Hoffman Estates
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Cook County projects $550 million budget deficit for 2027Jun 18, 2026 4:54 pm - Cook County faces a $550 million budget shortfall next year that will require “careful planning and difficult decisions,” county officials said this week in a preliminary budget forecast.
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Baseball: Cook County All-Area captain Thomsen’s blistering season goes down as best in St. Viator historyJun 18, 2026 2:16 pm - Hitters hit. And no one has hit like St. Viator’s Brandon Thomsen in a long time. Thomsen hit .525 this season with 54 hits. He also had 10 homers and 50 RBI. He scored 3...
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Maximum $15.5 million price approved for new Hoffman Estates fire station near St. AlexiusJun 18, 2026 12:39 pm - Hoffman Estates village board members have approved a guaranteed maximum price of just over $15.5 million for construction of the new Fire Station 22 next to Hoffman Estates Community Bank on Higgins Road.
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Softball: Cook County All-Area captain Taraschewsky finishes her four seasons with most wins in MSL historyJun 17, 2026 4:30 pm - Katie Taraschewsky has always emphasized how extremely grateful she is to be playing the Barrington softball program. "It's done everything for me, on and off the field,"...
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Fabbrini Park in Hoffman Estates to be closed July 13-17Jun 17, 2026 4:20 pm - The Hoffman Estates Park District has announced Fabbrini Park at 1704 Glen Lake Road will be temporarily closed from Monday, July 13 through Friday, July 17.
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Home & garden calendar, June 16-27Jun 16, 2026 3:52 pm - Upcoming gardening club meetings and events in the Chicago suburbs, including celebrations of America's 250th birthday. Also listings of garden walks, garden shows, nature walks and workshops.
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Girls soccer: Cook County All-Area captain Zimmerman’s play on the pitch as perfect as her ACT scoreJun 16, 2026 2:10 pm - It really is not a surprise to see Fremd senior Gwen Zimmerman at the top of the 2026 Daily Herald Cook County All-Area girls soccer team. The Northwestern-bound Vikings ...
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‘Wrong project, wrong place’: Critics push back on rezoning plan for potential Hoffman Estates data centerJun 16, 2026 1:16 pm - Hoffman Estates village board members Monday heard from 13 critics of the proposed rezoning of the 186-acre Plum Farms property for a possible data center campus.
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Cook County reappoints medical examiner for third termJun 15, 2026 3:25 pm - The Cook County Board has unanimously approved the reappointment of Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Ponni Arunkumar to a third five-year term to lead the medical examiner’s office through 2031.
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Cook County picks ex-Fermilab CFO to oversee its financesJun 15, 2026 3:25 pm - Angela Manning-Hardimon has been appointed chief financial officer of Cook County’s Bureau of Finance.