All Stories from October 30, 2025 (Change date)
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									District 15 superintendent retiring at end of school yearOct 30, 2025 6:02 pm - Palatine Township Elementary School District 15 Superintendent Laurie Heinz will retire at the end of the school year, ending a seven-year tenure highlighted by the passage of a $93 million referendum and successful negotiations with the Chicago Bears to settle a property-tax fight.
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									DuPage County Board members balk at clerk’s request for more fundingOct 30, 2025 5:51 pm - DuPage County board members have long requested the county clerk come to a meeting to talk finances. DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek obliged this week with a a message: “We simply cannot finish fiscal year 2025 on the funds allocated.”
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									Is this the season the MSL breaks through in football?Oct 30, 2025 5:11 pm - For all the state titles collectively won in the Mid-Suburban League, it’s been 20 years since the conference last won an IHSA football championship.
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									Tier 2 pension reform bill moves forward, but Pritzker says there’s ‘a lot more work’ to doOct 30, 2025 5:05 pm - A House panel on Wednesday advanced a bill aimed at reforming a state pension plan known as the “Tier 2” system, but only with the understanding that negotiations will continue and no final action will be taken until next spring at the earliest.
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									The Dodgers stopped hitting, and the World Series suddenly flippedOct 30, 2025 4:43 pm - For a second straight evening, the Dodgers looked flat and uninspiring against the livelier, peskier Blue Jays, who take a 3-2 series lead back to Toronto ahead of Game 6 on Friday night. But for the first time in this final round, the Dodgers also looked sloppy.
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									Cook County to hold hearing on improving rush-hour congestion on Quentin Road in PalatineOct 30, 2025 4:42 pm - After asking for nearly 30 years, residents of two subdivisions along a milelong stretch of Quentin Road in Palatine that narrows to two lanes are learning more about Cook County’s preferred solution to traffic congestion that keeps them trapped at rush hour.
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									Deal between the US and China is undoing damage from a self-inflicted trade warOct 30, 2025 4:33 pm - BUSAN, South Korea — Three-digit tariffs are off the table, but import duties on each other are higher than in January. Rare earth materials will flow more smoothly,...
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									Williams’ targets on the minds of Bears coachesOct 30, 2025 4:32 pm - The Bears have spent the week trying to find some answers when they travel to play the Bengals on Sunday. Cincinnati should be a good opportunity to see how much progress Chicago has made as it tries to take advantage of a weaker part of its schedule. Here are three of the most interesting things Bears coordinators and assistant coaches said Thursday.
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									Ready for action: Trick-or-treaters flock to downtown Geneva for Halloween festivitiesOct 30, 2025 4:28 pm - Trick-or-Treaters Flock to Downtown Geneva for Halloween Festivities
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									Chicago man accused of socking romantic rival, leading high-speed chase jailed in DuPage CountyOct 30, 2025 4:17 pm - A Chicago man was ordered held in jail to await trial after Oak Brook police said he punched his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend in the face and then led officers on a high-speed chase.
                                
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