Russell Lissau
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Des Plaines’ next city manager to assume that role MondayMar 30, 2024 10:20 am - Des Plaines’ next city manager will be sworn in and officially begin her duties Monday night. Dorothy Wisniewski, the longtime assistant city manager, is taking over the ...
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Naperville duplex badly damaged by overnight fireMar 30, 2024 9:49 am - Two firefighters suffered minor injuries in an overnight fire at a Naperville duplex, authorities said Saturday. The blaze was reported by a passerby shortly after midnig...
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Will Des Plaines finally condemn the old Leona’s building?Mar 28, 2024 12:49 pm - Des Plaines officials on Monday finally could move ahead with plans to forcibly buy a long-vacant restaurant building in the downtown area. The council will consider auth...
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‘I am incredibly sad’: Mundelein preschool to close after 75 yearsMar 27, 2024 6:48 pm - A suburban preschool will permanently shut down this spring after 75 years in business. The Mundelein Cooperative Preschool, 21064 W. Route 176, is closing in May due to ...
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Why Mundelein’s sales tax is increasingMar 25, 2024 8:13 pm - Buying just about anything in Mundelein will cost more starting this summer. The village board on Monday approved increasing the local sales tax rate a quarter of a perce...
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And then there were four: A look at the races for the 6th and 11th district congressional seatsMar 23, 2024 2:27 pm - The Republicans taking on Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill Foster of Naperville in Illinois’ 11th District and Democratic U.S. Rep. Sean Casten of Downers Grove in the 6th Distr...
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Religious group reveals it has purchased South Barrington land for new church, schoolMar 22, 2024 12:59 pm - The religious group behind a controversial plan to purchase and develop publicly owned land in South Barrington last year came forward Friday as the party that won the bi...
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Wheeling remembers farmer, former trustee Mike HorcherMar 22, 2024 12:39 pm - A former Wheeling trustee and patriarch of a local farming family has died. Mike Horcher — father of current Wheeling Village President Pat Horcher — died March 16. He wa...
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Why challenges coming at Foster, Casten from the left didn’t workMar 22, 2024 11:09 am - Despite being victorious in election after election, Democratic U.S. Reps. Bill Foster of Naperville and Sean Casten of Downers Grove both faced primary challenges Tuesda...
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DNA evidence helps Barrington Hills police ID victim in grisly 1979 deathMar 20, 2024 5:50 pm - Forty-four years after parts of a dismembered corpse were discovered in a grassy area in Barrington Hills, authorities on Wednesday announced they have a name to go with ...