Kane County
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95th Lake County Fair promises five days of funJul 23, 2024 5:00 am - The Lake County Fair is returning for its 95th year, offering rides, food, live music, motocross, monster trucks, a demolition derby, bull riding, pig races, livestock competitions and more.
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‘Sculpture’ featured at Fine Line’s Kavanagh Gallery through Aug. 8Jul 22, 2024 10:57 pm - An eclectic mix of formal and whimsical artworks are now on display at the “Sculpture” exhibit at Fine Line Creative Arts Center’s Kavanagh Gallery in St. Charles. Many of the artists are from Illinois.
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President of Hoffman Estates company dies from injuries suffered in accident that also killed CEOJul 22, 2024 7:35 pm - The president of Hoffman Estates-based international software firm Vistex died Friday from complications of multiple injuries suffered in an accidental fall that had instantly killed the company’s founder and CEO in India last January.
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Geneva store damaged by fireJul 22, 2024 7:30 pm - A Geneva business suffered smoke and heat damage in a fire Monday morning. The fire happened around 6:45 a.m. at a house in the 100 block of Hamilton Street, authorities ...
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Kane Health Department gives out free naloxone to stop overdose deathsJul 22, 2024 5:51 pm - The Kane County Health Department is distributing a free medication, naloxone, to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose, officials announced in a news release.
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Travelers warned about rise of passport application scamsJul 22, 2024 4:15 pm - U.S. passport processors in Schaumburg Township and Hoffman Estates say would-be international travelers recently have fallen victim to scammers who charged them to download free application forms or collected their personal information.
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DuPage Medical Society Foundation awards 17 scholarship grantsJul 22, 2024 3:59 pm - The DuPage Medical Society Foundation board of trustees recently announced the awarding of 17 student scholarships.
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Number of homes sold continues to tumble year-over-yearJul 22, 2024 2:38 pm - From June 2023 to June 2024, the number of detached, single-family homes sold in the Chicago suburbs fell nearly 20 percent.
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‘She always put residents first’: Vernon Hills mourns loss of former Mayor Barbara WilliamsJul 22, 2024 2:11 pm - Barb Williams, long-time Vernon Hills trustee, mayor and community supporter died last week at age 80.
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Geneva District 304 to pay $60K to family of bullied boyJul 22, 2024 1:16 pm - Geneva Unit District 304 and its insurer agreed to pay $60,000 to settle a federal lawsuit that claimed the district ignored relentless bullying of a seventh grader with special needs, according to the agreement released following a Freedom of Information Act request.