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Good News Sunday: How competition, camaraderie drive all-ages Elgin swim teamMay 05, 2024 6:00 am - In this week’s Good News Sunday column, we recap stories about a competitive swimming team for adults, a new teacher whose classroom is next to the teacher who inspired her, and a 66-year-old award-winning figure skater who is still competing.
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America’s appetite for McMansions is devouring modern architecture
May 05, 2024 6:00 am - The Zimmerman House was built for the California dream. Like other mid-century modernist homes built in Los Angeles, this 1950 Craig Ellwood project was low slung and ope...
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Biden gas station stop misrepresented on social mediaMay 05, 2024 6:00 am - President Joe Biden, while campaigning in Pennsylvania last month, made a stop at a Sheetz gas station and convenience store to pick up sandwiches for construction worker...
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The Fed indicated rates will remain higher for longer. What does that mean for you?
May 05, 2024 5:26 am - NEW YORK — Mortgage rates, credit card rates, auto loan rates, and business loans with variable rates will all likely maintain their highs, with consequences for consumer...
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Geneva High School students donate blood, write letters to seniors and veterans during Week of Giving
May 05, 2024 5:00 am - Ashley Michelli sat back in a donor chair, giving her first blood donation. “It is definitely different,” said Michelli, 17, a junior at Geneva High School. “It’s a littl...
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Kites take flight at Graf Park in WheatonMay 04, 2024 3:57 pm - ...
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Road extension, new bridges over Fox River among goals of McHenry County’s 2050 transportation plan
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St. Charles’ Dam Task Force raises questions on who owns the dam
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From promises of no new taxes to Burnham, Bears’ latest stadium presentation sounded familiarMay 04, 2024 11:45 am - As Chicago Bears executives last week presented glossy renderings and extolled the virtues of building a new stadium on the city’s lakefront, one could hear echoes of sim...
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‘We try to make every day the best day’: Sunrise day camp lets children with cancer do kid thingsMay 04, 2024 10:00 am - About this time every year, preparations intensify for the pending arrival of hundreds of kids who will attend the eight-week summer session at Elaine Frank Apachi Day Ca...