DuPage County Lifestyle
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Home & garden calendar, Jan. 12-18Jan 07, 2025 7:36 pm - Turf grass alternatives, vegetable gardening basics and more.
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Methodists to honor MLK’s legacy Jan. 19 at Downers Grove churchJan 07, 2025 6:25 pm - Methodists will honor Martin Luther King's memory with the Rev. Danita Anderson speaking on "The Unfinished Agenda."
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Triumphant turnaround: Once denied enlistment, former metalhead becomes National Guard’s top recruiter in IllinoisJan 07, 2025 11:22 am - Francisco Orozco went from an overweight bass player rejected by a recruiter to the top Army National Guard recruiter in Illinois, changing his life and paying it forward.
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Thermal drone locates Charlie, a dog from Crystal Lake who was missing for a weekJan 07, 2025 9:00 am - Charlie, a missing Bernese mountain dog, was found after a week using a thermal imaging drone that detected his heat signature. He was injured but will fully recover.
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Talk of the towns in 2024: A look back at some top local stories in Kane CountyJan 03, 2025 6:00 am - Daily Herald columnist Dave Heun takes a look back at the people, organizations and places that were featured in his “Talk of the Town” column in 2024.
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Journaling workshop helps parents address childhood trauma and adversityJan 02, 2025 4:13 pm - Award-winning science journalist and author Donna Jackson Nakazawa returns to the GPS Parent Series to introduce journaling practices that can heal trauma, calm the mind, and promote gratitude.
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Caring for homeless pets: An inside look at DuPage County’s expanded animal shelterJan 01, 2025 5:00 am - DuPage County’s newly expanded animal shelter is open. Take a look inside, and you may not find what you’d expect at a government-run animal shelter.
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The year in birds: Conservation progress, remarkable sightings highlighted 2024Dec 31, 2024 6:00 am - Birding columnist Jeff Reiter takes a look back at the year in birds: Conservation progress and remarkable sightings highlighted 2024.
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‘A nonjudgmental space’: Therapy dogs provide comfort, calm in District 211Dec 30, 2024 4:51 pm - Some of Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211’s newest therapists come with four paws.
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‘Profound impact’: Opiod settlement funds to enable counseling at Buffalo Grove High SchoolDec 30, 2024 2:04 pm - The new year will see the reinstatement of a student counseling program at Buffalo Grove High School made possible by the use of opioid settlement funds given to the village of Buffalo Grove.