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Arlington Heights hires new head planner to oversee Arlington Park projectDec 13, 2024 5:22 pm - Seasoned municipal planner Emily Rodman takes the reins as Arlington Heights' planning and community development director, tasked with guiding massive projects like the potential Bears stadium.
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Woodridge police offering citizens academyDec 13, 2024 4:10 pm - Applications are due Jan. 15 for the Woodridge Police Department’s Citizens Police Academy.
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Dog dies in fire at Elgin homeless encampmentDec 13, 2024 4:04 pm - A dog died during a fire Thursday night at the homeless encampment near State and Wing streets in Elgin.
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Schaumburg eyes $10.5 million purchase of county facility to transform village gatewayDec 13, 2024 4:03 pm - Schaumburg officials are hoping to purchase a Cook County maintenance building at the southeast corner of Algonquin and Meacham roads to spur redevelopment there.
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Donations pour in to ‘save lives,’ fund winter shelter for DuPage County’s homelessDec 13, 2024 3:25 pm - DuPagePads has a street outreach team to check on people experiencing homelessness and help get them into a safe place to stay. Usually, there are around 20 to 25 people ...
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South Barrington police officer lauded for lifesaving effortsDec 13, 2024 3:00 pm - A South Barrington police officer has been publicly lauded for helping rescue someone who’d stopped breathing.
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More apartments, stores could be coming to downtown Des PlainesDec 13, 2024 2:21 pm - Months after it first was proposed, a plan for a seven-story apartment building with ground-floor retail spaces in downtown Des Plaines will be reviewed by the city council Monday.
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Barrington man indicted on charge of first-degree murder in estranged girlfriend’s deathDec 13, 2024 1:49 pm - Cook County prosecutors on Friday announced the indictment of a Barrington man who they say beat his estranged girlfriend, a Vernon Hill endocrinologist, with a baseball bat last month before shooting her in the stomach. William R. Zientek is charged with first-degree murder. He’ll be arraigned on Jan. 9.
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Des Plaines fire may have been arson, police sayDec 13, 2024 1:49 pm - A Thursday night fire on the 400 block of West Oakton Street in Des Plaines may have been deliberately set, police said.
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Prospect Heights postpones decision on backyard chicken regulationsDec 13, 2024 1:32 pm - The Prospect Heights City Council has postponed a decision expected this week on the community’s first regulations on the keeping of backyard chickens and other fowl to a future date.