All Stories from October 23, 2025 (Change date)
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Can you pass the new US citizenship test?Oct 23, 2025 5:52 pm - Would you be able to pass a U.S. citizenship test on America’s government and history? This week, it got harder.
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Trump administration will allow controversial road through Alaskan refugeOct 23, 2025 5:32 pm - The Trump administration announced Thursday it is moving forward with a controversial land deal to allow for the construction of a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, a pristine stretch of coastal wildlands in southwest Alaska.
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The state may be ready for playoff football expansion, but not district schedulingOct 23, 2025 5:31 pm - This may sound like a rerun, but a proposal has been submitted to the IHSA to expand the football playoffs and eliminate conferences in the regular season.
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Many happy returns: How feds say Glen Ellyn woman pulled off $900K retail fraud schemeOct 23, 2025 4:43 pm - A Glen Ellyn woman stole an estimated $900,000 from a retail chain by making fraudulent merchandise returns, federal authorities allege in a recent court filing. Here’s how authorities say she pulled it off.
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McHenry County Board proposes tax levy increase while also looking for spending cutsOct 23, 2025 4:36 pm - McHenry County officials are continuing to look for ways to cut expenses and increase revenue as the county board prepares to vote on next year’s budget and a proposed property tax levy increase.
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Five Week 9 high school football games to watchOct 23, 2025 4:08 pm - Here’s a look at five of the best high school football games to watch on the ninth weekend of the 2025 season.
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Trump issues disaster declarations for Alaska and other states but denies Illinois and MarylandOct 23, 2025 3:52 pm - President Donald Trump approved major disaster declarations for Alaska, Nebraska, North Dakota and the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe late Wednesday, while denying requests from Vermont, Illinois and Maryland and leaving other states still waiting for answers.
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Lithuanian president says Russian military planes violated the Baltic country’s airspaceOct 23, 2025 3:46 pm - Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said that Russian military planes violated Lithuania’s airspace on Thursday evening, condemning the breach as a blatant infraction on the territorial integrity of his European Union and NATO-member country.
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Trump’s turnaround on sanctions targets Russia’s oil companies that fund the war in UkraineOct 23, 2025 3:43 pm - The U.S. and the European Union are hitting Russia with another round of sanctions, aiming to cut into oil and gas export earnings that fund Moscow's war against Ukraine.
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Speak out for children fleeing dangerOct 23, 2025 3:33 pm - In the U.S., we have laws that allow migrant children who are fleeing dangerous circumstances in their home countries to seek asylum here. But it seems that the rights of...