Russell Lissau
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Long-vacant restaurant building in downtown Des Plaines again avoids condemnationSep 06, 2023 1:00 am - The owner of a long-vacant restaurant building in downtown Des Plaines that's facing possible condemnation by the city has been given three more months to finalize a dea...
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Why public park was removed from controversial apartment plan in Des PlainesSep 06, 2023 1:00 am - A proposed park can be removed from the planned seven-story apartment building in downtown Des Plaines, the city council decided late Tuesday. In exchange, the real esta...
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Attorneys for South Barrington Park District, church tell judge they want to complete land saleSep 05, 2023 1:00 am - Attorneys for the South Barrington Park District and a church trying to buy 34 acres of park district land said Tuesday they want to move ahead with that deal despite le...
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If you mail them, they will come (back): A baseball card collector's adventure in autograph huntingSep 02, 2023 1:00 am - As long as companies have been printing baseball cards, fans have been getting them autographed. To the uninitiated, an autograph may just be a scribble of ink on a piec...
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Des Plaines council could condemn former Leona's building TuesdaySep 01, 2023 1:00 am - After months of discussions, pleas and postponements, the Des Plaines City Council could decide next week to condemn and forcibly purchase a long-vacant restaurant build...
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Proposed sale of South Barrington Park District land to church is headed to courtAug 31, 2023 1:00 am - The battle over the potential sale of South Barrington Park District land to the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church is headed to court. A request for a temporary restrai...
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An indoor golf simulator could be headed to downtown MundeleinAug 30, 2023 5:00 am - An indoor golf simulator has been proposed for a vacant commercial building in downtown Mundelein. Rolling Meadows entrepreneur Gus Medrano wants to open Tee It Up at 44...
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Why the South Barrington Park District has halted land sale to churchAug 30, 2023 1:00 am - Editor's note: The source of comments from the church has been updated. The South Barrington Park District's sale of undeveloped land to the Plymouth Brethren Chris...
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Why chickens could be coming to backyards in Mundelein in 2024Aug 29, 2023 5:30 am - Mundelein residents will be allowed to keep chickens in backyard coops starting next year. But there are limits to the policy, which was approved by the village board Mo...
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Wheeling townhouse plan can move forward, trustees sayAug 25, 2023 1:00 am - A plan to build a small townhouse complex in Wheeling got a preliminary stamp of approval from the village board this week. But more public discussions and formal approv...