Lifestyle
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Garden club to host program on ‘The Frozen Legacy of Illinois’Jan 02, 2024 6:37 pm - Learn about “The Frozen Legacy of Illinois” at the next Batavia Plain Dirt Gardeners meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 16. It will begin with a social time at 6:45 p.m. at the Bat...
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‘Love and happiness’: Families start new year with newbornsJan 02, 2024 9:11 am - Andrea and Matthew Hodge greeted another year where they rang in 2021: the hospital maternity wing. Their first daughter, Esther, now 3, was born on New Year’s Eve. The B...
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Waukegan Polar Bear Plunge marks 25 years of helping Special Recreation athletesJan 02, 2024 8:59 am - A record number of likely more than 515 participants plunged into chilly Lake Michigan waters in Waukegan Monday for the 25th Annual Waukegan Polar Bear Plunge. The annua...
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A missing person with no memory: How investigators solved the cold case of Seven Doe
Jan 02, 2024 8:58 am - Buried at the edge of a Chicago Catholic cemetery are an elderly person’s remains marked only by a cement cylinder deep in the ground labeled with the numbers 04985. The ...
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Ingleside teen starts GoFundMe to save her Catholic grade schoolJan 02, 2024 6:00 am - Seventeen-year-old Susan Lutzke says her quest to save St. Bede School in Ingleside is about family. The senior at Carmel Catholic High School in Mundelein and a 2020 St....
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What You Will Eat in 2024: 9 Tasty Food Trends Predicted For The New Year
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To make healthy New Year’s resolutions stick, keep them modest and manageableDec 31, 2023 9:31 am - It's almost a new year, a time when many people resolve to accomplish big things – say, run a marathon or lose 50 pounds – then watch those noble intentions melt away bef...
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Tips for keeping your kids active this winterDec 31, 2023 9:31 am - The days are short and cold. It’s easy to get into the habit of staying inside. I know just how difficult it can be to remain active during the winter months. But it’s no...
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How to get kids more engaged in their dental healthDec 31, 2023 9:30 am - Dental health should be a priority at any age, and is especially important for children. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says more than half of children be...
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Cycling stories of the year: Bike/pedestrian plans, safety education and mountain bike racingDec 31, 2023 9:28 am - Mountain bike racing, new bike/pedestrian plans and a safety education surge for Illinois students highlighted biking in 2023. Unfortunately, fatalities continued to ris...