Cook County Business
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Drugstores tinker with new looks as industry faces challengesAug 16, 2024 11:35 pm - America’s drugstores are testing smaller locations and more ways to offer care as price-sensitive shoppers look elsewhere. The new stores might improve access to care and create a more lasting connection with customers, analysts say.
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‘It’s all about the bumblebees’: Dogs looking for nests help effort to boost pollinator habitats and populationAug 16, 2024 5:06 pm - Specially-trained dogs were used in Lake County forest preserves this year to locate bumblebee nests in an effort to improve pollinator habitat.
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Jimmy’s Restaurant in Des Plaines closed, sold to new ownerAug 16, 2024 5:00 pm - Jimmy’s Restaurant in Des Plaines was sold on Aug. 6. Its future is up in the air.
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Lemont businessman sentenced to five years in prison for bribeAug 16, 2024 9:45 am - A Lemont businessman was sentenced Wednesday to five years in federal prison after admitting he bribed an employee of the Cook County assessor’s office to lower taxes on his family’s properties.
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Lavelle Law among sponsors for Aging Better Senior ExpoAug 16, 2024 9:21 am - Two attorneys representing Schaumburg-based Lavelle Law recently participated in Elderwerks’ 10th annual Aging Better Expo on Aug. 14.
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‘It’s going to happen again’: Biting mites an issue for some following cicada emergenceAug 15, 2024 6:57 pm - Like 17 years ago, a corollary effect of the periodical cicada emergence has left some people scratching unexplained red welts appearing seemingly out of nowhere.
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Hoffman Estates joins other suburbs by outsourcing crossing guardsAug 15, 2024 2:56 pm - Facing increasing difficulty finding and retaining school crossing guards, Hoffman Estates is joining neighbors Schaumburg, Hanover Park and Barrington by contracting Aurora-based Andy Frain for those services.
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Elgin officials suspect illegal dumping caused fuel slicks on Fox RiverAug 15, 2024 12:02 pm - Elgin officials are trying to learn the source of two different fuel discharges into the Fox River, but say there is no significant risk to the water or wildlife.
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Neighbors give Barrington auto dealership proposal the worksAug 14, 2024 4:56 pm - Neighbors of Motor Werks of Barrington continue to push back against a proposed expansion of the campus near the corner of Dundee Road and Grove Avenue.
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Demolition begins on mammoth Sears complex in Hoffman EstatesAug 14, 2024 4:12 pm - Structural demolition has begun on the 2.4 million square feet of office space that served as Sears’ worldwide headquarters in Hoffman Estates.