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St. Zachary School in Des Plaines to close after 61 yearsApr 23, 2024 5:17 pm - A Roman Catholic elementary school in Des Plaines will close for good at the end of the current school year, the Archdiocese of Chicago confirmed Tuesday. St. Zachary...
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Des Plaines Fire Department getting new chief in MayApr 23, 2024 2:31 pm - Des Plaines Fire Chief Daniel Anderson will retire next month after more than four years leading the department and a career that spanned parts of five decades. “It i...
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No one hurt in fire at Wheeling apartment buildingApr 23, 2024 12:31 pm - No one was hurt in a fire at a Wheeling apartment building Monday afternoon, authorities said. The blaze was reported about 2:15 p.m. on the fifth floor of a five-story b...
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New interactive sculpture commissioned for Mundelein parkApr 23, 2024 9:31 am - A large, interactive sculpture of an upturned, oversized hand is coming to Mundelein’s Courtland Commons park. The village board on Monday voted to hire Kentucky artist M...
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Crime novelist to lead writing workshop at Des Plaines LibraryApr 19, 2024 2:52 pm - Crime-fiction writer Libby Fischer Hellman will lead a workshop about building suspense in your writing Wednesday at the Des Plaines Public Library, 1501 Ellinwood Ave. T...
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Wheeling expands, renames business grant programApr 19, 2024 1:27 pm - A Wheeling grant program that helps business owners pay for renovations and other site improvements is expanding again — and getting a new name. Perhaps most significantl...
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Why a former garbage dump could be turned into a solar farmApr 18, 2024 8:09 pm - A private company wants to create a solar farm on the site of a former landfill in South Barrington. The proposal is for vacant land at 541 E. Mundhank Road. The 110-acre...
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Des Plaines awards $250,000 in social service grantsApr 17, 2024 2:43 pm - Thirty-seven community programs and groups that aim to assist troubled kids, homeless people, sexual assault victims and others in need will receive grants totaling $250,...
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South Barrington cops getting pay raisesApr 16, 2024 12:21 pm - South Barrington police officers will get pay raises under a new four-year contract. The village board approved the pact with the union representing full-time patrol offi...
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Flood prevention a key focus of new North Barrington budgetApr 16, 2024 10:37 am - A flood prevention project in North Barrington is the showcase project in North Barrington’s new annual budget, officials said. The village board on Monday night approved...