Russell Lissau
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Why a former garbage dump could be turned into a solar farmApr 18, 2024 8:00 pm - A private company wants to create a solar farm on the site of a former landfill in South Barrington. The proposal is for vacant land at 541 E. Mundhank Road. The 110-acre...
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Des Plaines awards $250,000 in social service grantsApr 17, 2024 5:15 pm - Thirty-seven community programs and groups that aim to assist troubled kids, homeless people, sexual assault victims and others in need will receive grants totaling $250,...
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Flood prevention a key focus of new North Barrington budgetApr 16, 2024 6:35 pm - A flood prevention project in North Barrington is the showcase project in North Barrington’s new annual budget, officials said. The village board on Monday night approved...
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Des Plaines moves to ban sale of unregulated hemp productsApr 15, 2024 8:29 pm - The Des Plaines City Council on Monday took a big step toward outlawing the local sale of potentially intoxicating products made from hemp or kratom plants. Without oppos...
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Arguing heard in phone call before Wheeling murder-suicide, police sayApr 15, 2024 7:23 pm - The last time anyone heard from a Wheeling couple who were found dead last week in an apparent murder-suicide was the night before their bodies were discovered — and they...
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Why Des Plaines might ban selling unregulated ingestible hemp productsApr 13, 2024 5:14 pm - Concerned about retailers selling intoxicating products without any governmental oversight or safety controls, the Des Plaines City Council on Monday will debate banning ...
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‘It’s terribly sad’: Two dead in Wheeling murder-suicideApr 12, 2024 7:08 pm - A Wheeling couple with a history of domestic problems are dead in what authorities on Friday called a murder-suicide. The bodies of Marisa Dister, 46, and Russell O’Conno...
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‘We haven’t gotten anything yet’: Church has yet to ask for changes to development planApr 11, 2024 4:28 pm - A religious group’s controversial proposal to build a church and school in South Barrington can’t move forward until it resubmits a request to amend the property’s develo...
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‘We can’t play the shell game’: Water rate going up 11% in MundeleinApr 10, 2024 7:18 pm - The cost of filling a glass of water from the kitchen tap, taking a shower or flushing a toilet in Mundelein is going up. A divided village board on Monday approved an 11...
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Oakton College student named to Coca-Cola Academic TeamApr 10, 2024 12:06 pm - An Oakton College student has been named a 2024 Coca-Cola Academic Team Bronze Scholar, the Des Plaines-based school announced.