All Stories from June 11, 2025 (Change date)
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Land donation will ensure age-old bur oak will be protected in perpetuityJun 11, 2025 4:31 pm - The Lake County forest preserve system again will be expanding with three acquisitions including a gift being made to protect an irreplaceable part of the landscape thought to have begun its life before the American Revolution.
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New era, old name? Debate grows over honoring former mayor at new Schaumburg village hall as construction nearsJun 11, 2025 4:21 pm - While the family of Schaumburg’s influential early mayor Bob Atcher believes the next village hall should continue to be named in his honor, current Mayor Tom Dailly doesn’t see that as a foregone conclusion.
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10 songs to celebrate the life, legacy of Beach Boys’ Brian WilsonJun 11, 2025 4:18 pm - The musical world lost a giant with news Wednesday that Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader, had died. He was 82. To celebrate Wilson's life and legacy, here are just a few songs that made the man.
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Anger, fear and the danger of silence in face of antisemitismJun 11, 2025 4:08 pm - Guest columnist Shira Goodman: When I was growing up, Hebrew School teachers and camp counselors used to tell us that understanding Hebrew and knowing the basics of daily and Sabbath prayer services meant we could walk into a synagogue anywhere in the world and participate. This is no longer the case.
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For a couple of years, Beach Boy Brian Wilson called St. Charles homeJun 11, 2025 3:25 pm - Legendary Beach Boys leader and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Brian Wilson, who died Wednesday at 82, spent some time in Illinois, living in a five-bedroom St. Charles home with a custom-built basement recording studio.
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Indiana Jones’ whip, Kane’s Rosebud sled and Culkin’s ‘Home Alone’ snow cap are going up for auctionJun 11, 2025 3:12 pm - Many of movies’ most sought-after props are going up for auction, including the Rosebud sled from “Citizen Kane,” Macaulay Culkin’s knit snow cap from “Home Alone” and a whip wielded by Harrison Ford during the Holy Grail trials of “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.”
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Mundelein offer free Concerts In The Park seriesJun 11, 2025 1:52 pm - With support from Medline Industries LP, the village of Mundelein and Mundelein Park & Recreation District present free Concerts in the Park for the 2025 summer season.
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Different jobs require different skillsJun 11, 2025 1:36 pm - Annettee Budzban says that different skills are necessary when looking for different jobs.
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Indian Prairie District 204 picks firm for superintendent’s searchJun 11, 2025 1:29 pm - The Indian Prairie Unit District 204 school board hopes to have a new superintendent starting July 1, 2026.
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A colorful creation in paper and glue earns Ivy Hall student art honorsJun 11, 2025 12:59 pm - A student at a Buffalo Grove elementary school has burst onto the world art scene, winning a prestigious weekly competition.