Russell Lissau
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Council tentatively backs kimchi factory's relocation to Des PlainesJul 18, 2023 1:00 am - After a delay last month, a plan to relocate a Chicago kimchi factory to Des Plaines is moving forward. The Des Plaines City Council on Monday tentatively approved a con...
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Will Lake County residents, officials get answers about recent water system failure?Jul 17, 2023 1:00 am - Southern Lake County residents affected - and angered - by a weeklong loss of clean water earlier this month can meet next week with the company responsible. Senior repr...
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'God protected us': Now 11 confirmed tornadoes, with property damage but no reported injuriesJul 13, 2023 1:00 am - Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the spelling of meteorologist Zachary Yack's name. As property owners, township crews and municipal workers cl...
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Former Des Plaines Mayor John E. Seitz dies at 92Jul 12, 2023 1:00 am - John Edgar "Jack" Seitz, a longtime Des Plaines resident who served as aldermen and then mayor in the 1960s, '70s and '80s, has died. Seitz, 92, died Monday at his home ...
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District 207 buying land near Maine South High for $3.2 millionJul 11, 2023 11:00 pm - A plot of mostly undeveloped property adjacent to the Maine South High School campus in Park Ridge will be used for environmental and agricultural education, District 20...
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'We need answers': State launches informal investigation as final boil-water order is liftedJul 11, 2023 1:00 am - A 10-day-old boil order affecting hundreds of people in southern Lake County was lifted Tuesday as demands for explanations from the Aqua Illinois utility company grew -...
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'An abundance of caution': Lake County says some residents should keep boiling tap waterJul 10, 2023 1:00 am - Despite assurances from the utility company serving the area that their tap water is safe to drink, hundreds of residents in southern Lake County should continue boiling...
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Where you can go to beat the heat this summerJul 09, 2023 1:00 am - Editor's note: The story has been edited to include the correct spelling of Wheeling Park District Executive Director Jan Buchs' name. With the sun blazing and temp...
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'Still pretty angry': Water crisis in southern Lake County enters sixth dayJul 07, 2023 1:00 am - For the sixth consecutive day, hundreds of residents in southern Lake County were advised Friday to boil their tap water because of continued problems with the pipes ser...
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'Unacceptable': Lake County water crisis hits fifth dayJul 06, 2023 1:00 am - Despite earlier corporate assurances that the problem was being resolved, hundreds of Lake County residents awoke Thursday without reliably safe drinking water for the f...