West Chicago Lifestyle
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DuPage Animal Services celebrates $1 million gift as shelter is ‘overflowing’ with catsAug 14, 2025 7:51 am - DuPage County Animal Services has received a $1 million donation from nonprofit DuPage Animal Friends.
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‘It’s going to be a game changer’: DuPage’s Crisis Recovery Center opening soon in WheatonAug 12, 2025 9:42 am - DuPage officials are preparing to open a $25.8 million Crisis Recovery Center in Wheaton. It’s hailed as the first facility of its kind in Illinois.
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‘Flying jewels’: Naperville man has seen 237 species of hummingbirdsAug 11, 2025 1:15 pm - Denis Kania of Naperville is fairly obsessed with hummingbirds. He’s been to 30 countries and has seen 237 of the 367 hummingbird species.
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A.R.F. hosts annual fall garage sale to benefit local rescue animalsAug 08, 2025 4:07 pm - The Animal Rescue Foundation's Fall 2025 Garage Sale offers bargains on a wide variety of items, with all proceeds supporting the organization's mission to rescue and re-home homeless pets in the Chicago area.
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DuPage Airport hosts free back-to-school celebrationAug 07, 2025 1:14 pm - The DuPage Airport hosted its free back-to-school celebration Thursday with the city of West Chicago.
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Easterseals ride, festival mark 10 years of supporting adaptive cycling for kidsAug 04, 2025 10:20 am - Easterseals DuPage and Fox Valley marks the 10th anniversary of Bike for the Kids, a community festival where riders, teams, and advocates support adaptive biking experiences and pediatric therapies for children with disabilities.
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Loss of federal funding will hit DuPage public radio station — but experts say it’s in a better position than many othersJul 26, 2025 12:00 pm - The station manager for WDCB radio doesn’t like the idea that the College of DuPage-owned station is poised to lose roughly $140,000, thanks to Congress and the president eliminating federal funding for public radio and television. But it is not a dire situation, according to station manager Dan Bindert.
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Meet your local first responders at National Night Out eventsJul 25, 2025 3:17 pm - Towns across the suburbs are hosting National Night Out celebrations with family activities, food and emergency vehicle displays.
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Annual motorcycle rally to raise fentanyl awareness, support grieving familiesJul 23, 2025 5:09 pm - On Saturday, Aug. 2, the ninth annual “Ride for John — Remember U.S. ALL“ event, organized by My Child’s Life Matters, aims to raise fentanyl awareness and support grieving families when hundreds of motorcycles will meet in St. Charles and ride to Carol Stream.
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‘Really incredible’: Zoo’s new Gorilla Conservation Center brings students and animals togetherJul 20, 2025 9:00 pm - Brookfield Zoo Chicago has unveiled a prominent new home for the King Conservation Leadership Academy. And it has “one of the best views, I think, any classroom anywhere ever will have,” a zoo leader said.