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New Lake County forest preserve podcast focuses on climate changeJan 12, 2025 3:55 pm - The third season of “Words of the Woods,” the Lake County Forest Preserves’ award-winning podcast about nature and history, is underway. This season focuses on climate change.
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Lake County to conduct ‘Point in Time’ count of homeless Jan. 29Jan 12, 2025 3:55 pm - Volunteers are needed to help end homelessness by participating in the Lake County 2025 Point In Time Count the night of Wednesday, Jan. 29.
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Another fire breaks out at Elgin homeless encampment, as city moves closer to relocating residentsJan 12, 2025 1:28 pm - Another fire broke out late Saturday night at a homeless encampment along the Fox River in Elgin, engulfing multiple structures but causing no reported injuries, authorities said.
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State trooper critically injured, two others hurt in South Barrington crashJan 12, 2025 10:29 am - An Illinois State Police trooper suffered critical injuries and two others were hurt in a five-vehicle crash Saturday morning in South Barrington.
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Algonquin library branch reopens after five-month renovationJan 12, 2025 9:27 am - The Algonquin Area Public Library’s Eastgate Branch has reopened after being closed for five months during a $6 million renovation.
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Departing US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel looks back at his tenure
Jan 11, 2025 5:53 pm - TOKYO — U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel looked back at his three-year tenure and was confident that he played a role in reinvigorating the Japan-U. S. relationship,...
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Judge who blocked release of Trump report was ‘plainly’ wrong, special counsel tells appeals court
Jan 11, 2025 5:41 pm - WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to move swiftly in reversing a judge's order that had blocked the agency from releasing any part of ...
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Israel’s Netanyahu sends Mossad director to Gaza cease-fire talks in Qatar in sign of progress
Jan 11, 2025 5:29 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is sending the director of the Mossad foreign intelligence agency to ceasefire negotiations in Qatar...
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Charles Person, youngest of the Freedom Riders, dies at 82
Jan 11, 2025 5:23 pm - Charles Person, the youngest of the 13 original Freedom Riders, who were battered, bloodied and nearly killed as they traveled across the South in 1961, helping the civil...
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Aurora gymnastics coaches given misconduct suspensions, will appealJan 11, 2025 5:13 pm - Leaders with Olympics ties at a Aurora gymnastics center face emotional and physical misconduct allegations.