Kane County Lifestyle
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Home & garden calendar, July 21-27Jul 16, 2024 2:14 pm - Plant swaps, native garden walks, classes and more.
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A $500 million plan for the future: Brookfield Zoo Chicago to revamp campus, introduce new animalsJul 16, 2024 6:14 am - Brookfield Zoo Chicago on Tuesday unveiled a bold, $500 million plan to redesign parts of the campus, expand its conservation role and bolster its endowment. The plan calls for a new thematic layout based on 14 ecoregions of the world. Those zones will represent a range of landscapes, from the rugged terrain of the Himalayas to the scrublands of southwestern Australia.
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Home sweet home: Elgin nonprofit helps veterans furnish housesJul 15, 2024 12:01 pm - Diane Ahrens founded Operation Sweet Life three years ago with one goal in mind: to help struggling veterans make a house a home.
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Grief & healing: The light was pink and magicalJul 13, 2024 7:00 am - Memories of magical times together are the basis of the long-term grief Susan Anderson-Khleif feels after her husband died 12 years ago.
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COVID numbers are climbing, but not as rapidly as in other statesJul 12, 2024 9:31 pm - COVID numbers are on the rise again, but public health experts said Illinois isn’t yet seeing the spikes other states are reporting.
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Reflections and lessons learned on anniversary of cyclist’s deathJul 12, 2024 7:10 am - July 10 marked the second anniversary of a crash that is hard not to memorialize. Nancy Nozicka, pedaling the St. Mary’s Road shoulder near Libertyville, a frequent route for her — not even a mile from her home — was killed by a motorist drifting right.
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Finding whimsy and history in public art in the Tri-CitiesJul 12, 2024 12:15 am - The Tri-Cities is blessed to have what amounts to a “Sculpture While We Walk” aspect of our lives nearly anytime we stroll around our downtowns, parks, libraries or government buildings.
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Explore local waterways with Creek Exploration seriesJul 10, 2024 4:36 pm - Bring the family out to discover the riverine systems right in your own backyard during the “Creek Exploration Series,” hosted by the Forest Preserve District of Kane County.
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Outdoor family movie night series continues with ‘Migration’Jul 10, 2024 12:30 pm - Wesley United Methodist Church, 14 N. May St. in Aurora, will continue its summer family movie night series at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 17. "Migration," the 2023 anim...
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From classroom bees to museum murals: Lake County artist’s inspiring pathJul 10, 2024 11:44 am - Samantha Gallagher has transformed her lifelong love for insects and drawing into a business. The Lake County Forest Preserves commissioned Gallagher to create 11 cicada illustrations that make up a large part of the Dunn Museum’s special exhibition, “Celebrating Cicadas.”