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Fun City Adventure Park in Algonquin shut down over safety violations cited in state inspection
Apr 20, 2024 2:55 pm - Fun City Adventure Park in Algonquin abruptly closed after an Illinois Department of Labor inspection identified multiple violations, citing unsafe equipment and construc...
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Why the world of chocolate is in crisis
Apr 20, 2024 7:16 am - The world of chocolate is facing such immense cocoa shortages that the wild trading lured an unlikely player: Pierre Andurand, a hedge-fund manager best known for his bet...
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Schaumburg aiming to revitalize aging 573-acre industrial parkApr 20, 2024 5:15 am - Schaumburg officials hope a tax increment financing (TIF) district can provide the public resources needed to attract new investment in the village’s nearly 60-year-old, ...
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‘It takes a while’: Arlington 425 closer to getting a shovel in the groundApr 19, 2024 5:47 pm - Nearly five years after receiving zoning approvals, Arlington 425 — the proposed three-building residential and commercial campus that is touted to be the largest develop...
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Earth Day 2024: How suburban communities are celebrating the historic environmental holidayApr 19, 2024 5:44 pm - Many Aprils ago, 10% of the entire U.S. population demonstrated in cities across the nation for the first Earth Day celebration. It was April 22, 1970, and there was no E...
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Hoffman Estates officials take last look inside former Sears HQ before its demolitionApr 19, 2024 5:38 pm - Current representatives of the Hoffman Estates village board, that approved the once-mighty Sears’ corporate headquarters to move from downtown Chicago to 273 vacant acre...
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Wheeling expands, renames business grant programApr 19, 2024 1:27 pm - A Wheeling grant program that helps business owners pay for renovations and other site improvements is expanding again — and getting a new name. Perhaps most significantl...
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Discover Financial profit dives 68% as compliance costs bite
Apr 19, 2024 11:29 am - Discover Financial Services, the lender that agreed to be acquired by Capital One Financial Corp. in the year’s biggest announced deal, posted a sharp drop in first-quart...
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State Senate advances bill to ban food additives linked to health problems
Apr 19, 2024 11:13 am - The Illinois Senate passed a bill Thursday that would ban four food additives found in common products including candy, soda and baked goods.
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TMA announces new freight partner with industry leader Estes Association SolutionsApr 19, 2024 9:57 am - The Technology & Manufacturing Association (TMA) has partnered with Estes Association Solutions, the largest privately owned freight carrier in North America, to ensure small and midsize manufacturers can ship and receive critical components with efficiency and reliability throughout the country.