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A sign marks an entrance to the Elk Grove Village Business Park, whose tax revenue village officials say gives them the funds for a new round of water bill credits for residents.

News | Elk Grove Village plans another round of $200 water bill credits

While discussions in Washington have stalled over a second federal stimulus bill, residents in one Northwest suburban community are expected to be on the receiving end of that town's second coronavirus relief package since the pandemic took hold.
Video attached to article FoxFire co-owner K.C. Gulbro speaks to the Daily Herald about how and why the restaurant is staying open for indoor dining.

Business | Geneva restaurant on legal fight against dining ban: 'We want to do it the right way'

The day after a judge allowed FoxFire Restaurant in Geneva to offer indoor dining while fighting Gov. J.B. Pritzker's recent ban, several other eateries in the city's downtown were serving customers indoors.
The main element of a planned $250 million makeover of Hawthorn Mall in Vernon Hills would replace the former Sears anchor with 562 luxury apartments, a new main entrance and restaurants and retail uses.

Business | Plans to demolish, replace Hawthorn Mall Sears ready for public airing

The central elements of a long-anticipated $250 million makeover at Hawthorn Mall in Vernon Hills are moving from planning to practice.
In this image taken from video, Tafara Williams speaks to reporters from her hospital bed during a Zoom meeting Tuesday in Libertyville.

News | Girlfriend gives her account of how Waukegan police shot at her and Marcellis Stinnette

With tears in her eyes, 20-year-old Tafara Williams sat up in her hospital bed Tuesday and told how a Waukegan police officer kept shooting at her and her boyfriend, even though, she said, both had their hands raised and were unarmed.
Prospect’s TJ Johannesen and Fremd’s Tim Carlisle dive for a loose ball during the Mid-Suburban League championship game in Mount Prospect last season. Basketball teams across the state are hoping to hear about the fate of the 2020-2021 season Wednesday.
Girls' Basketball | Pritzker: High school basketball, wrestling 'on hold'
As winter sports participants await word on the fate of the season, the Illinois Department of Public Health Tuesday updated its all sports policy, moving basketball from a medium risk sport to a higher risk sport, and Gov. J.B. Pritzker said basketball and wrestling are "on hold."
Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough provided an update on the rate of early and mail-in ballot returns among suburban voters during a news conference Tuesday at her office’s Elections Operations Center in Cicero.
Cook County | 'Every single vote will be counted,' as Cook County on pace to 'shatter' early-voting, mail-in records
With early voting and requests for mail-in ballots already exceeding records, Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough provided an update Tuesday on the counting process, pledging that every vote would be tallied.
Democrat Kim Foxx and Republican Patrick O’Brien.
Cook County | Republican O'Brien outraises Democrat Foxx in Cook state's attorney race
Illinois State Board of Elections filings from last quarter show Patrick O'Brien, the Republican candidate for Cook County State's Attorney, has raised about $200,000 more than his opponent, Democratic incumbent Kim Foxx.
Crime | Hoffman Estates death under investigation
Hoffman Estates police are investigating after finding a body in a home Tuesday morning.
Featuring alternate covers designed by Andrea Coleman and Nikko Washington, and guest-edited by Tara Betts and Scoop Jackson, the entire November issue of Newcity is devoted to celebrating Black Chicago.
Columns | Feder: Newcity special edition celebrates best of Black Chicago
The editors of Newcity have put a new twist on their annual "Best of Chicago" edition.
Jeff Pruyn
Business | Itasca mayor says village authorities won't enforce ban on indoor dining
Itasca Mayor Jeff Pruyn says village officials and police in town won't enforce a ban on indoor restaurant and bar service ordered by Gov. J.B. Pritzker to curb the spread of COVID-19.
A rendering shows plans for an 86-unit apartment building at the northwest corner of Crescent Boulevard and Glenwood Avenue in downtown Glen Ellyn.
News | Proposed downtown Glen Ellyn apartments, designed with pandemic in mind, to get first hearing
A Glen Ellyn advisory panel next month will conduct the first public hearing on a proposal to construct a $30 million apartment building on the site of a former grocery store in downtown.
Des Plaines Honda, which sells motorcycles and more, plans to move from Des Plaines to 1201-1203 S. Northwest Highway in Barrington, where it already has warehouse space. The rest of the building is occupied by Roadster Salon, whose owner said he’s moving to Palatine.
Business | Honda motorcycle dealership moving from Des Plaines to Barrington
A Honda dealership that sells motorcycles, scooters, all-terrain vehicles, utility vehicles and more is planning to move from Des Plaines to Barrington, whose village board approved an economic incentive agreement Monday night.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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A group holds a balloon sign urging people to vote during the women’s march at Mike Rylko Community Park Saturday October 17, 2020 in Buffalo Grove.
A lot of suburbanites voted early at many locations in The Week in Pictures photo gallery for October 17-23, 2020.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 62,707, Charles Cherney photo: A couple showing their best dance moves during the Dance Fever auditions in Arlington Heights in April of 1982.
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“Harry Pawter, an eight-year old Yorkshire terrier belonging to Denise and Adrian Brigham of Streamwood, rolls through the annual Doggy Trick-or-Treat event hosted by the Mundelein Park District in the Barefoot Bay parking lot Saturday, October 10, 2020.
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