All Stories from August 31, 2025 (Change date)
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Algonquin police mourn passing of longtime evidence tech, community service officerAug 31, 2025 11:16 am - The Algonquin Police Department is mourning the death of Kim Peluso, who served at the department for 24 years.
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‘News of Gliniewicz being shot rippled through Lake County but also across the country’: Key players reflect on notorious case 10 years laterAug 31, 2025 11:02 am - There were no killers. Rather, it was an elaborate ruse by a well-known and, by some accounts, beloved officer who staged his own suicide to escape the outcome of a pending investigation. Fox Lake police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz’s notorious death 10 years ago made national news and its ripple effects across the law enforcement community reverberate to this day.
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Cary gives $10,000 to help restore 160-year-old downtown buildingAug 31, 2025 11:00 am - The new owner of a 160-year-old structure in downtown Cary that’s now an apartment building is looking to restore the exterior to its original state with the help of a $10,000 grant from the village.
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Naperville’s O’Reilly shows off a big leg at NorthwesternAug 31, 2025 10:00 am - Northwestern University freshman soccer player Aaron O’Reilly, a Naperville Central graduate, registered a goal and an assist in his first two collegiate games, earning Big Ten Conference honors.
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Week 1 of prep football is in the booksAug 31, 2025 9:21 am - What an opening weekend of football. Downers Grove North put an exclamation point on a exciting weekend with a last-second game-winning field goal against Morgan Park in...
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Prioritize federal role in public educationAug 31, 2025 9:03 am - Last Tuesday marked the anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing white women the right to vote. Only decades later did Black, brown, Asian ...
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Condemn totalitarianismAug 31, 2025 9:03 am - The president of the United States is trying to violate our First Amendment rights by dictating what art is suitable for display, which parts of our history are suitable ...
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A Labor Day tribute to remember: COVID is five years behind us, but contributions of essential workers remain specialAug 31, 2025 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: At the height of the pandemic, we all took pains to honor the special sacrifices of our essential workers during a crisis. Five years later, it seems fitting to remember not only their efforts of that time, but the continuing role they play in keeping our communities comfortable, safe and healthy. As a reminder, the following editorial is a lightly edited, updated reprise of the editorial we published on Sept. 5, 2020.
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Today’s editorial cartoonAug 31, 2025 4:00 am -
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Iowa is one state that gets redistricting rightAug 31, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist Keith Peterson: Iowa's nonpartisan redistricting process should be a model for other states to ensure fair congressional maps not distorted by gerrymandering for partisan gain.