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Smackdown at village hall: Elk Grove mayor wrestles with trash talk, agrees to tag team matchApr 23, 2025 7:43 pm - Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson accepted two wrestlers' challenge to join a tag team match at a summer festival, turning a village board meeting Tuesday night into a spectacle resembling a WWE event.
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The party’s over? Glen Ellyn cracks down on short-term rentalsApr 23, 2025 7:02 pm - Glen Ellyn is the latest DuPage County suburb to crack down on short-term rentals after receiving complaints about loud parties and parking problems
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Illinois joins 11 states suing the Trump administration to stop its tariff policies
Apr 23, 2025 4:27 pm - NEW YORK — A dozen states sued the Trump administration in the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York on Wednesday to stop its tariff policy, saying it is unlawful...
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Ukraine defiant on US pressure as Trump accuses Zelenskyy of boasting
Apr 23, 2025 4:16 pm - KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy insisted Wednesday that Russia must accept a full ceasefire before negotiations, thwarting U.S. efforts to gain quick conce...
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Barrington breaks ground on long-awaited Route 14 underpassApr 23, 2025 4:14 pm - In an event 17 years in the making, Barrington officials finally sank shovels in the dirt Wednesday, getting construction on the Route 14 underpass officially underway.
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‘Various containers of elements’: Big Butler Lake Park project in Libertyville headed to summer openingApr 23, 2025 4:13 pm - Work on a $1.2 million improvement project at Butler Lake Park in Libertyville is moving toward a summer opening.
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Iowa town hall attendees turn on each other as Sen. Grassley faces heated questions
Apr 23, 2025 4:00 pm - NORTHWOOD, Iowa — Iowans attending a forum Wednesday hosted by Sen. Chuck Grassley started to turn on each other as the lawmaker faced heated questions about President Do...
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Israeli strike in Gaza kills 23 as Arab mediators seek long-term truce
Apr 23, 2025 3:54 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — An overnight Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City killed 23 people, as Arab mediators worked on a proposal to end the war wi...
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‘Heavy and heartbreaking’: Highland Park survivors testify as sentencing beginsApr 23, 2025 3:47 pm - The man who admitted to killing seven people and wounding dozens more at Highland Park’s 2022 Independence Day parade was a no-show Wednesday for the start of his sentencing hearing.
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Amid retirement reports, Schakowsky says she’ll announce decision May 5Apr 23, 2025 3:38 pm - Veteran Democratic U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Evanston on Wednesday said she hasn’t made up her mind about running in 2026 but will announce her intent soon.