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Batavia looks ahead to continued population growth in 2024
Jan 04, 2024 3:11 pm - New townhouses, Chicago transplants, possibility of 2,200 more Fermi employees
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Get into the groove at new hybrid record store/taproom in LisleJan 04, 2024 2:16 pm - A new business in Lisle is combining the resurgent cool of vinyl records with the deliciousness of cold craft beer. Crooked Arm Vinyl & Tap opened this week in Lisle’s Co...
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Alice Howenstine, curbside recycling pioneer in McHenry County, dies at 93
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Des Plaines actor’s ‘full circle moment’ comes with lead role in Porchlight’s ‘Anything Goes’Jan 04, 2024 10:05 am - “Anything Goes,” Cole Porter’s 1934 tuner about the romantic shenanigans unfolding on an ocean liner bound from New York to London, has a special place in Luke Nowakowski...
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Opioid death rates remain at record levels while homicides declineJan 04, 2024 9:30 am - Fatal opioid overdoses in Cook County in 2023 nearly matched the record-breaking levels in 2022, but homicides fell by 14% since 2022, according to preliminary data relea...
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‘We're open to creative suggestions’: Wauconda looking for new use for original village hallJan 04, 2024 9:19 am - The original Wauconda village hall is prominently located downtown and has views and access to Bangs Lake. But the two-story structure built in 1907 requires more work th...
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Round Lake Area library to seek voter permission to borrow $36.4 millionJan 04, 2024 8:09 am - The Round Lake Area Public Library District will be asking voters for permission to borrow about $36.4 million to build a new library to replace the current facility at 9...
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Warrenville, Pingree Grove among Midwestern towns that will be counted again like it’s 2020Jan 04, 2024 5:30 am - Four years after the last census, almost a dozen small communities in the Midwest — including Warrenville and Pingree Grove — are going to be counted again in hopes of mo...
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Buffalo Grove police promote trio of commandersJan 03, 2024 8:53 pm - The new year brought changes within Buffalo Grove’s police ranks, as three former lieutenants were sworn in Tuesday as commanders. The promotions come after a wave of ret...
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With buses coming to suburbs and Chicago, state launching intake center for migrantsJan 03, 2024 8:21 pm - Illinois will launch an intake center in Chicago for migrants being transported here from Texas, state officials announced Wednesday. The facility will be within Chicago...