Cook County
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Suburban figure skaters set to take international stageMar 14, 2022 11:00 pm - Isabelle Martins and Ryan Bedard have come a long way from skating as toddlers at Rolling Meadows Park District's Nelson Sports Complex. The pair was selected to compete...
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Learn about urban tree health at Izaak Walton League program April 5Mar 14, 2022 11:00 pm - On Tuesday, April 5, the Elgin Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America will be hosting a program on the importance of urban tree health. The program by Brent Lunds...
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Elgin's State Street Market Shops celebrating 40 years March 19-20Mar 14, 2022 11:00 pm - State Street Market Shops in Elgin is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a “Top 40 Celebration” from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 19, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunda...
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How a trustee's inspirational signs led East Dundee to create arts councilMar 14, 2022 5:30 am - During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, East Dundee Village Trustee Tricia Saviano spent time making signs with encouraging quotes from Bob Marley. She was surpr...
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Lawmakers address concerns of Lake Michigan contamination from Waukegan power plantMar 14, 2022 5:15 am - This story has been modified from the original to correct the spelling in the name of Dave Schrader, a senior manager for communications at NRG. An environmental bi...
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'We have found it in everything': Fentanyl linked to more overdose deaths in the suburbsMar 14, 2022 5:00 am - DuPage County Coroner Richard Jorgensen began noticing an ominous shift in the opioid crisis in 2015. Heroin mixed with fentanyl - a far more lethal synthetic opioid - k...
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Who from suburbs filed for U.S. House, Senate on last dayMar 14, 2022 1:00 am - Editor's note: Story has been updated to reflect that Iymen Chehade still works for Rep. Marie Newman. The final day of petition filing for the June 28 primary elec...
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Elk's death in Busse Woods pasture may have been caused by pneumoniaMar 14, 2022 1:00 am - Pneumonia may have caused the death last week of an elk that had been part of the herd at Busse Woods, Forest Preserves of Cook County officials said Monday. The 4-year-...
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'Teachable moments': How history teachers are bringing war in Ukraine into suburban classroomsMar 14, 2022 1:00 am - As live history unfolds in Ukraine, high school social studies teachers in the suburbs are adjusting lesson plans on the fly to help their students make sense of it all....
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Big field in Democratic primary for Lake County Board with eight racesMar 14, 2022 1:00 am - Lake County voters will decide several contested races in the June 28 primary election, but only one will have countywide reach. With the weeklong filing period now clos...