News
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‘Mini-forests’ are rare in the US. The Algonquin Garden Club is planting one in Kane County
Oct 01, 2025 1:24 pm - Launching a first-of-its-kind ecological project in the region, the Algonquin Garden Club will transform a small plot in the Dixie Briggs Fromm Nature Preserve in Dundee Township into a "mini-forest."
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‘Many live paycheck to paycheck’: Shutdown will impact local workers, airports and services, stakeholders sayOct 01, 2025 12:35 pm - Thousands of city and suburban federal employees will be without pay with courts and pollution monitoring impacted by shutdown.
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Divers halt missing-person search of Fox River in Carpentersville
Oct 01, 2025 12:07 pm - Police and fire personnel responded to a report Tuesday evening of a “possible missing person in the Fox River” in Carpentersville.
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Crystal Lake police contradict claim about rifle outside public library
Oct 01, 2025 12:06 pm - Crystal Lake police are contradicting a signed criminal complaint indicating that a defendant is accused of hiding a rifle in the bushes outside the local public library, which is less than 1,000 feet from a school.
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Four women honored for leadership at Barrington area eventOct 01, 2025 11:27 am - Nearly 100 community business owners and leaders gathered at Biltmore Country Club in North Barrington recently for the eighth annual Outstanding Women Leaders Awards Luncheon.
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Sewing with fire: Harper student brings together fashion, welding skillsOct 01, 2025 11:12 am - At Harper College, Katsiaryna Piatsevich is pursuing an unlikely duo of credentials in welding and fashion. Her latest achievement: Watching her garments walk the runway at a Rome fashion show.
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Mount Prospect putting new life into an old reservoirOct 01, 2025 9:18 am - An old warhorse of Mount Prospect’s water infrastructure is getting back into shape, as crews carry out much needed repairs at the village’s potable water reservoir Booster Pumping Station 4.
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House speaker unsure if there’s enough support for Bears stadium tax breakSep 30, 2025 9:50 pm - Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch on Tuesday expressed uncertainty about whether tax break legislation that could lead to a Bears move to Arlington Heights will pass.
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Trump administration moves to defund inspector general watchdog group
Sep 30, 2025 7:28 pm - The Trump administration plans to end funding starting Wednesday for an oversight group that helps inspectors general root out waste, fraud and abuse, marking the latest example of President Donald Trump’s drive to limit federal watchdog activities.
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Trump, Hegseth lecture military leaders in rare, politically charged summit
Sep 30, 2025 4:57 pm - Hundreds of the U.S. military’s top leaders listened in silence to highly partisan addresses from President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday, with each harshly criticizing their predecessors and hyping their political objectives during a summit that was extraordinary in nature but ultimately broke little new ground.