Cook County
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Oak Brook Park District earns top national budget awardDec 12, 2025 6:45 pm - Oak Brook Park District earned the highest national recognition in governmental budgeting for its 2025-26 fiscal budget. The budget underwent a rigorous independent review and was evaluated for effectiveness as a policy document, financial plan, operations guide, and communications tool.
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Health club, retail tenant proposed for former Dominick’s in Buffalo Grove’s Chase PlazaDec 12, 2025 5:10 pm - A developer is proposing dividing a former Dominick’s building in Buffalo Grove into two tenant spaces for both a health club and a general retail use.
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District 54’s longest-serving board member ever to step down in JanuaryDec 12, 2025 3:49 pm - Barbara Hengels, the longest-ever member of the Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 board of education, announced Thursday she would step down Jan. 7 after 28½ years.
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Sony Pictures’ Wonderverse in Oak Brook to close this monthDec 12, 2025 3:08 pm - Less than two years after opening, Sony Pictures’ immersive entertainment venue Wonderverse in Oak Brook is slated to close this month.
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Pickleball and badminton club proposed for WheelingDec 12, 2025 2:24 pm - The Wheeling village board meets Monday night to discuss plans to open a club for pickleball and badminton players as well as other business.
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Arrest made in death of infant found in Lake County woods five years agoDec 12, 2025 2:05 pm - Five years after Riverwoods police began investigating the death of an infant whose remains were found in a wooded area near Riverwoods, an arrest has been made.
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Bell Works in Hoffman Estates to see massive expansion and welcome first residents in 2026Dec 12, 2025 1:38 pm - Construction of 164 high-end townhouses and redevelopment of the commercial west side of Bell Works Chicagoland in Hoffman Estates are expected to be done and ready for occupancy in late summer 2026.
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District 211 board censures member for sharing closed-session discussion of fired teachersDec 12, 2025 1:32 pm - Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 board of education members censured their colleague Pete Dombrowski Thursday for sharing information about closed-session discussion that led to the firings of two Hoffman Estates High School teachers last month.
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Solar farm OK’d near Sugar Grove despite objections from villageDec 12, 2025 12:57 pm - Kane County Board members have approved the construction of an electricity-generating solar panel farm near Sugar Grove.
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‘Freedom and choice at the end of life:’ Pritzker signs controversial Medical Aid in Dying billDec 12, 2025 11:16 am - The governor took weeks deciding whether to sign “Deb’s Law,” named after a Lombard woman with terminal cancer. Opponents including the Diocese of Joliet said it “contradicts moral teaching.”