Prospect Heights
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Tee up for Sept. 5 D214 Education Foundation benefitJul 18, 2024 9:25 am - Outdoor golf benefit events are fun but also subject to the whim of whatever form of weather happens to descend on the course that day. Storms? Extreme heat? Historically early snowfall? Who wants any of that? No one.
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Suburban Cook County resident has year’s first human case of West Nile virusJul 21, 2024 8:45 am - The Illinois Department of Public Health has identified the first human case of West Nile virus so far this year, the agency said Wednesday.
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Harper College Educational Foundation awards $40,000 to local nonprofitsJul 17, 2024 1:30 pm - The Harper College Educational Foundation recently awarded $40,000 to five, local nonprofit organizations in the third year of its Community Innovation Fund Grant Program.
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Krishnamoorthi secures $500,000 in grants for roads near Hoffman Estates’ Bell Works developmentJul 17, 2024 6:18 pm - Local officials on Tuesday attended Democratic Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi’s ceremonial presentation of $500,000 in federal funding he secured toward a planned $18.9 million improvement of Central Road serving Bell Works Chicagoland and other businesses in Hoffman Estates and South Barrington.
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Cook County ranked fifth in nation for digital accessJul 16, 2024 1:19 pm - The Center for Digital Government has recognized Cook County as one of America's leading digital counties, ranking it fifth among counties with populations of 1 million or more in the 2024 Digital Counties Survey, officials announced.
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A $500 million plan for the future: Brookfield Zoo Chicago to revamp campus, introduce new animalsJul 24, 2024 5:16 pm - Brookfield Zoo Chicago on Tuesday unveiled a bold, $500 million plan to redesign parts of the campus, expand its conservation role and bolster its endowment. The plan calls for a new thematic layout based on 14 ecoregions of the world. Those zones will represent a range of landscapes, from the rugged terrain of the Himalayas to the scrublands of southwestern Australia.
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‘A big win for the community’: How $6 million project aims to end decades of flooding in WheelingJul 14, 2024 8:05 pm - A $6 million flood-prevention project is underway in Wheeling.
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Sheriff: Man dies after apparent medical emergency in jailJul 13, 2024 3:50 pm - A 32-year-old man has died after he suffered an apparent medical emergency in the Cook County Jail’s residential treatment unit Friday afternoon, authorities said. Ahmad...
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COVID numbers are climbing, but not as rapidly as in other statesJul 15, 2024 6:48 am - COVID numbers are on the rise again, but public health experts said Illinois isn’t yet seeing the spikes other states are reporting.
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Camp I Am Me Golf Classic on Sept. 24 support youth burn survivorsJul 12, 2024 1:04 pm - Mount Prospect-based nonprofit Camp I Am Me by Illinois Fire Safety Alliance will host its fourth annual Golf Classic Tuesday, Sept. 24, at Chevy Chase Country Club in Wheeling.