Des Plaines
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Daily Herald photo contest winners for August 2024Sep 05, 2024 7:50 am - August was a month for capturing the vibrant colors of summer with photos of birds and butterflies, flowers and frogs.
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District 57 asking voters for tax hike in order to fund kindergarten, new middle schoolSep 04, 2024 4:37 pm - Mount Prospect School District 57 leaders are asking voters in November to approve an $85 million borrowing plan to fund all-day kindergarten, a new Lincoln Middle School and facilities improvements throughout the district.
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State panel denies parole for suburban serial killerSep 04, 2024 11:35 am - The Illinois Prisoner Review Board has denied parole for a serial killer linked to at least 12 murders of young women and teens, including three in the suburbs, authorities announced Wednesday.
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Best Bets: New Elmhurst exhibitions celebrate movie houses, public artSep 04, 2024 8:49 am - New exhibitions honoring historic movie houses and public art open at two Elmhurst museums; the Fiestas Patrias Festival returns to Aurora’s RiverEdge Park; and blues rocker Kenny Wayne Shepherd plays the suburbs this week.
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Silver Screen time for local screenwriterSep 04, 2024 8:42 am - Self-taught screenwriter James Ziolkowski has waited for this moment for a while.
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Home and garden calendar, Sept. 8-14Sep 04, 2024 12:15 am - Garden club meetings, plant sales and more.
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Mount Prospect passes ethics ordinance; trustee says it unfairly targets him, wifeSep 03, 2024 9:44 pm - Mount Prospect tightened up its regulations on potential conflicts of interest among village board members.
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Driver who ‘never hit the brakes’ convicted in deadly Des Plaines crashSep 03, 2024 7:01 pm - A jury took only about 50 minutes Tuesday to return a guilty verdict in the case of Florida man accused of driving drunk and more than 50 mph over the speed limit when he caused a crash that killed a father of four from Des Plaines.
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Concerts Sept. 6-12: Kacey Musgraves, Weezer, Tom Jones, Avril Lavigne and moreSep 03, 2024 3:02 pm - Upcoming concerts include Kacey Musgraves, Weezer, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Tom Jones, Stone Temple Pilots, Avril Lavigne, Three Dog Night and more.
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One dead after two-vehicle crash in Arlington HeightsSep 03, 2024 12:49 pm - A two-vehicle accident late Monday in Arlington Heights left one person dead.