McHenry County Lifestyle
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Barrington-based group walks the walk in fostering adoption solutionsNov 29, 2024 10:31 am - As thousands of children in Illinois await adoption, one Barrington nonprofit is doing its part to find them permanent homes. Let It Be Us operates out of a small office, but it has big goals as it seeks to match children and teens with loving families.
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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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Care, love and compassion: Former monk brings Buddhist teachings to senior livingNov 27, 2024 6:21 pm - Former Buddhist monk Mahesh Kumarasinghe is bringing his teachings of care, love and compassion to residents and fellow staff members at a senior home in Prospect Heights.
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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.
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Cook Co. Treasurer welcomes visitors to celebration of ‘Christmas Trees from Around the World’Nov 26, 2024 9:50 am - For the 21st year, Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas is celebrating ethnic holiday traditions of nearly 100 different nationalities at the “Christmas Trees from Around the World” display at her office.
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Work continues on improvements to Stone Creek Miniature Golf in GenevaNov 22, 2024 4:00 am - The rebuilding of the Stone Creek Mini-Golf hut in Geneva’s Wheeler Park should be a welcome addition to the popular family recreation site.
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Daily Herald photo contest winners for October 2024Nov 20, 2024 5:11 pm - October was a month of bright colors and vivid scenes for the Daily Herald’s amateur photo contest, with entries featuring a fireworks display, the natural world and a peek at a street in Germany.
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Treatment shows promise for Lake County’s Blanding’s turtlesNov 18, 2024 3:50 pm - Ecologists from the Lake County Forest Preserves are testing an experimental treatment to protect Blanding’s turtles from a dangerous, potentially fatal fungal disease.