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How you can donate blood in WheelingJun 23, 2024 7:11 am - You can donate blood July 3 at Wheeling village hall, 2 Community Blvd. A blood drive is scheduled to run from 1 to 5 p.m. in the boardroom on the second floor. To schedu...
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Good News Sunday: Summer program brings early learning opportunities to Elgin-area familiesJun 23, 2024 6:00 am - In this week’s Good News Sunday, we recap stories about an early learning summer program for Elgin-area kids, koalas coming to Brookfield Zoo Chicago for the first time, and the Abilities Expo highlighting products and services aimed at increasing accessibility.
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Suburban Skyview: Throwing a discus isn’t as easy as it looksJun 23, 2024 6:00 am - Suburban Skyview finds Vernon Hills High School athlete Jaewook Lee perfecting his discus throwing technique to prepare for next spring’s Illinois High School Association boys track and field season.
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The Springfield recap: Highlights from this legislative sessionJun 23, 2024 5:07 am - The Illinois legislative session has concluded, and laws were passed that will support small businesses struggling to hire employees and significantly impact health insur...
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National Weather Service predicts hazardous weather this eveningJun 22, 2024 5:22 pm - The national weather service predicts hazardous weather in the coming hours that could include heavy downpours accompanied by damaging winds.
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‘It’s a matter of when’: Roof design leaves suburban apartment buildings vulnerable to fireJun 22, 2024 5:00 pm - The fire that gutted a Mount Prospect apartment building last week, leaving some 100 residents without homes, has something in common with several similarly devastating blazes in recent years - a mansard-style roof. Here’s why fire experts say they’re a problem.
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‘They’re basically saving our wonderful community’: Sylvan Lake dam modification finally underwayJun 22, 2024 4:00 pm - After years in the making, a $3.4 million project to modernize the 100-year old Sylvan Lake dam is underway.
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Biden and allied Republicans are trying to rally GOP women in swing-state suburbs away from TrumpJun 22, 2024 3:56 pm - DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — Thirty miles north of Philadelphia, upscale subdivisions such as Colonial Commons interrupt dairy farms, centuries-old roadside stone houses and the win...
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Trump endorses Ten Commandments in schools, implores evangelical Christians to vote in NovemberJun 22, 2024 3:52 pm - WASHINGTON — Donald Trump told a group of evangelicals they “cannot afford to sit on the sidelines” of the 2024 election, imploring them at one point to “go and vote, Chr...
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Investigation continues into skeletal remains found near Illinois Beach State ParkJun 22, 2024 3:06 pm - Authorities continue testing of the still unidentified skeletal remains found June 17 near the entrance of the Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park near Zion.