All Stories from September 10, 2021 (Change date)
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Elk Grove Village parade, Oktoberfest return next weekendSep 10, 2021 6:00 am - Sidelined last year due to the pandemic, two big community events will return to Elk Grove Village next weekend. The village's annual Oktoberfest kicks off at 6 p.m. Fri...
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Conservation projects earn Fremd senior rarest of Boy Scout awardsSep 10, 2021 6:00 am - Fremd High School senior Sai Venkatakrishnan not only recently became an Eagle Scout, he also received the rarest Boy Scouts of America award for completing four conserv...
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Suburban singers perform in Metropolitan Opera concert remembering 9/11Sep 10, 2021 6:00 am - A major 9/11 commemoration by The Metropolitan Opera in New York this Saturday includes two singers who grew up in the Chicago suburbs. In "Verdi's Requiem: The Met Reme...
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St. Charles Park District seeks public input on repurposing beloved, yet outdated, playground rocket slideSep 10, 2021 6:00 am - A youngster's fascination with outer space has likely changed since it was a new adventure for Americans in the early 1960s. When playgrounds were designed in that era, ...
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DuPage deputy wins $7.5 million judgment for spinal injury suffered in trainingSep 10, 2021 5:30 am - A federal jury has awarded a DuPage County sheriff's deputy $7.5 million in damages for injuries he suffered during a special-operations training exercise in 2014. On Se...
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Suburban Sikh Americans reflect on safety 20 years after 9/11Sep 10, 2021 5:22 am - The murder of a Sikh entrepreneur from Mesa, Arizona, in a post-Sept. 11 retaliatory attack sent shock waves within immigrant communities nationwide. Balbir Singh Sodhi ...
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'Count us in': How four Elgin firefighters delivered a ladder truck to ground zero after 9/11Sep 10, 2021 5:15 am - Twenty years ago, four Elgin Fire Department firefighters set out on the most important road trip of their lives. Days after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Anthony Bialek,...
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How 9/11 changed Muslim, immigrant communities foreverSep 10, 2021 5:00 am - Noman Hussain was studying Quran recitation at a Kankakee boys boarding school when news broke of the attack on the World Trade Center towers in New York City. Hussain a...
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Where were you on 9/11? Our readers share their memoriesSep 10, 2021 5:00 am - There's a reason we see the hashtag #NeverForget in our social media feeds over and over again every year on Sept. 11. It was a day unlike any other. It was a day that ...
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Grayslake Central holds off Grayslake NorthSep 10, 2021 1:00 am - It was a long time coming, but Grayslake Central found a way to take bragging rights away from Grayslake North for the first time in a number of years. The Rams pulled ...