MON, 10/19/2020

Monday, October 19, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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Harper College President Avis Proctor, right, chats with, from left, Arij Ahmed, Madelyn Kuffel and Meha Patel last December during an event honoring Promise Scholarship program donors. Those students were among 421 in the first cohort of the school’s tuition-free program.

Education | Harper Promise free tuition program faces changes to keep it sustainable

With more students signing up for Harper College's Promise Scholarship, the program that guarantees free tuition for good grades, attendance and community service is slowly becoming financially unsustainable, college officials say. It's a reality that has led them to consider tweaks to the program now, and perhaps an overhaul later.
Metra ridership is decimated since the COVID-19 pandemic began and leaders face a $70 million shortfall.

Transportation | How Metra may fill its budget hole if there's no federal rescue

Metra CEO Jim Derwinski talks about shaky finances, possible service cuts, if capital dollars are off-limits to offset operating freefalls.
Chicago Bears quarterback Nick Foles (9) reaches for the ball during the first half of an NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte, N.C., Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020.

Columns | Rozner: Foles does things Trubisky can't as Bears beat Carolina

The Bears won a game they deserved to win. That's different.
Due to concerns raised by recent confirmed and suspected cases of COVID-19, Kimball Hill Elementary School in Rolling Meadows will be closed to students until Wednesday, Nov. 4.

News | Rolling Meadows school shuts down in-person learning until Nov. 4 because of COVID-19

Due to concerns raised by recent confirmed and suspected cases of COVID-19, Kimball Hill Elementary School in Rolling Meadows will be closed to staff until Oct. 30 and to students until Nov. 4.
Students at York High School in Elmhurst will switch to remote learning for two weeks starting Wednesday as a result of rising COVID-19 test positivity rates in DuPage County.
Education | Rising virus cases in DuPage County close Elmhurst schools
At least one major school district is reverting to fully remote learning for two weeks in response to rising COVID-19 case rates in DuPage County.
Voters wait in a socially-distanced line for early voting at the Kane County Clerk’s office in Geneva Friday.
Politics | Polling places getting extra sanitizing attention as COVID-19 cases surge
County clerks say they are doing what they can to make polling places safer for voters as the number of COVID-19 cases surge in Illinois.
Holiday trees made with found objects are shown by Renee Baldwin, founder of Upscale Rummage and Furniture Warehouse.
Business | Full of curiosities, Libertyville resale shop helps nonprofits
Upscale Rummage Furniture and Warehouse in Libertyville has thousands of items on display, from traditional resale shop fare like clothing and furniture, to unique items, with proceeds from all sales donated to local nonprofits,
Mark Koenen
News | Koenen reflects on nearly 40 years of 'wonderful days' serving St. Charles
Retiring St. Charles City Administrator Mark Koenen looks back on nearly four decades of working for the city.
Bill Leff
Columns | Feder: Bill Leff to host morning cartoon show on MeTV
Bill Leff, the affable Chicago radio personality, stand-up comedian and improv actor, will host a national one-hour weekday morning cartoon show on MeTV, the Chicago-based network for nostalgic television.
Politics | Steelworkers union shines "Biden-Harris" light on Chicago's Trump Tower
Members of the United Steelworkers union brought their traveling "bat light" to Chicago overnight Friday to project their endorsement of Joe Biden onto Trump Tower.
Early voters cast their ballots Oct. 2 at the DuPage County Fairgrounds in Wheaton. Seventeen additional sites will open in DuPage County on Monday as early voting expands across the region.
Politics | Suburbs to ramp up early voting starting Monday
Suburban voters have cast more than 266,000 early or mail-in ballots just weeks ahead of the presidential election, with early voting slated to expand across the region starting Monday.
Lake County | Round Lake man dies in crash near Antioch
A 39-year-old Round Lake man died after he lost control of his vehicle while trying to pass another vehicle on Route 45 in an unincorporated area near Antioch Saturday, according to the Lake County Sheriff's office.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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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.
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A couple goes for a stroll through Burnidge Forest Preserve in Elgin.
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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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Senior Emmaline Schuh carries a pumpkin to the freshman float during the reverse parade at the Glenbrook South High School Fall Festival in Glenview Saturday, October 3, 2020.
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In this June 22, 2004, file photo, Eddie Van Halen plays the final chord of “Jump” during the Van Halen concert at the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, N.J.
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