Des Plaines
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Maine Township Highway Department begins work on ‘Connecting Communities’ projectOct 27, 2025 12:36 pm - The Maine Township Highway Department officially began work on the planned Church Street Sidewalk and Bike Lane Project recently through an “Invest in Cook” grant from th...
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Cook County approves contract for Touhy Avenue reconstructionOct 27, 2025 12:23 pm - The Cook County Board recently approved an $87.2 million contract to reconstruct a 1.5-mile stretch of Touhy Avenue between Elmhurst and Mount Prospect roads in Des Plaines.
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Catholic Cemeteries to host outdoor rosary and prayer services on Nov. 2Oct 27, 2025 12:13 pm - Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Chicago will host Cemetery Sunday outdoor rosary and prayer services at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 2, in observance of All Saints’ Day, which is Nov. 1, and All Souls’ Day, which is Nov. 2.
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Northwest Choral Society concert celebrates splendor of the night skyOct 27, 2025 11:43 am - The Northwest Choral Society will present Stardust, a concert program about the stars, planets and the night sky, at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Park Ridge.
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New data center proposal comes before Mount Prospect boardOct 27, 2025 11:05 am - More than three years after Mount Prospect approved a $2.5 billion data center campus on the former United Airlines headquarters site, a revised project is coming back to the village board Tuesday.
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Behind the scenes: How volunteers, advocacy make suburbs more bike-friendlyOct 27, 2025 9:58 am - Visible are bike rodeos, community rides, and bike information booths. Behind the scenes are the unsung community heroes - local volunteers planning, organizing and often staffing various events.
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Looking to improve traffic flow and 911 response times, Des Plaines pursuing new railroad underpassOct 25, 2025 2:46 pm - Des Plaines officials will pursue creating a railroad underpass for a section of Algonquin Road.
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Jenkins, Hersey rout Rolling Meadows to complete perfect MSL East seasonOct 24, 2025 11:02 pm - Most of the focus for Hersey opponents has been in the air. Brandon Jenkins wanted to make sure that people were also looking at the ground. Jenkins ran for 195 yards on ...
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Deadline nears for Des Plaines library’s Wicked Good Writing ContestOct 24, 2025 5:47 pm - The deadline is approaching for the Des Plaines Public Library’s third annual Wicked Good Writing Contest.
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Former VP takes helm at Accredited Chicago NewspapersOct 23, 2025 1:44 pm - Accredited Chicago Newspapers, an organization that works with Cook County, newspapers in the city of Chicago, and the Illinois Press Association, has been purchased by its former vice president, Susan J. Walker.