MON, 10/26/2020

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Haymarket Center now owns the former Holiday Inn in Itasca, as the nonprofit provider seeks to open a treatment facility for people with substance-use disorders.

News | Haymarket seeks 'major reset' on bid to open treatment center in Itasca

Haymarket Center hopes to push the reset button on a bid to open an addiction treatment facility in Itasca now that the village will restart the zoning process this week after a nearly yearlong hiatus.
Sarah Schroeder, a registered nurse in the critical care unit, gears up to treat COVID-19 patients at Edward Hospital in Naperville this summer when cases and hospitalizations had declined. But cases and hospitalizations are growing again throughout the state.

Illinois | Medical professionals push back after Trump says COVID-19 cases are inflated to 'get more money'

Medical professionals are pushing back after President Donald Trump accused "doctors and hospitals" of inflating COVID-19 patient counts to "get more money" during a campaign rally Saturday in Wisconsin.

Crime | Arlington Heights police investigating swastika graffiti

Arlington Heights police confirmed Monday they are investigating a report of a swastika drawn outside a condominium building in the village. It is the latest of several hate-related incidents reported in the village this year.
Kay’lyn Bates, 7, of Waukegan, holds a candle Sunday during a prayer vigil in memory of Marcellis Stinnette, a Black teen shot to death by a Waukegan police officer Tuesday.

Lake County | Waukegan mayor, Stinnette family preach patience at prayer vigil

Waukegan Mayor Sam Cunningham and a spokesperson for the family of Marcellis Stinnette urged people gathered for a prayer vigil Sunday in memory of the Black teen killed by a police officer to let the process of justice take its due course.
Todd Lee of Oak Park plays an orange ball in hopes of being better able to find it in the snow as he and friend Simon Picard of Aurora play golf Monday at the Highlands of Elgin. They were one of two groups braving the weather to get in a round.
News | Suburbs see first snow of the season
The first snow of the season fell Monday around the suburbs.
David C Cook CEO Cris Doornbos steps over some debris during a tour of the vacant David C Cook office building in Elgin. The Elgin City Council could decide at a Nov. 4 meeting whether to declare the property a landmark against the company’s wishes.
News | The debate over granting landmark status to David C Cook property in Elgin
The Elgin City Council is scheduled to vote Nov. 4 whether to grant landmark status to the David C Cook building on North Grove Avenue, against the wishes of the property's owner. Historic district neighbors want to preserve the 119-year-old building.
A screenshot from a video posted Saturday by the Illinois Republican Party showing highlighting on DuPage County voting machines that GOP leaders say gives Democratic candidates and causes an unfair advantage.
DuPage County | Republicans say DuPage County voting machines favor Democrats
Illinois and DuPage County Republican leaders claim county voting machines are giving Democratic candidates and causes an unfair advantage at the polls by highlighting their names on touch screens while voters cast their ballots.
Sasha Jacquez tests University of Texas at El Paso student Ariona Gill for coronavirus earlier this month at the UTEP Fox Fine Arts Center in El Paso, Texas. Deaths per day from the coronavirus in the U.S. are on the rise again, just as health experts had feared, and cases are climbing in nearly every single state. In El Paso, authorities instructed people to stay home for two weeks and imposed a 10-p.m.-to-5-a.m. curfew because of a surge that has overwhelmed hospitals.
News | 'We are in a crisis stage': Coronavirus deaths are rising again in the U.S., as feared
Deaths per day from the coronavirus in the U.S. are on the rise again, just as health experts had feared, and cases are climbing in nearly every state, despite assurances from President Donald Trump over the weekend that "we're rounding the turn, we're doing great."
To ensure her family and trick-or-treaters maintain proper physical distance, Debbie Gross of Buffalo Grove devised a delivery system that allows her to feed candy through a 6-foot tube to a waiting trick-or-treater.
News | How suburban homeowners are getting crafty to keep trick-or-treaters happy
To ensure a safe Halloween for trick-or-treaters, suburban homeowners are getting creative with individually devised candy delivery systems.
Halloween is Saturday, Oct. 31. This year, most suburbs are requiring masks (not just scary ones) for trick-or-treaters. Many are offering printable signs for those who wish to inform trick-or-treaters that their household is opting out of giving candy.
DuPage County | Towns set trick-or-treat hours and offer printable signs for homeowners
Halloween is Saturday, Oct. 31. This year, most suburbs are requiring masks (not just scary ones) for trick-or-treaters. Many are offering printable signs for those who wish to inform trick-or-treaters that their household is opting out of giving candy.
Ron Britain
Columns | Feder: Radio legend Ron Britain dies
Ron Britain, a gifted radio performer with a brilliantly creative mind and a sensitive soul, left a legacy of laughter for generations of Chicago listeners.
Sean Casten, left, and Jeanne Ives are candidates for the 6th Congressional District seat.
Politics | Casten, Underwood outspent Ives and Oberweis in early October
Democrats in two hot suburban congressional races spent vastly more than their Republican opponents in the first half of October, records show.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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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.
Through the Film Magnifier: Chubby Checker, Harrison Ford, Astronaut Jim Lovell and Dance Fever contestants
“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.
So many colors to see in The Week in Pictures photo gallery for October 10-16, 2020
A couple goes for a stroll through Burnidge Forest Preserve in Elgin.
Vibrant fall colors throughout the suburbs
The Elgin Area Chamber celebrated the grand opening of South Elgin’s brand-new luxury apartments in downtown, Panton Mill Station located on the Fox River. South Elgin Village President Steve Ward led the ceremony with volunteers and staff from the apartments, Village and Chamber for special community event.
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