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Suburban Hero: Mundelein High student leads drive to benefit troops
Apr 21, 2019 7:59 AM - Thanks to Mundelein High School junior Matthew Pawlowski and the club he founded, U.S. military personnel stationed overseas soon will receive care packages containing shampoo, razors, magazines and other sought-after items. -
Suburban Heroes: Aurora cop, teachers save family trapped in submerged van
Apr 13, 2019 6:50 PM - Aurora police officer Ramon Lopez was named his department's employee of the month for February after he and two West Aurora High School teachers helped rescue four members of a family trapped in a van that had left Route 47 and rolled into a river in Livingston County near Pontiac. -
Suburban Hero: Buffalo Grove inspector taps paramedic skills to help save asthmatic teen
Mar 23, 2019 5:13 PM - Buffalo Grove inspector Joe Arizzi was the the right guy in the right place last month when he showed up at a home for an inspection and found a teenager struggling with an asthma attack. The former paramedic put his skills in action to help save the boy. -
'It's OK to stop and help': Gurnee nursing student tends to unconscious woman in parking lot
Mar 16, 2019 8:37 PM - Gurnee resident Gwen Gernenz helped save a woman she found unconcious and bleeding in a Costco parking lot in January and was given an award for her efforts. -
Wood Dale detective honored for leadership, work ethic
Mar 2, 2019 4:46 PM - The Wood Dale Police Department lost eight officers, including two detectives, through retirement and promotions in 2018. But their cases continued being solved, not missing a beat, thanks to Detective Chris Banaszynski. -
Vernon Hills CSO was at the right place at right time to save choking victim
Feb 16, 2019 5:17 PM - Vernon Hills Community Service Officer Gerald Niskansen was in the right place at the right time when he saved a choking victim in December while working his second job as a security officer at Hawthorn Mall. He recently was honored by Vernon Hills police with a Lifesaving Award. -
'You just react': Suburban attorney recalls saving a drowning woman
Jan 19, 2019 5:30 PM - On June 18, Jason Howard was at his parents' home in Lake in the Hills when a commotion broke out by a pond. He ran toward it, not knowing he'd soon save a life. -
How an off-duty West Dundee cop saved his nephew's life
Jan 12, 2019 4:40 PM - West Dundee police Officer Paul Shipley was off duty when his 5-year-old nephew was pulled out of a pool after being underwater for more than a minute. Shipley didn't think twice before springing into action and saving the boy's life. -
Advocate Sherman Hospital employees help save man at fitness center
Jan 6, 2019 8:18 AM - Two professionals from Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin got more than an early-morning workout during a holiday season visit to a Dundee Township Park District facility. -
Geneva woman spreads contagious 'Laughter Yoga'
Dec 28, 2018 5:21 PM - There's no snow on the ground outside the Chesapeake Commons clubhouse in Geneva this Wednesday night, but there's a laugh-a-lanche going on inside. Lying on a yellow smiley-face parachute with their eyes closed, nearly dozen people are giggling, cackling and roaring with deep, bellowing, side splitting, ab-tiring laughter as part of the Fox Valley Laughter Yoga Circle.
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