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The male eagle on the Mooseheart campus flies in with a branch for the new nest. The tree the eagles lived in recently was removed, and the eagles are rebuilding their nest on a nearby tree.

News | The Mooseheart eagles have landed: They find their new home after their old tree had to come down

Allaying fears that they wouldn't return this year, the locally famous Mooseheart eagles are building a new nest about 100 yards away from their old one after the dead, rotting tree that housed it had to be removed.
Bears quarterback Justin Fields warms up before the Jets game. Fields is expected to return to action against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday at Soldier Field.

Bears | Bears QB Justin Fields expected to play against Packers

Bears quarterback Justin Fields is expected to return to action against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday at Soldier Field.
The Elgin Mall Group, a new management group run by vendors at the Elgin Mall, will make its pitch at an East Dundee village board meeting Monday to transform the shuttered Dominick’s store on Route 25 into a new home for the mall.

Business | Elgin Mall vendors hope to make a new home in East Dundee

Vendors from the popular Elgin Mall are pitching a plan to move into a shuttered Dominick's Store in East Dundee.
Fireworks fill the sky as the holiday tree lights turn on Friday in Mundelein.

News | Fireworks fill the air over Mundelein's holiday tree

Thousands of people gathered shoulder to shoulder, 75 deep, around the Mundelein holiday tree as Santa Claus flipped the switch and fireworks filled the sky Friday at the Village Hall Plaza.
Elgin Police Chief Ana Lalley said Friday she will be meeting with police union representatives for the first time since more than 80% of the 130 union members voted “no confidence” in her.
News | Elgin police chief to meet with union behind no-confidence vote
The fractured relationship between Elgin Police Chief Ana Lalley and her rank-and-file officers will get a chance for some healing next week. Lalley announced on her Friday radio show she is scheduled to meet with union representatives for the first time since more than 80% of the 130 union members voted "no confidence" in her.
Britain’s Prince William and Kate, princess of Wales, arrive Friday for the second annual Earthshot Prize Awards ceremony at the MGM Music Hall in Boston.
Environmental | Suburban tech company the sole U.S. finalist in royals' Earthshot climate award
A Skokie-based tech company is being recognized by the Royal Foundation for its unique climate specialization -- turning industrial carbon emissions into products like running shoes, dresses and airplane fuel.
Terry W. Kennedy
Crime | Pro skateboarder Terry Kennedy acquitted of murdering Wheaton man
Celebrity skateboarder Terry Kennedy was acquitted of murder Friday in the death of a Wheaton man whom he punched in the head.
Cook County | Police investigating shooting of man, woman in Palatine Township Thursday night
Cook County sheriff's police are investigating the nonfatal shooting of a man and woman in unincorporated Palatine Township Thursday night.
Cathy Johnson
News | Superintendent's departure isn't only administrative turnover in District 214
The upcoming departure of the longtime superintendent of Northwest Suburban High School District 214 isn't the only top administrative turnover at the state's second-largest high school district.
Esther J. Ortiz
Crime | 2 plead guilty in kidnapping, beating of woman in Aurora
Two Aurora women have pleaded guilty in kidnapping, beating of a woman in 2020.
Michael Murphy won the grand prize in the Daily Herald’s 2021 holiday lights contest for his display at 722 Pompano Lane in Palatine. He started decorating his home two decades ago when his son challenged him to string lights to the top of a tree in their yard.
News | Do your holiday lights have what it takes to win? Here's how to enter our contest
To contend for the Daily Herald's annual holiday lights contest, you have to think big. We're talking lights, music, fake snow, candy canes, inflatables, Santa, Frosty, Rudolph, toy soldiers and, well, you get the idea. Entries will be accepted from Thursday until noon Dec. 9 at events.dailyherald.com.
The village of Rosemont — known for its hotels, shopping center and entertainment district — saw its median commercial property tax rise by 22% in 2022, more than any other municipality in the North and Northwest suburbs of Cook County.
Cook County | 25% of suburban Cook homeowners saw lower property taxes: See the median tax bill town by town
About a quarter of homeowners in North and Northwest suburban Cook County saw their property taxes decrease in 2022, while only 7.8% of commercial properties there saw their bills go in the same direction this year.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Mike and Sandy Sesterhenn won the 2021 Editor’s Choice Award for the Northwest suburbs for the decorations in their yard at 924 W. Oxford Court in Palatine.
IMAGES: Some of the previous winners in the Daily Herald's holiday lights contest
Finished turkey breasts wait to come out of the oven at College of DuPage Monday.
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The Electric Christmas Parade, part of St. Charles’ Holiday Homecoming festivities, makes its way down Main Street Saturday. The events were hosted by the St. Charles Business Alliance.
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Shoppers navigate the sales during Black Friday shopping Friday November 25, 2022 at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg.
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Gia Lopez and Mario Lopez ride the Tom Turkey float in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
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