Cook County
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Vintage Days to expand to multiple spots in Long GroveJul 17, 2024 3:39 pm - The annual Vintage Days festival is expanding for its 2024 return to Long Grove. It will take place Saturday and Sunday, July 27 and 28.
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Hot ticket: Metropolis’ rafter-rattling ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ worth every pennyJul 17, 2024 2:52 pm - Music and theater fans who are considering attending Metropolis Performing Arts Centre’s marvelous “Million Dollar Quartet”: Get your tickets now before it’s too late.
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Beer and Big Wheels: Emmett’s Brewing celebrates 25 years in West DundeeJul 17, 2024 2:28 pm - Emmett’s Brewing Co. is celebrating 25 years in downtown West Dundee with a Brewfest Saturday, July 20, featuring live music, food, beer and, wait for it ... adult Big Wheel races.
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Des Plaines to spend $134 million to replace lead pipesJul 17, 2024 2:14 pm - Des Plaines officials plan to spend $134 million over 20 years replacing water service lines made from lead or galvanized steel.
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Suburban Cook County resident has year’s first human case of West Nile virusJul 17, 2024 2:13 pm - 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 1:32 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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Ben Tatar & the Tatar Tots bring high-energy show for kids to Arlington HeightsJul 17, 2024 12:15 pm - The Arlington Heights Park District presented a concert for kids by Ben Tatar & the Tatar Tots on Tuesday at North School Park.
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Schaumburg man finishes 2nd at World Series of Poker’s Main Event tableJul 17, 2024 12:14 pm - Jordan Griff, a onetime Schaumburg resident, finished second at the World Series of Poker’s No Limit Hold’em Main Event and pocketed $6 million in winnings.
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U-46 music teacher hopes to take crown at pageant in RosemontJul 17, 2024 11:39 am - Justine Izewski — a music teacher at a Hanover Park elementary school by day who gives private music lessons by night at a Schaumburg coffee shop — hopes to have a homefield advantage on the hundreds of other competitors who will descend on a Rosemont hotel later this month for the Petite USA Pageant.
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Free ride event for disabled people at Schaumburg SeptemberfestJul 17, 2024 10:53 am - Schaumburg Township’s Disability & Senior Services Department will be offering free rides at the Septemberfest carnival for people with disabilities, their immediate family members and caregivers.