Bloomingdale
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Home & garden calendar, Sept. 14-26Sep 14, 2026 9:00 am - Upcoming gardening club meetings and events in the Chicago suburbs, covering topics like Little City’s horticulture program or how hydrangeas change color. Also, listings of garden shows, nature walks and workshops.
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COD’s Youth Academy sets summer enrollment recordSep 13, 2026 9:02 pm - College of DuPage’s Youth Academy recorded its highest summer enrollment with over 4,500 registrations, offering 380+ camps and courses for K-12 students in areas like culinary arts, manufacturing, graphic design, welding and business.
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‘People are in danger’: Wheaton residents urge action to install traffic light at risky crossingSep 13, 2026 3:32 pm - Residents of Marian Park apartments in Wheaton are demanding a traffic light on Roosevelt Road after 28 years of accidents, including three fatalities and 11 pedestrian injuries.
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Police say Flock is invaluable. But as misuse mounts, many wonder how to rein in the surveillance systemSep 13, 2026 3:32 pm - Automated license plate readers — increasingly synonymous with Flock, though there are other brands on the market — photograph the license plates and other identifiers of passing vehicles. Police officers are then able to search and share the data for investigations. But a growing number of cops throughout the Chicago area and across the country have been accused of searching those databases for personal reasons. Civil liberties activists too are alarmed that law enforcement departments could use the cameras to work with immigration officials or surveil ordinary citizens.
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‘Safe, stigma-free alternative’: DuPage County Crisis Recovery Center marks anniversarySep 13, 2026 9:43 am - In its first year of operations, DuPage County’s Crisis Recovery Center has completed more than 2,200 onsite assessments, providing mental health and addiction recovery services to thousands of residents and easing the strain on area emergency rooms.
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Cross country: St. Charles North edges Hersey on tiebreakerSep 12, 2026 3:54 pm - The 51st annual Harvey Braus Invitational was as close a finish for the team title as you can get in boys cross country Saturday morning at Lake Park. Led by undefeated i...
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‘Right thing to do’ or ‘feel-good’ PR? Suburbs split on whether ICE bans on municipal property actually workSep 12, 2026 9:46 am - After a year in which some suburbs pushed back against Operation Midway Blitz by passing local laws prohibiting immigration enforcement on municipal property, debate continues over how effective those measures have been.
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Downers Grove North gets bragging rights against Glenbard WestSep 11, 2026 10:53 pm - Preparation for an ordinary high school football game typically begins on Saturday morning. Teams review the previous evening’s film, clean up mistakes and take a peek at...
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St. Charles East defeats Glenbard North in overtime for key DuKane Conference victorySep 11, 2026 10:34 pm - While St. Charles East’s football team had opened the season with back-to-back victories, it did not possess the type of statement win looked upon as a program turning po...
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Tough schedule, St. Rita’s quick start gets best of St. FrancisSep 11, 2026 10:14 pm - St. Rita jumped out to a quick lead, got a couple of goalline stands from the defense, and beat St. Francis 28-12 on Friday on the South Side.