Des Plaines
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Local nonprofit collecting much-needed items through Healthy Babies DriveMay 05, 2025 11:05 am - To ensure the infants, toddlers, and parents have the essential items, like diapers, wipes, baby gates, bottles, and protective oven knob covers; to keep them safe and healthy so they can build a strong foundation for life, Kids Above All has launched its Healthy Babies Drive.
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History Center’s Sandy Johnson honored with volunteer service awardMay 05, 2025 10:38 am - The Des Plaines History Center’s longtime volunteer Sandy Johnson received the Illinois Association of Museums 2025 Volunteer Service Award for her remarkable 30 years of volunteer service to the organization.
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‘It’s a real community builder’: More schools are taking part in Bike to School DayMay 05, 2025 10:25 am - Parents organize Bike to School Day events, "bike buses,“ and monthly youth rides to encourage biking for health and community. New safety courses also help kids gain skills and confidence.
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Des Plaines man dies after suffering medical emergency on interstate off rampMay 05, 2025 9:00 am - A 53-year-old Des Plaines man died early Sunday morning after suffering a medical emergency on an interstate off ramp in Chicago.
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Increase in e-bike use prompts safety, trail etiquette reminders in forest preservesMay 04, 2025 4:48 pm - The rise in trail use at forest preserves and parks throughout the region comes with words of caution from those who oversee the facilities, especially when it comes to electric bicycles, or e-bikes.
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416 miles in 10 days: Wheeling man runs length of Illinois, from Cairo to Wisconsin borderMay 04, 2025 4:37 pm - Hersey High School graduate and Wheeling resident Chase Bandolik, 28, ran the entire length of Illinois, more than 400 miles, over 10 days.
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Boys volleyball: Maine South’s perfect day nets tourney title at HerseyMay 03, 2025 6:50 pm - Saturday's Hersey boys volleyball Invite was a six-team round-robin format Saturday that saw its original schedule played out perfectly as Maine South and the host Huskie...
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Girls soccer: Hersey clinches third straight MSL East title; Naperville Central hands Barrington 1st lossMay 03, 2025 3:45 pm - Hersey would claim its third consecutive MSL East crown after its hard fought 1-0 victory Saturday afternoon over visiting Fremd at Roland Goins Stadium in Arlington Heig...
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The Biz Week That Was: Team building up in the air, and a suburban downtown makes National Historic RegisterMay 03, 2025 1:00 pm - ‘This is totally different’: Itasca hotel offers rappelling experience Launched in partnership with Meet Chicago Northwest and Over The Edge, Altitude Zone allows pa...
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Baseball: Barrington rallies in last at-bat to beat HerseyMay 02, 2025 9:09 pm - It was bottoms up for a Barrington. The Broncos used clutch hitting from their bottom of their lineup to rally for two runs in the bottom of the seventh to stun Hersey 3-...