Cook County Lifestyle
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‘Still too trusting’: Officials warn of surge in driveway paving scamsApr 16, 2024 6:49 am - Suburban officials and the Better Business Bureau are warning of a surge in scammers swindling thousands of dollars from homeowners and leaving behind shoddy or nonexiste...
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Out on the town April 14-May 31: Peking Acrobats, concerts, festivals, performances and moreApr 03, 2024 2:04 pm - Sunday, April 14 Kane County Doll Show: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 14, at the Kane County Fairgrounds Prairie Events Center, 525 S. Randall Road, St. Charles. Dol...
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Spring cleaning: Volunteers pick up trash on miles of area bike trailsApr 12, 2024 10:29 am - Bike Palatine Club vice president Kevin Keehn often wondered who picked up all the roadside trash after a long winter. That question led him on a personal mission of picking up litter along Northwest suburban roads/trails where he annually cycles a couple thousand miles.
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Cook County offering low-cost rabies vaccines, microchips for petsApr 04, 2024 6:40 am - The Cook County Department of Animal and Rabies Control is kicking off its 2024 Partners in Prevention clinics beginning Saturday, April 13. Through mid-October, the dep...
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‘A perfect storm’: What’s our protection level against measles amid Chicago outbreak?Mar 24, 2024 8:54 am - Considered to be effectively eliminated across the U.S. in 2000, a measles outbreak in Chicago this month is a wake-up call about how easily things can spiral, experts say. How well protected are Illinoisans against the highly contagious respiratory virus?
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Cook County jail program is rescuing dogs and detainees. And now it’s expandingMar 21, 2024 5:04 pm - A corrections officer could be heard shouting commands Thursday morning in a concrete yard of Division 19 at the Cook County jail. But the detainees weren’t being bossed...
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Along for the ride: Metra listens and adopts new bike policyMar 14, 2024 6:26 am - Metra’s Feb. 1 bike policy — allowed on all trains, all the time — may just exemplify “squeaky wheels getting the grease.”
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A tropical visitor to Illinois is creating a buzz among suburban birdersOct 14, 2023 8:53 am - There was a time when birders had to travel to Florida, or points further south, to glimpse a limpkin. But this year, Illinois avian enthusiasts needn't travel far to ob...
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'Hate has been mainstreamed': Report details surge in extremism in IllinoisOct 08, 2023 8:11 am - From the vandalism of a Lake in the Hills bakery to prevent a drag performance to antisemitic comments shouted at Deerfield High School soccer players to white supremaci...
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Party for the Preserves is full day of events Sept. 23Sep 20, 2023 12:14 pm - The annual Forest Preserves of Cook County's Party for the Preserves on Saturday, Sept. 23, checks a lot of boxes: it kicks off fall forest fun events that run through N...
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