Des Plaines Lifestyle
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Constable: Paraplegic mentor goes mermaid to help kidsSep 04, 2016 6:30 am - For Arlington Heights native Kelsey Ibach, the trickiest part of scuba diving might be getting dressed. “Wet suits are hard enough to get on normally,” says Ibach, 27, w...
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Des Plaines fundraiser scheduled to pay for boy's accessible vanSep 01, 2016 1:00 am - A fundraiser is scheduled for Friday night in Des Plaines to help an Elk Grove Village family pay for a wheelchair-accessible van for 6-year-old Gabriel Gonzalez, who wa...
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Electronic violinist Lindsey Stirling poised for tour, musical collaborationsAug 25, 2016 11:00 pm - Electronic violinist Lindsey Stirling's emotional roller coaster of a year included the death of her best friend and keyboardist and learning that her father had cancer....
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Constable: How Cubs fans celebrated a century before TwitterAug 25, 2016 5:00 am - This summer's championship dreams send Cubs fan Bruce Reinger of Mount Prospect to his attic stash of one-of-a-kind keepsakes from the last time the Cubs won the World S...
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VFW surprised with $5,000 to bring traveling wall to Des PlainesAug 25, 2016 1:00 am - Members of Des Plaines VFW Post 2992 were surprised on live TV this week when they received a $5,000 check from Rivers Casino that will go toward bringing a replica trav...
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Summer Olympics at SedgebrookAug 24, 2016 11:00 pm - As the world was tuned in to watch the magical closing ceremonies of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Lincolnshire had its very own, related celebration. The athletes o...
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Constable: New Cubs feeling inspires new Cubs songAug 18, 2016 5:00 am - A popular emcee for decades in the Fox Valley, veteran suburban radio newsman Stew Cohen will get a chance Friday night to introduce something unprecedented when he step...
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A 'flood' of opportunities for Avenues to IndependenceAug 17, 2016 11:00 pm - The mighty Des Plaines River experienced its greatest flood in September 1986. The river's crest inundated hundreds of acres of land along its banks in Cook and Lake cou...
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Trans-Siberian Orchestra bringing Christmas show to AllstateAug 17, 2016 1:00 am - The Trans-Siberian Orchestra will present "The Ghosts of Christmas Eve" holiday rock opera at 3:30 and 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23, at the Allstate Arena om Rosemont. The Ros...
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Mount Prospect Woman's Club Awards 2016 ScholarshipsAug 16, 2016 11:00 pm - The Mount Prospect Woman's Club recently awarded $1,000 scholarships to three graduating high school seniors. Congratulations to these very accomplished students! Liam B...