Cook County
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Prospect Heights approves 4-year contract with public works union retroactive to MayFeb 13, 2024 10:40 pm - Prospect Heights City Council members Monday voted 4-0 to approve a four-year contract retroactive to last May with the public works department’s employee union. The new ...
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Elgin Kiwanis offering grants to nonprofits benefiting childrenFeb 13, 2024 10:01 pm - The Kiwanis Club of Elgin is offering grants to organizations or agencies with programs which benefit children in the greater Elgin area. Each year, proceeds from Kiwanis...
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Barrington takes 3rd in MSL on Peipert’s last-second layupFeb 13, 2024 9:50 pm - Barrington’s Nick Peipert is usually better throwing passes than catching one. Peipert caught a pass and turned it into a winning layup with three seconds left as Barring...
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Puppy love: How the friendship between a suburban postal carrier and a Chihuahua became a social media sensationFeb 13, 2024 7:00 pm - This is the story of how best pals Frannie, a long-haired chihuahua, and Hoffman Estates postal carrier Dan Larsen sparked a social media sensation that has attracted more than 730,000 followers and whose online videos have garnered hundreds of millions of views.
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Barrington considers hiring crossing guards at railroad tracksFeb 13, 2024 6:38 pm - Barrington officials are in discussions to add crossing guards to assist pedestrians at railroad crossings in town. It is one of the actions officials say they are pursui...
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French market may set up shop in ElmhurstFeb 13, 2024 5:06 pm - Elmhurst could say “bonjour” to a French market this summer. City officials have drafted an agreement to allow Bensidoun USA to operate a new weekly market near the Elmhurst Art Museum.
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Man pleads guilty to drug conspiracy in case where Carol Stream victim diedFeb 13, 2024 4:51 pm - A man accused of drug-induced homicide in the fentanyl-laced heroin overdose of a Carol Stream man has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. Nathan Crosby, 38, of Willowbroo...
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New interactive map shows available and planned shared-use paths in Lake CountyFeb 13, 2024 4:46 pm - Information on short and long-term path and transportation projects available at Lake County Division of Transportation site With biking and other outdoor activities...
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‘An institution’: Mount Prospect bakery is paczki central on Fat TuesdayFeb 13, 2024 4:38 pm - Eating the Polish pastries known as paczkis — commonly pronounced poonch-keys or ponch-keys — is a Fat Tuesday tradition before the fasting of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday.
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Refrigerators, trucks and shelving: DuPage County awards nearly $1 million to help food pantriesFeb 13, 2024 4:32 pm - DuPage County Board members Tuesday approved nearly $1 million in funding requests from food pantries to help cover capital needs such as refrigerators, trucks or technol...