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Firefighters rescue residents from apartment fire in Hoffman Estates Tuesday morningApr 22, 2025 8:06 am - Fire damages three-story apartment building in Hoffman Estates, causing minor injuries to four people.
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Northern Illinois Food Bank’s 12th annual Fight Hunger Run/Walk returns May 3 to Cantigny ParkApr 21, 2025 11:03 pm - Over 1,600 runners and spectators will fill Cantigny Park for Northern Illinois Food Bank's 12th annual 5K/10K run/walk supporting food programs across 13 counties.
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Kane County specialty courts participants use art to tell their storiesApr 21, 2025 1:41 pm - The artwork of participants in Kane County’s four specialty courts filled the jury lounge at the Judicial Center in St. Charles last week, many pieces telling their lives’ journeys.
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Fine Line and Crisis Center partner for ‘What Were You Wearing?’ exhibit on sexual assaultApr 21, 2025 12:05 pm - The Fine Line Creative Arts Center in St. Charles is partnering with the Community Crisis Center in Elgin for an exhibition titled "What Were You Wearing?" to raise awareness about sexual assault.
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The Biz Week That Was: Alfresco dining a boon, video gambling expansion, and tariffs threatening higher solar costsApr 19, 2025 2:01 pm - From ‘ghost town’ to boom town: How Arlington Alfresco kept downtown thriving Their live music venue and gastropub shuttered by a pandemic, Arlington Heights busines...
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Should Cook County dissolve its four suburban mosquito abatement districts?Apr 19, 2025 1:00 pm - A new report from the Civic Federation calling for the elimination of four suburban mosquito abatement districts is gaining traction with some Cook County Board members after an inspector general’s investigation calls on leadership at one district to resign.
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Sleepy Hollow storage facility plans scrapped after residents voice objectionsApr 18, 2025 5:16 pm - A Wauconda-based developer has pulled plans to build an eight-building storage unit facility in Sleepy Hollow following a no vote from the village’s planning and zoning commission.
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Learn about the Underground Railroad’s secret codes with Holy Trinity QuiltersApr 18, 2025 4:56 pm - On April 26, the Holy Trinity Quilting Queens will host a talk on “Pre-Civil War Quilts: Secret Codes to Freedom on the Underground Railroad.”
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Holy Trinity Lutheran to host next stop on Great Elgin Pipe Organ Tour April 27Apr 18, 2025 4:14 pm - The next stop on the Great Elgin Pipe Organ Tour will be at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church on Sunday, April 27. The instrument featured was built in 1964 by the Austin Organs Inc. of Hartford, Connecticut, and is their opus 2402.
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AgeGuide hosts urgent Advocacy Breakfasts as federal cuts threaten lifesaving aging servicesApr 18, 2025 2:36 pm - AgeGuide is hosting advocacy events to protect senior services facing cuts. The breakfasts are designed to urge advocates to take action before legislators finalize spending.