Elk Grove Village
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After 52 years of service, Schaumburg razes village hall to make way for new government centerApr 24, 2025 4:26 pm - After months of preparation, Schaumburg’s 52-year-old village hall was largely erased from the landscape this week to make way for its larger, two-story successor.
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Des Plaines enacts grocery tax to avoid losing $1.4 million annuallyApr 24, 2025 12:56 pm - Des Plaines has joined a growing list of suburbs implementing a local 1% sales tax on groceries to offset the pending elimination of a state tax.
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Softball: Conant pays tribute to beloved former player, coach GadomskiApr 23, 2025 9:50 pm - Northern Illinois softball commit Ava Falcone of Conant will never forget her first hitting and pitching coach Sammie Gadomski. In a special game dedicated to the late Ga...
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Smackdown at village hall: Elk Grove mayor wrestles with trash talk, agrees to tag team matchApr 23, 2025 7:43 pm - Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson accepted two wrestlers' challenge to join a tag team match at a summer festival, turning a village board meeting Tuesday night into a spectacle resembling a WWE event.
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Dedication to service: Schaumburg honors top adult, youth, organizational volunteersApr 23, 2025 9:52 am - For the 37th year, the village of Schaumburg honored the adults, teens and organizations whose positive contributions to the community aren’t a side effect of the pursuit of salaries and profit.
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Home & garden calendar, April 27-May 4Apr 23, 2025 12:56 am - All about dahlias, floral design, plant sales and more.
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80 years ago this week, a Cook County forest preserve was converted into a POW labor campApr 22, 2025 5:51 pm - Nature is slowly reclaiming a swath of land buried deep inside a suburban forest preserve near Des Plaines that was turned into a World War II prisoner of war labor camp 80 years ago this week.
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Fogo de Chão opens in Schaumburg with weeklong donation to Greater Chicago Food DepositoryApr 22, 2025 4:26 pm - Fogo de Chão, the internationally known Brazilian steakhouse, opened its fifth Chicago area restaurant at 1950 E. Golf Road in Schaumburg Monday.
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Dining out: Blind wine tasting contest, new menus and moreApr 22, 2025 4:04 pm - Head to a Cooper’s Hawk restaurant for a blind wine tasting contest to be entered to win a prize, check out these new restaurant menus, and The Original Rainbow Cone is offering a Tuesday ice cream deal for its 100th birthday.
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Best Bets: Laugh it up with Lisa Ann Walter at Zanies RosemontApr 22, 2025 9:10 am - “Abbott Elementary” actress and comedian Lisa Ann Walter headlines Zanies Rosemont, comedian/filmmaker/author W. Kamau Bell headlines The Den Theatre and Long Grove welcomes beer fans to its Craft Beer Fest Saturday.