St. Charles
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Home & garden calendar, April 21-May 2Apr 21, 2026 1:14 pm - Upcoming gardening club meetings and events in the Chicago suburbs, covering topics like sustainable stormwater management, container garden arrangements and more. Also listings of wildflower walks, plant sales and shows.
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‘A place like Duke speaks for itself’: Former Burlington Central star Scharnowski commitsApr 21, 2026 9:09 am - Burlington Central graduate Drew Scharnowski announced he is transferring to Duke for the 2026-27 college basketball season.
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Softball: Zawadzki pitches, hits North Stars past WW SouthApr 20, 2026 9:29 pm - Softball: St. Charles North beat Wheaton Warrenville South 10-0 on Monday.
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High Five: Top prep sports events coming up this weekApr 20, 2026 6:21 pm - This edition of the High Five looks at the top prep events coming up this week.
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St. Charles pledges $224K to Lazarus House to aid those facing homelessnessApr 20, 2026 11:24 am - As housing prices continue to rise, St. Charles has plans to provide stable housing options for residents struggling to get by.
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Drilling down: A look at road construction in your neighborhoodApr 19, 2026 8:45 pm - Driving in Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry or Will counties? We pinpoint the local traffic hot spots this construction season.
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Baseball: Whiff of Jacobs’ Colons too much for Burlington CentralApr 17, 2026 10:04 pm - A splash of cologne can be a good thing. A double splash of Colon can be a bad thing for opponents of Jacobs’ baseball team. Burlington Central got a whiff Friday, as jun...
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Softball: Quigley overcomes early woes, helps St. Charles North walk-off St. Charles East in eight inningsApr 17, 2026 9:15 pm - Miranda Quigley wanted to make sure she wasn’t walking home with a golden sombrero. After striking out in each of her first three at-bats, the St. Charles North senior ca...
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Baseball: Geneva takes St. Charles North series behind Minderman’s gemApr 17, 2026 9:13 pm - AJ Minderman was determined to finish what he started. Despite strong winds blowing out to straightaway center field while facing defending DuKane Conference champion St....
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Device that helps make space travel possible named ‘Coolest Thing Made in Illinois’Apr 16, 2026 3:07 pm - Chemring Energetic Devices, a Downers Grove-based company that engineers and manufactures devices for NASA, won the title of Coolest Thing Made in Illinois as part of the annual Makers Madness competition held by the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association. The devices, NASA Standard Initiators, have been used in space flight going back to the 1970s and are crucial to maneuvering, separation and staging. The NSIs triumphed over a field of more than 100 entries and after nearly 167,000 votes were cast.