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‘The best partner we could get’: Kane County Cougars introduce new ownership
Apr 02, 2025 5:53 pm - The message Wednesday morning was clear: Kane County Cougars fans can expect the same team they know and love.
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Ballot measures across Kane, DuPage counties have mixed successApr 02, 2025 5:24 pm - Kane County voters rejected a request to institute a 0.75% increase to the county sales tax, according to unofficial results. But voters weren’t opposed to all of the referendums on the ballot.
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Portion of Prairie Path to close in WheatonApr 02, 2025 5:09 pm - DuPage County has told the city of Wheaton that construction on a part of the Illinois Prairie Path along Carlton Avenue is slated to begin next week.
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Wheaton’s French market back in action April 12Apr 02, 2025 5:04 pm - In a sign that spring has sprung, Wheaton’s French market will open for the season Saturday, April 12.
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Five seats decided on Aurora City Council, including defeat of incumbent WoermanApr 02, 2025 5:02 pm - Five aldermanic seats were up for grabs on the Aurora City Council during Tuesday’s election, with all but one incumbent holding onto their position.
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Two accused in connection with 2023 mass shooting in DuPage County that left 1 dead, more than 20 injuredApr 02, 2025 4:35 pm - Two more men have been accused of opening fire on a crowd during a 2023 mass shooting near Willowbrook that left one person dead and more than 20 others injured.
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Raw rock: CST’s ‘Sunny Afternoon’ affirms Ray Davies’ genius, Kinks’ enduring influenceApr 02, 2025 4:24 pm - The folks at Chicago Shakespeare Theater are nothing if not considerate. On opening night of “Sunny Afternoon,” the jukebox musical about 1960s Brit-rockers The Kinks, they thoughtfully provided ear plugs. Fortunately, this zestfully performed, zealously embraced show about the early days of the seminal British Invasion band is neither ear-shattering nor earthshaking. It is, however, hugely entertaining.
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Health department layoffs mean that data on drug use and mental health could sit unused
Apr 02, 2025 4:16 pm - Most teenagers don’t use drugs. There’s data to show that because of a 50-year-old government survey that may now be in jeopardy. The entire 17-member U.S. government tea...
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NASA’s Webb telescope captures photos of the asteroid that won’t hit Earth in 2032
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What a 110-year-old lemon tells us about espionage history
Apr 02, 2025 3:56 pm - It’s a classic line from a spy movie: “Burn after reading.” For German agent Karl Muller, that advice would have really helped. Muller, a spy who masqueraded as a Russian...