Local Politics
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League to host candidate forums March 6-7Feb 26, 2018 10:00 pm - The League of Women Voters of the Elgin Area will host two more candidate forums for the March 20 primary. • On Tuesday, March 6, Dundee/Rutland Townships Candidate Foru...
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No-wake declared on Fox River, ChainFeb 26, 2018 12:00 am - No-wake status has been declared on the entire Fox River and Chain O' Lakes from the Wisconsin border to the Algonquin Dam in Algonquin, the Fox Waterway Agency announce...
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Endorsements: For Lake County Board, GOP: Barr, Werfel, Bartels, StarkeyFeb 25, 2018 12:00 am - District 3: Barr Republican primary voters will choose between Dick Barr and James Mitchell to replace Tom Weber, who is not seeking reelection. Mitchell, who is r...
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Endorsements: Chaplin, Kendorski, Renehan, Basco, Orsinger, Ozog, Rutledge, Green for Dems on DuPage board.Feb 25, 2018 12:00 am - There's something new in the March 20 primary for DuPage County Democrats: the chance to vote in four contested county board races. The emergence of an unusually high n...
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Fox River declared no-wake between McHenry and Algonquin damsFeb 23, 2018 12:00 am - Due to extreme snow melt, heavy rains, and frozen ground, the Fox Waterway Agency has declared no-wake status on the lower Fox River. The lower river stretches from the ...
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Register to vote in Lake CountyFeb 23, 2018 12:00 am - Lake County residents still have several opportunities to register for the first time or update an existing record before the March 20 Primary Election. Online registrat...
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Three Republicans squaring off in DuPage District 1 board raceFeb 19, 2018 12:00 am - DuPage board member Sam Tornatore says the county's biggest challenge is to provide essential services when the state is keeping millions of dollars that traditionally g...
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Kane sheriff hopefuls differ on how to fight heroin, opioid abuseFeb 19, 2018 12:00 am - Last year, 67 people in Kane County died of heroin and opioid-related drug overdoses - more than one a week. And the state's attorney's office has teamed with other area...
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Two Republican candidates have different vision for Lake County Forest Preserve developmentFeb 19, 2018 12:00 am - One Republican candidate for county board wants more amenities at Wauconda-area site
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Crespo endorses Kaegi for Cook County assessorFeb 16, 2018 12:00 am - State Rep. Fred Crespo, a Hoffman Estates Democrat, broke with Cook County Democratic Chairman Joseph Berrios on Friday to endorse his March 20 primary opponent in the c...