had planned to shut down the roadway next week to inspect the bridge, but the work has been postponed until the company gets a permit from the Illinois Department of Transportation.

Why CN is delaying proposed Route 45 closure in Mundelein

A temporary closure of a busy stretch of Route 45 in Mundelein scheduled for next week has been postponed so a detour route can be developed, village officials said Frida...

In a video posted to the DuPage County Forest Preserve’s social media, forest preserve employees act out cicada life stages, complete with costumes and big, red, 3D-printed eyes.

DuPage County Forest Preserve video makes the cicada life cycle easy to understand

What does the life cycle of a cicada look like? What happens during the 17-year period between each emergence? The DuPage County Forest Preserve answers these questions a...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 

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