DuPage County
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Quiet on the set! Teens strip away sound for the ninth annual Student Silent Film FestivalJan 21, 2026 4:44 pm - The Student Silent Film Festival is a competition where students from 12 Chicago area high schools create original silent films without voices or sound effects. The ninth annual festival will be Jan. 28 at the Tivoli Theatre in Downers Grove.
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‘You find your niche’: How service clubs like Kiwanis, Rotary attract new membersJan 21, 2026 4:40 pm - During my years as a service club member from 1987 to 2010, something bothered me. How would the club move into the future without younger members?
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Aurora to provide building for clean-energy job trainingJan 21, 2026 4:21 pm - Students in a clean-energy jobs training program will have a better place to learn and practice skills, as the city of Aurora is going to let them use a former water and sewer division building.
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Authorities: Aurora police shoot, kill man armed with a knifeJan 21, 2026 3:37 pm - Aurora police shot a man Wednesday afternoon while investigating a report of a crime, authorities announced.
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Getting a volleyball past Schaumburg’s Vincent is one tall orderJan 21, 2026 2:59 pm - Schaumburg High School freshman Frankie Vincent was among several area players who in November helped win a bronze medal at the NORCECA U17 Continental Championship in Managua, Nicaraugua.
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Schaumburg mayor delivers State of the Village address during 70th anniversary yearJan 21, 2026 1:09 pm - Sandwiched between two pivotal years, Schaumburg Mayor Tom Dailly delivered his annual State of the Village address before the local business community Wednesday at the start of the village’s 70th anniversary.
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Overshadowed Theatrical Productions puts on musical ‘Adventures of Tom Sawyer’Jan 21, 2026 1:03 pm - Overshadowed Theatrical Productions will present “The Adventures of Tom Saywer, Theatre for Young Audiences” beginning Friday, Jan. 23.
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No one hurt in fire at Des Plaines businessJan 21, 2026 11:47 am - No one was hurt Wednesday morning in a fire at Prairie Material, 385 E. Touhy Ave. Des Plaines.
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Naper Settlement commemorates America’s 250th with flag raising, exhibits and eventsJan 21, 2026 11:39 am - Naperville Heritage Society kicks off year-long celebration of 250th anniversary of Declaration of Independence. A commemorative America250 Flag was raised at Naper Settlement with remarks from the mayor, congressman, and veterans.
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Downers Grove council rejects zoning change to increase children allowed at home day centersJan 21, 2026 11:26 am - Downers Grove commissioners have rejected a proposal to allow more children at home day care centers.