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Below average temperatures, chance of light snow in store for Chicago’s slow winterJan 07, 2025 8:54 am - Lake effect snow is back in Chicago this week, but there are low chances for accumulation. Below average temperatures are however surely expected for this winter.
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Curing the common cold, 1890s styleJan 07, 2025 8:01 am - Long before there were cough drops, decongestants and zinc pills, there was warm lemonade, chicken jelly and arrowroot gruel. Those 19th century cold remedies were on display Sunday when Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago hosted “Farmhouse Tour: Curing a Cold in the 1890s.”
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Driver charged in double-fatal crash sent to jail for violating pretrial releaseJan 06, 2025 9:29 pm - A man charged with reckless homicide in a crash that killed two of his friends has been jailed for violating the terms of his pretrial release.
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A lot of options: $5.5 million in projects suggested for Vernon Hills’ capital planJan 06, 2025 9:21 pm - A master plan for Harvey Lake, the restoration of the Seavey drainage ditch to improve water quality in Lake Charles, and a face-lift for village hall are among the capital improvements being suggested in 2025-26 in Vernon Hills.
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Chicago area ties with NYC for worst gridlock in U.S.Jan 06, 2025 7:12 pm - Drivers in Chicago spent 102 hours on average stewing in traffic in 2024, INRIX reports.
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A bridge to somewhere? $9 million price tag for pedestrian overpass into Busse WoodsJan 06, 2025 7:06 pm - A $9 million project to build a pedestrian bridge over Arlington Heights Road near Busse Woods will connect the forest preserve to a new mixed-use development in Elk Grove Village.
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Apartments at Buffalo Grove’s The Clove almost ready for residentsJan 06, 2025 5:12 pm - The 250 Residences, the seven-story apartment building at Buffalo Grove’s The Clove is nearly ready for occupancy in some of its units.
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‘First of a kind’: Nurse earns award at Advocate Sherman in ElginJan 06, 2025 5:06 pm - Brittany Holliday, Advocate Sherman Hospital’s first staff-nominated nurse staff president, was named the hospital’s “nurse of the year.”
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LOOK: The Week in Pictures photo galleryJan 06, 2025 4:38 pm -
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Des Plaines resident scammed out of cryptocurrency investment, police sayJan 06, 2025 2:43 pm - A Des Plaines resident lost a cryptocurrency investment worth about $5,000 to a scammer, police said Monday.