DuPage County
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The Biz Week That Was: Data center plan dropped, celebrity chefs come to Aurora casino, and Wahlburgers closesJul 04, 2026 11:49 am - Rezoning request for potential data center in Hoffman Estates withdrawn The firm that owns the 186-acre Plum Farms property at Higgins Road and Route 59 in Hoffman E...
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Naperville’s Ella Burke is ‘really lucky’ to be playing soccer again. Scars only hint at her long road backJul 04, 2026 10:00 am - Former Naperville Central soccer star Ella Burke raced up and down the field doing what she does best while playing the sport she loves the most. It was a feeling Burke h...
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A ‘has to happen’ project: St. Charles hopes 2027 brings start of east side sewer upgradesJul 03, 2026 6:49 pm - St. Charles officials are hopeful that 2027 will bring the start of extensive sewer system upgrade on the city’s east side.
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Lightning likely cause of predawn Winfield house fireJul 03, 2026 3:38 pm - No residents were injured as a result of the blaze that Winfield fire and police crews responded to early Friday.
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Suburban festivals halted, fireworks shows canceled amid rainstormsJul 03, 2026 12:53 pm - Festival grounds across the suburbs were cleared out Friday afternoon and a number of fireworks shows canceled as thunderstorms wreaked havoc at the start of the July 4 weekend.
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$3.5 million tax break would help transform vacant Des Plaines bank into upscale eateryJul 03, 2026 11:31 am - A promised tax break could save a restaurateur launching a new venture in downtown Des Plaines about $3.5 million, documents reveal.
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Possible lightning strike sparks fire at Naperville hotel, causing $8 million in damageJul 03, 2026 9:43 am - A hotel on Naperville’s north side was left uninhabitable and sustained an estimated $8 million in damage following a fire late Thursday.
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Aurora-area Democrats pick teacher, union leader Jared Ploger for state Senate seat ballot spotJul 03, 2026 8:54 am - A panel of four Democratic Party suburban county chairs on Thursday selected Jared Ploger, a longtime teacher, union leader and former school board member, to replace Aurora-area state Sen. Linda Holmes on the November ballot, according to the members of the selection panel.
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Schaumburg to enhance new marketing campaign with $250,000 second phaseJul 03, 2026 8:53 am - People across the region will soon be seeing and hearing more about Schaumburg.
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‘Truly history’: Restoration breathes new life into final resting place of Cook County’s only Revolutionary War veteransJul 03, 2026 8:32 am - Elk Grove Cemetery - the resting place of the only two Revolutionary War veterans buried in Cook County - has undergone a $740,000 renovation, and will be formally rededicated Saturday on the nation’s 250th anniversary.