Park Ridge
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Rains behind mosquito explosionOct 31, 2021 7:54 pm - The answering machine at the Northwest Mosquito Abatement District pretty much says it all. "We are aware of the severe nuisance mosquito problem," a beleaguered-soundin...
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Lawmakers: School cash a victim of politicsOct 31, 2021 7:44 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich "repeatedly misled" school districts across the state about the status of long-awaited construction dollars and used those districts ...
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Mount Prospect: 75 percent of storm's brush picked upOct 31, 2021 7:48 pm - On the north end of Melas Park, stands what Mount Prospect public works staff has dubbed Mount Brushmore. There are no faces of ex-presidents here, just the heads of log...
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State offers loans for ash borer reforestationOct 31, 2021 7:48 pm - Low-interest state loans are now available to help reforest public land invaded by the emerald ash borer. The loans were created through a senate bill sponsored by Sen....
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Boeing's new 787 won't fly until November or DecemberOct 31, 2021 7:46 pm - Boeing Co.'s new 787 jetliner will not begin flight testing until months later than originally planned, the head of the company's commercial airplanes unit said today. ...
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Killer slips Elgin mental centerOct 31, 2021 7:50 pm - A convicted killer escaped Monday evening from the Elgin Mental Health Center by using a visitors pass, police said. Tolbert Walls, 31, whose last known address was on t...
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FEMA: Storm damage needs proper documentationOct 31, 2021 7:51 pm - People cleaning up after high flood waters and storms are being asked to make sure they properly document the damage to their property. Aric Schmidt, a spokesman for th...
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FEMA tours Northwest suburbs to assess flood damageOct 31, 2021 7:49 pm - The Federal Emergency Management Agency damage assessment team started exploring the worst storm damage in Northwest suburban Cook County Tuesday by concentrating on Des...
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Once a skater, always a skaterOct 31, 2021 7:44 pm - View our video presentation They say it gets into your blood. Trying it for the first time can be scary. Or thrilling. Sometimes even clumsy. No wonder it's mostl...
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ComEd defends response to stormOct 31, 2021 7:46 pm - ComEd officials said they did the best they could to restore power after the Aug. 23 and 24 storm cut power to about 630,000 of their customers. Some residents and publi...