Des Plaines Business
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Lee Selander Elected Chair of LSSI's Board of DirectorsAug 21, 2018 11:00 pm - Lee S. Selander of Naperville has been elected chairman of the board of directors for Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI), a nonprofit, statewide social services...
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Firewater Saloon gets OK for downtown Des Plaines locationAug 21, 2018 1:00 am - Firewater Saloon has the go-ahead to open its third Chicago-area location in downtown Des Plaines. The city council agreed Monday to give the owners of the country-west...
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Utica insurance earns top awardAug 21, 2018 1:00 am - Utica National Insurance Group with offices in Des Plaines has been named a top insurance workplace by Insurance Business America magazine. From the hundreds of orga...
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Kitchen closed: Des Plaines replica McDonald's meets wrecking ballAug 21, 2018 1:00 am - The last reminder of where Ray Kroc opened his first franchised McDonald's in Des Plaines went into the history books Tuesday, when the 33-year-old replica restaurant bu...
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Demolition of Des Plaines replica McDonald's imminentAug 20, 2018 1:00 am - Demolition of the replica of Ray Kroc's original McDonald's in Des Plaines is imminent, as crews returned Monday to set up fencing and make site preparations in anticipa...
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After spending 50 years in the bike business, store owner retiringAug 20, 2018 1:00 am - Bill Schmoldt was 15 when he started working at Prospect Bikes and was tasked with changing flat tires and learning other parts of the business. Now 50 years later, he i...
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Construction begins on two speculative buildingsAug 20, 2018 1:00 am - Peak Construction Corp. said it has been awarded Black Creek Group's two building O'Hare development and has started construction. The facility on Sesame Street in Ben...
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Harper College wants to keep tax increase in place to fund $180 million in upgradesAug 17, 2018 5:30 am - Harper College will ask voters on the November ballot to continue a tax increase that's otherwise due to expire, to help fund $180 million in campus upgrades over the ne...
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Elk Grove Village annexes 58 acresAug 16, 2018 1:00 am - Elk Grove Village has formally approved the annexation of 58 acres of commercial property near Interstate 90. The village board Tuesday night unanimously approved bringi...
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Country bar, restaurant plans to open in downtown Des PlainesAug 16, 2018 1:00 am - Des Plaines may be going country - at least a little bit. Firewater Saloon, known at its Edison Park and Mount Greenwood locations for daily drink specials, country...