Maple Park
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Flowers coming into bloom in late April for Midwest Tulip FestMar 28, 2024 3:21 pm - The Midwest Tulip Fest is set to open April 27 at Kuipers Family Farm on Watson Road in Maple Park. Over the past few years, they have planted nearly 500,000 tulip bulbs ...
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Literacy Volunteers Fox Valley needs volunteers to help over 50 adults learn EnglishMar 27, 2024 11:25 pm - If you want to help an adult communicate in English and adapt to life in our community, you will want to attend Literacy Volunteers Fox Valley’s free tutor training works...
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Kane County board votes against using COVID-19 money for a new health building, for nowMar 27, 2024 7:58 pm - The Kane County Board on Wednesday effectively squelched a proposal to build a new headquarters and programming facility for the health department by deciding not to spen...
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Glenbrook Elementary student qualifies for Scripps National Spelling Bee with Kane County Regional winMar 27, 2024 7:19 pm - Yahya Mohammed, a student at Glenbrook Elementary in Elgin, took the top prize in the Kane County Regional Spelling Bee held at Thompson Middle School in St. Charles on W...
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Two winning teams at Northeastern Illinois Envirothon advance to stateMar 26, 2024 1:09 pm - What a whirlwind of two days! On March 12 and 14, more than 125 students on 25 teams from 17 Northeastern Illinois high schools competed in the Northeastern Illinois Envi...
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‘A perfect storm’: What’s our protection level against measles amid Chicago outbreak?Mar 24, 2024 8:54 am - Considered to be effectively eliminated across the U.S. in 2000, a measles outbreak in Chicago this month is a wake-up call about how easily things can spiral, experts say. How well protected are Illinoisans against the highly contagious respiratory virus?
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And then there were four: A look at the races for the 6th and 11th district congressional seatsMar 23, 2024 2:27 pm - The Republicans taking on Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill Foster of Naperville in Illinois’ 11th District and Democratic U.S. Rep. Sean Casten of Downers Grove in the 6th Distr...
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Why challenges coming at Foster, Casten from the left didn’t workMar 22, 2024 11:09 am - Despite being victorious in election after election, Democratic U.S. Reps. Bill Foster of Naperville and Sean Casten of Downers Grove both faced primary challenges Tuesda...
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Cook County jail program is rescuing dogs and detainees. And now it’s expandingMar 22, 2024 5:15 am - A corrections officer could be heard shouting commands Thursday morning in a concrete yard of Division 19 at the Cook County jail. But the detainees weren’t being bossed...
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Measles outbreak hits Chicago: Kane County urges vaccination checksMar 20, 2024 7:58 pm - In response to the Chicago area's largest measles outbreak in recent memory, Kane County’s lead health authority is advising residents to verify their vaccination status ...