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State permit doesn’t entitle Sterigenics to pollution coverage, court finds
Jan 27, 2026 7:42 pm - Insurers are not necessarily required to pay out on pollution-related claims to companies with a standard liability policy, even if the company has a state permit for pollutants, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled last week.
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Amazon Fresh grocery store closures include 10 in the suburbsJan 27, 2026 6:42 pm - Amazon announced plans to close its Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go stores across the country, including 10 locations in the Chicago suburbs.
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‘A window into the past’: How preservationists hope to restore Lake Michigan shorelineJan 27, 2026 4:09 pm - The Lake Forest Open Lands Association has secured a $5.75 million federal grant to restore a ravine/bluff system along Lake Michigan.
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A ‘zoo’ without cages: Immersive holographic animal experience opens at Hawthorn mallJan 27, 2026 4:05 pm - An immersive zoo experience — without cages, live animals or virtual reality headsets — is offered at Hologram Zoo at Hawthorn mall in Vernon Hills.
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Lake Zurich takes $52 million step to bring Lake Michigan water to townJan 27, 2026 3:14 pm - The target for Lake Michigan water to flow through taps in Lake Zurich is sometime in 2028 but the nuts and bolts of the $154 million project are taking shape.
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Top US trading partners pledged to invest $5 trillion in America. These researchers have doubts.
Jan 27, 2026 3:06 pm - President Donald Trump has strong-armed many of America’s biggest trading partners into pledging trillions of dollars of investment in the United States. But a study out Tuesday raises doubts about whether the money will actually materialize and questions how it would be spent if it did.
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Dining out: Zaxbys makes Illinois debut, new Portillo’s sauce lineup, National Hot Chocolate Day and moreJan 27, 2026 2:43 pm - Zaxbys makes its Illinois debut with a new restaurant in Plainfield, Portillo’s has a new dipping sauce flight, Saturday is National Hot Chocolate Day and the new restaurant Burl is opening this weekend in Evanston.
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$2 billion data center proposal in Barrington Hills withdrawnJan 27, 2026 12:21 pm - A real estate developer has withdrawn a proposal to build a data center in Barrington Hills, officials announced.
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Amazon is closing its Fresh grocery, Go convenience stores
Jan 27, 2026 11:39 am - Amazon.com Inc. is shuttering its Amazon-branded grocery stores and automated grab-and-go markets, eliminating two centerpieces of its push into physical retail.
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Craft brewery planning to open at different site in downtown MundeleinJan 27, 2026 11:18 am - Entrepreneurs who intended to open a craft brewery and restaurant in downtown Mundelein now are focusing on a different location a few blocks away.