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Brave the elements and bike in all types of weatherNov 07, 2024 6:35 am - Inevitable inclement weather doesn’t necessarily mean hanging up your wheels until spring. Sunday mornings through March finds various bike club members and guests in their third season of “Braver Than the Elements” at Lisle’s Morton Arboretum.
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Cook County voters give thumbs-up on referendumsNov 05, 2024 9:02 pm - Early returns are showing overwhelming support for referendums throughout the Northwest suburbs.
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School expansion and pension reform: Here’s what’s on the ballot in the Northwest suburbsOct 31, 2024 11:10 am - In addition to three statewide referendums on every Illinois ballot, voters in parts of the Northwest suburbs have decisions to make on local issues ranging from full-day kindergarten to pension reform to the sale of public land.
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Trying to ‘make it happen’: How Arlington Heights is working to resolve tax dispute between Bears, schoolsDec 22, 2023 6:33 am - Though they’ve mostly been quiet publicly, Arlington Heights and Bears officials have been working for months to resolve a property tax dispute over the NFL franchise’s 326-acre Arlington Park property, according to records obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests.
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South Barrington teen teaches art to help seniors, refugeesMay 01, 2023 5:30 am - When Hafsah Khan started painting four years ago, it served as an outlet for her emotions. “It's therapeutic ... it definitely is a coping mechanism,” said Hafsah, 16, o...
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Vote count continues in tight Cook County races, including Dist. 211, StreamwoodApr 11, 2023 1:00 am - A week of counting mail ballots has changed the pending results in some of Cook County's April 4 elections. Apparent winners in races such as the Palatine-Schaumburg Hi...
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Primary in the Northwest suburbs: County board, sheriff and school referendum decisionsJun 27, 2022 5:30 am - Party showdowns for Cook County president, sheriff and assessor, as well as in the 27th state Senate and 51st state House districts, are among the most hotly contested p...
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On Flag Day, Cook County committee chooses new banner designed by Glenbrook South studentJun 14, 2022 1:00 am - A flag designed by a Glenbrook South High School student has been tabbed to become the new banner of Cook County, county commissioners decided Tuesday. The selection of ...
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Good News Sunday: Vernon Hills woman runs a food pantry out of her garageMar 06, 2022 6:00 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: The unlikely headquarters of an enduring...
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Cook County commissioner to ask Elk Grove students how to spend federal dollarsAug 23, 2021 1:00 am - Cook County Commissioner Kevin Morrison will solicit ideas from Elk Grove High School students on how the county should spend $1 billion in federal funds during two town...
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