Cook County Submitted Content
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Five homes in Rolling Meadows are stopping trafficDec 10, 2017 10:00 pm - What do the Black Eyed Peas, Michael Bublé, Mannheim Steamroller and singer Kelly Clarkson have to do with a Christmas display in a Rolling Meadows neighborhood? They p...
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A look at Mount Prospect's record-setting 10th mayor, Gerald 'Skip' FarleyDec 08, 2017 12:00 am - Mount Prospect's 10th mayor, Gerald L. "Skip" Farley, grew up on a farm in Guthrie County, Iowa. There, he learned the value of public service from his father, who spent...
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Why comic books were banned in Mount ProspectDec 04, 2017 10:00 pm - Editor's note: Mike Korcek, former sports information director at Northern Illinois University, and Gary Colabuono, former owner of Moondog comics, put together this acc...
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Bulgarian cultural center open in Arlington HeightsDec 03, 2017 10:00 pm - Arlington Heights is home to a Bulgarian cultural center that earlier this fall attracted a surprise visit from Bulgarian President Rumen Radev. Three Bulgarian national...
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The history of St. Mark Lutheran ChurchNov 28, 2017 10:00 pm - St. Mark Lutheran Church began as the Mount Prospect Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1945 when five families were approached by Chicago pastors and asked to begin a missi...
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Six historic homes featured on Mount Prospect's HousewalkNov 27, 2017 10:00 pm - Those who have enjoyed celebrating Mount Prospect's Centennial over the past approximately 18 months won't want to miss one of its highlights - the Mount Prospect Histor...
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Carolyn Krause: Mount Prospect's first woman mayorNov 20, 2017 10:00 pm - With her election as Mount Prospect's ninth mayor in 1977, a 38-year-old attorney by the name of Carolyn Krause achieved her first of three historical feats for the vill...
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Long Grove Vintage Holidays kicks off Nov. 24Nov 20, 2017 10:00 pm - An annual family tradition returns to its small-town setting when Long Grove Vintage Holidays kicks off Friday, Nov. 24. Presented by the Historic Downtown Long Grove ...
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Former columnist publishes a book about motherhoodNov 16, 2017 10:00 pm - Former Daily Herald columnist and Arlington Heights resident Becky Baudouin has written a new book, "Cancer, Faith and Unexpected Joy: What my Mother Taught Me About How...
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Meet Louise Koester, village's first woman doctorNov 14, 2017 10:00 pm - Mount Prospect was one of the first Chicago area suburbs to obtain - and accept - the services of a woman physician. That intrepid woman was Dr. Louise Koester, a nativ...