All Stories from August 17, 2020 (Change date)
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Gardeners can extend growing season into the fallAug 17, 2020 6:00 am - Just when you thought the gardening season was over, fall arrives to prove you wrong. Many believe we hang up our trowels on Labor Day, as if Mother Nature slammed the ...
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Stevenson grad, volunteers spruce up yards of high-risk Buffalo Grove, Lake Zurich householdsAug 17, 2020 6:00 am - A team of seven volunteers organized by a 2018 Stevenson High School graduate helped clean up the yards of some Lake County homeowners in high risk households. The volun...
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A new album is on the way for TLB, but first the band goes on 'Holiday'Aug 17, 2020 6:00 am - You have to admit, 2020 has been hard on a lot of us. Take a short break with “Holiday,” the upbeat new single and video from TLB, a Ramones-inspired punk band started ...
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Jim Belushi blazing new path as marijuana farmer in new Discovery TV seriesAug 17, 2020 5:30 am - After spending decades making films and sitcoms, actor-improviser-musician Jim Belushi is blazing a new path. The Wheaton native has become a marijuana farmer, harvestin...
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Batavia council to vote tonight on One Washington Place plansAug 17, 2020 5:30 am - There's little question among Batavia aldermen that the proposed One Washington Place project has the potential to act as an economic engine for the city. But, opponents...
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Harper looking to expand scope of new building to include University CenterAug 17, 2020 5:30 am - After the surprise announcement that Harper College is getting a long-awaited state grant, officials are now scrambling to submit updated building plans by midweek for a...
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Reef construction provides a man-made assist for Lake Michigan fish and wildlifeAug 17, 2020 5:30 am - A project to restore and connect 1.5 miles of coastal fish habitat is underway from a barge in Lake Michigan at the Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve. Just offshore, a crane...
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Just 9 of 105 suburban school districts returning students to classrooms full-timeAug 17, 2020 5:30 am - Hundreds of thousands of suburban children are resuming schoolwork within the next few weeks, but this year fewer than 6,200 of them will go back to their classrooms ful...
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In Transit: AAA warns of automated driving dangersAug 17, 2020 5:30 am - Nothing like cruising along a country lane and letting your car do the driving. With a high-tech automatic acceleration and braking system, it's possible to just lean b...
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Video of fleeing car on social media leads to Des Plaines man's arrestAug 17, 2020 1:00 am - A video of a fleeing car posted on social media has led to the arrest of a Des Plaines man nearly a month after the footage was recorded. John A. Gago, 32, was taken int...