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After a year of planning and construction, locally owned Florio’s Italian restaurant is now open off Randall Road in Crystal Lake.

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Huntley has acquired more than 150 acres of land near the intersection of Kreutzer Road and the railroad tracks.

Carla Sandoval of Glendale Heights rappels at the new Altitude Zone at the Westin Chicago Northwest Wednesday in Itasca.

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A restaurant called Kow is to open in a space that was last occupied by Panera Bread at 1518 Market St. at Metropolitan Square in Des Plaines.

New Korean restaurant coming to downtown Des Plaines

A Korean barbecue restaurant should open this spring in downtown Des Plaines’ Metropolitan Square.

Katie Pappas teaches fifth-graders about cancer and self awareness in a health class at Timber Trails Elementary School in Hoffman Estates on Monday. She is awaiting a kidney transplant.

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