Katlyn Smith
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Jet Foods grocery chain plans stores in Carol Stream, Des Plaines, more suburbsSep 14, 2020 1:00 am - A new grocer making an aggressive move into the highly competitive Chicago area market plans to open stores in Carol Stream, Park Forest and Des Plaines before Thanksgiv...
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Where to soak in fall colors at Illinois State Parks not far from homeSep 13, 2020 6:00 am - It's a crisp fall morning, tree colors are starting to pop and Mother Nature is reminding you to break free from a coronavirus-era habit. Cut back on doomscrolling throu...
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Alum posthumously donates $1.8 million to Elmhurst UniversitySep 11, 2020 1:00 am - The estate of an Elmhurst University alum has donated $1.8 million to his alma mater - one of the largest gifts ever bestowed on the liberal arts school. Elmhurst offici...
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'We cannot fail': Glen Ellyn Food Pantry hosts fundraisers for new homeSep 10, 2020 5:30 am - Paula Nugent's tenacity is relentless. That's become apparent in her role leading the board of the Glen Ellyn Food Pantry through a surge in demand driven by the economi...
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Experts: It's more important than ever to get flu shots during pandemicSep 10, 2020 1:00 am - Last flu season, children's hospitals across the Chicago area were dealing with a particularly brutal influenza outbreak even before the coronavirus pandemic forced fami...
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DuPage woman first human case this year of West Nile in IllinoisSep 09, 2020 1:00 am - A DuPage County woman has contracted West Nile virus - the first human case this year of the mosquito-borne disease in Illinois. The woman, who is in her 40s and lives i...
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'Let us go back': Students, parents in Wheaton demand schools totally reopenSep 08, 2020 1:00 am - As students across the Western suburbs begin the school year with remote learning, hundreds of parents and students rallied in a downtown Wheaton park Tuesday night to d...
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How grandparents are stepping in to help with remote learningSep 07, 2020 8:00 am - Christine Radogno would indulge her grandkids and her inner child in arts and crafts, playing cards, watching movies and not a whole lot of house rules. But while their ...
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17 referendum questions on the November ballot in DuPageSep 07, 2020 1:00 am - DuPage County voters will decide the fate of 17 referendum questions in the November election, making their voices heard on an array of issues for schools and fire distr...
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Glen Ellyn easing downtown parking limits as apartment project construction beginsSep 02, 2020 5:20 am - Glen Ellyn is lifting parking restrictions around downtown before major construction begins on a controversial $40 million apartment development along a Main Street bloc...