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Naperville Park District could ask voters for $135 million to build rec center, improve other sitesOct 05, 2025 3:00 pm - The Naperville Park District could seek voter permission to issue $135 million in bonds to build an indoor activity center at the Frontier Sports Complex as well as complete major improvements to various parks, acquire some additional land and install refrigerated, outdoor ice rinks.
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Is this a good time to buy a car? Here’s the fall outlook with tariffs here, EV tax credits goneOct 05, 2025 3:00 pm - Auto manufacturers have been sucking up extra costs but that could change in 2026, plus some EV rebates still exist.
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Elgin man gets six years in prison for sixth DUIOct 05, 2025 1:50 pm - An Elgin man arrested last year on allegations he was driving with a blood-alcohol level nearly four times the legal limit was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to his sixth DUI offense.
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Judge sides with Geneva in dispute over historic blacksmith shop
Oct 05, 2025 1:31 pm - A Kane County judge has ruled that Geneva developer Shodeen Group cannot evade the city’s legal right to enforce property code standards. The Shodeen Family Foundation an...
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Woman suffers serious injuries in Lake County crashOct 05, 2025 11:11 am - A woman suffered serious injuries when her car collided with a truck Saturday on I-94 in northern Lake County, Illinois State Police said.
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Sheriff: Lake County teen found with gun after high-speed chaseOct 05, 2025 10:34 am - A pair of 17-year-old Lake County boys face felony charges after authorities say they led police on a high-speed chase Saturday night in Beach Park.
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Lake County sheriff’s deputy, two others injured in Ingleside crashOct 05, 2025 9:31 am - Alcohol may have played a role in a three-vehicle crash that left a Lake County Sheriff’s deputy and two others injured Saturday afternoon in Ingleside, authorities said.
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Facts matter: Military is lowering standards to allow overweight soldiersOct 05, 2025 4:00 am - In this week’s Facts Matter column, Bob Oswald examines why the U.S. military is lowering its standards to allow overweight people to serve, President Donald Trump is promising a medical cure-all, and a video claiming people are being arrested for a social media comment.
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Trump administration resumes student loan forgiveness
Oct 04, 2025 9:59 pm - The Education Department resumed student loan forgiveness this week under a long-standing repayment plan that has been suspended since July.The federal agency informed borrowers who have spent a quarter of a century repaying their loans that they are now eligible to have their remaining balances cleared if they are enrolled in the Income-Based Repayment plan, known as IBR.
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Fears of massive battery fires spark local opposition to energy storage projects
Oct 04, 2025 9:57 pm - More and more, big arrays of lithium-ion batteries are being hooked up to electrical grids around the U.S. to store power that can be discharged in times of high demand.But as more energy storage is added, residents in some places are pushing back due to fears that the systems will go up in flames, as a massive facility in California did earlier this year.