McHenry County
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Home & garden calendar, Jan. 31 to Feb. 7Jan 27, 2026 7:44 pm - Learn about upcoming garden club meetings, plant sales, and educational workshops in the Chicago suburbs, including one on “Reducing Climate Change Through Composting.”
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Price tag goes up for Barrington iron filtration project by $2.5 millionJan 27, 2026 4:32 pm - Barrington is finding its iron filtration project a bit more costly than originally expected.
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Harper College opens new federally funded aviation maintenance lab at Schaumburg AirportJan 27, 2026 4:30 pm - Harper College has opened a new Harper Aviation Maintenance Lab at Schaumburg Regional Airport to provide students greater access to affordable education and hands-on training for aviation careers.
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‘A window into the past’: How preservationists hope to restore Lake Michigan shorelineJan 27, 2026 4:09 pm - The Lake Forest Open Lands Association has secured a $5.75 million federal grant to restore a ravine/bluff system along Lake Michigan.
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Barrington reaches agreement with firefighters on salaries, staffingJan 27, 2026 4:02 pm - Barrington has reached agreement with its firefighters union giving firefighters a pay raise and the department a boost in staffing.
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VFW Post 981 accepting applications for scholarshipsJan 27, 2026 3:33 pm - Arlington Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 981 is accepting applications for two scholarship grants, each worth $3,000.
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Lake Zurich takes $52 million step to bring Lake Michigan water to townJan 27, 2026 3:14 pm - The target for Lake Michigan water to flow through taps in Lake Zurich is sometime in 2028 but the nuts and bolts of the $154 million project are taking shape.
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Barrington still awaiting approval for pedestrian crossing gates at Union Pacific crossingsJan 27, 2026 2:50 pm - Barrington officials say they are making progress toward the goal of installing pedestrian crossing gates at the village’s Union Pacific Railroad crossings.
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Congressional hopeful could learn Thursday if she’ll be on ballotJan 27, 2026 1:58 pm - Weeks after being disqualified from the upcoming primary ballot, a suburban congressional candidate soon could learn if her campaign still has life.
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Two teens accused of sexually assaulting St. Viator classmate plead not guiltyJan 27, 2026 1:54 pm - Two of the three former St. Viator students accused of sexually assaulting a classmate at a graduation party in Roselle last spring were formally arraigned at hearings in DuPage County Tuesday.