Business Stories from September 9, 2025 (Change date)
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U of I grad’s company ‘turning poop into profit’Sep 09, 2025 2:01 pm - Bianca Bailey founded Agriwater to transform livestock waste into clean water and valuable byproducts using an electrocoagulation technique she developed. She is now competing for $100k in the AFBF Ag Innovation Challenge.
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First Tri-City Business Expo launches Sept. 17 at Eagle Brook Country ClubSep 09, 2025 1:39 pm - The Batavia, Geneva, and St. Charles Chambers of Commerce will host the inaugural Tri-City Business Expo on Sept. 17 at Eagle Brook Country Club, 2288 Fargo Blvd., Geneva.
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‘This is what we need here’: Cluster of small shops proposed for MundeleinSep 09, 2025 1:38 pm - A community group has proposed Mundelein create a walkable marketplace of small shops for boutique clothiers, artists, bakers and other merchants.
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Mayor: Public meetings to review Bears’ Arlington Heights stadium plans coming soonSep 09, 2025 11:12 am - Public meetings to review the Bears’ redevelopment plans for Arlington Park are expected in the coming months, Arlington Heights Mayor Jim Tinaglia said Tuesday.
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Illinois among blue states to keep public health dollars while red states lose outSep 09, 2025 10:58 am - President Donald Trump’s administration sought to block $11 billion in public health funding grants in a March executive order. Illinois was among nearly a dozen Democrat-led states to file suit against the action. Those states won an injunction against the administration’s action in May, which allowed them to keep much of the funding that was slated for cuts.
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Addison ice cream shop owner accused of secretly recording employee undressing is being suedSep 09, 2025 10:57 am - A lawsuit has been filed against a Buffalo Grove man charged with secretly recording nude footage of a teenage employee using using hidden cameras at his home and his Addison ice cream.
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New data shows the US job market was much weaker than thought in 2024, and this year as wellSep 09, 2025 10:36 am - The U.S. job market was much weaker in 2024 and early this year than originally reported, adding to concerns about the health of the nation's economy.
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How an Illinois farmer turned flooded farmland into rice paddiesSep 09, 2025 10:09 am - One Illinois man’s decadeslong fight to convert his fields into rice paddies demonstrates how it’s possible to bring diversity to the Corn Belt, but improbable so long as federal farm policy remains focused on soybeans and corn.
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Free eye and hearing screenings in Park Ridge on FridaySep 09, 2025 9:40 am - People 55 and older can get free eye and hearing screenings Friday, Sept. 12, in Park Ridge.
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Get vaccinated Sept. 18 at Maine Township headquarters in Park RidgeSep 09, 2025 9:40 am - You can get vaccinated against influenza, COVID-19, shingles and other diseases on Thursday, Sept. 18, in Park Ridge.