Kane County Lifestyle
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Helping where they can: Elgin’s Centro de Informacion assists newcomersDec 01, 2024 9:00 pm - Help when you can. If Julia Perez’s family had a motto, that would be it. That family value led the bilingual Perez to volunteer at Elgin’s Centro de Informacion, where ...
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New chapters: Biking books serve up armchair adventuresDec 01, 2024 4:00 am - Inclement weather keeping you indoors? Recent biking books, co-reviewed with others, serve up armchair adventures and thoughts on safety as potential stocking stuffers for yourself and others.
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Kane County Animal Control updates rabies tag feesNov 29, 2024 7:21 pm - Starting Jan. 1, 2025, Kane County Animal Control will update its 1-year and 3-year rabies tag fees for non-neutered animals owned by individuals 65 years of age and older to $10.
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Sewa Diwali food drives and Thanksgiving both embrace gratitude and giving to those in needNov 29, 2024 1:29 pm - For Sewa Diwali 2024 in Schaumburg, Hoffman Estates, Bartlett, and Carpentersville, kids in kindergarten to high school organized food collection in neighborhoods and at grocery stores with Sewa Diwali posters and flyers.
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Libertyville High grad making good on a sweet dreamNov 29, 2024 10:30 am - While many spend a lifetime figuring out what they want to be when they grow up, Shane Wimmer knew from an early age that he wanted to make a career out of creating sweet treats.
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4 years and thousands of pounds of food later, Algonquin boy is determined to do even more for local pantryNov 28, 2024 11:17 am - Four years ago, Leo Bonilla, a student at Neubert Elementary School in Algonquin, saw a TV news report of people waiting in long lines for food during the COVID-19 pandemic. He took his change jar of $22 and raised $100 for his school food pantry. Now in his fifth year of fundraising, Leo has collected thousands of dollars and pounds of food for the District 300 Food Pantry.
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Geneva horse-drawn Carriage Rides add a festive touch to the seasonNov 28, 2024 6:16 am - Embrace the enchantment of the holidays with a complimentary carriage ride through historic Downtown Geneva.
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Grief & healing: Now onward to December holidaysNov 28, 2024 1:28 am - Every holiday needs a plan. So I am working on it. It should include decorations, food, preparations and especially what you plan to do on the day itself.
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Whooping cough surging in Kane CountyNov 26, 2024 8:03 pm - After dropping to zero cases in 2021 and notching just 16 in 2023, Whooping cough has surged this year in Kane County, with 92 cases on record so far.
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‘A different type of shelter’: Hawthorn Woods approves PAWS’ facilityNov 26, 2024 5:24 pm - Detailed planning for PAWS Chicago's first suburban location will proceed in Hawthorn Woods with unanimous approval by village officials.