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College of DuPage awarded $4 million federal grant to expand aviation and drone programsJan 20, 2026 7:20 pm - College of DuPage was awarded a $4 million grant through the U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education to support and expand its Aviation Management and Unmanned Aircraft Systems programs.
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‘Problems that need to be solved’: $1.16M improvement project approved for Lake Zurich’s Breezewald ParkJan 20, 2026 7:08 pm - Extensive improvements at Breezewald Park along the lake in downtown Lake Zurich requiring the removal of a 150-year-old oak and another tree will proceed in spring as planned.
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Trump administration admits DOGE accessed personal Social Security data
Jan 20, 2026 6:59 pm - The Trump administration has acknowledged for the first time in a court filing that members of the U.S. DOGE Service accessed and shared sensitive Social Security data wi...
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FACT FOCUS: Trump highlights familiar false claims as he reviews his first year back in office
Jan 20, 2026 5:46 pm - President Donald Trump marked his first year back in office by presiding over a meandering, nearly two-hour-long press briefing to recount his accomplishments, repeating ...
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Palatine pausing Street Fest this summerJan 20, 2026 5:12 pm - Palatine officials announced this week the annual Street Fest will not be held this summer, due to upcoming improvements in the downtown. In its place, though, will be two summer food truck events.
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‘One of the good guys’: Former Elmhurst, Oak Brook elected official Gerald Wolin diesJan 20, 2026 5:09 pm - Oak Brook resident Gerald “Jerry” Wolin, who served city panels for both Elmhurst and Oak Brook, died Jan. 17 at 86.
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Wheeling chooses department veteran as town’s next top copJan 20, 2026 4:47 pm - A veteran officer with nearly three decades on the force will be Wheeling’s next police chief, village officials announced Tuesday.
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Judge: Man was targeting woman in Carpentersville apartment fireJan 20, 2026 4:29 pm - The Indiana man accused of setting a Carpentersville apartment building on fire in November acted in jealousy, a judge said at the man’s first Kane County court hearing Tuesday.
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Doctors in Minnesota decry fear and chaos amid Trump administration's immigration crackdown
Jan 20, 2026 4:29 pm - MINNEAPOLIS — There was the pregnant woman who missed her medical checkup, afraid to visit a clinic during the Trump administration’s sweeping Minnesotai mmigration cr...
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Forecasters warn of a ‘potentially catastrophic’ storm from Texas to the Carolinas
Jan 20, 2026 4:20 pm - With many Americans still recovering from multiple blasts of snow and unrelenting freezing temperatures in the nation’s northern tier, a new storm is set to emerge this weekend that could coat roads, trees and power lines with devastating ice across a wide expanse of the South.