Articles filed under Weather
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Arlington Heights pond cleanup should help solve odor problems, officials sayMar 02, 2021 12:00 am - This story has been updated to note Happiness Park's correct location east of Route 53. Plans to clean up and expand a detention pond on the north side of Arlington...
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How a one-two punch of snow and freezing cold created suburban sidewalk debacleMar 01, 2021 4:30 am - February's storms and arctic temperatures pitched suburban homeowners, particularly those without snowblowers, into a primitive struggle against the elements to clear si...
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Mundelein mayoral candidates debate infrastructure needs, other issuesFeb 25, 2021 4:22 am - Editor's note: To clarify, Trustee Robin Meier voted to hire a company to demolish village-owned buildings on Lake Street in 2018. Trustee Dawn Abernathy opposed tha...
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Loan program to assist areas hit by record natural gas pricesFeb 23, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced a low-interest loan program Tuesday to help alleviate the unprecedented financial burden from soaring utility costs for certai...
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Canopy over Des Plaines gas pumps collapses under weight of snowFeb 22, 2021 12:00 am - The canopy of a Des Plaines gas station collapsed early Monday morning, unable to support the overnight snow, officials said. The canopy over the fuel pumps at 7-Eleven...
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More snow coming Sunday, but temps warming up this weekFeb 20, 2021 12:00 am - Don't put away the winter jackets just yet. A brief spell of snow potentially dumping 2 to 3 inches across the suburbs is expected late Sunday afternoon, likely making f...
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Constable: Snowmobilers' dreams of white February finally arriveFeb 20, 2021 12:00 am - The volunteers walk through the grass in November, putting signs on the trails with the intention of directing snowmobile traffic. “Every year when we're marking the tra...
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Flooding unlikely from expected warm-up, but experts see potential issues for springFeb 20, 2021 12:00 am - While most of us crave quick relief from the snow and cold that has gripped the area in recent weeks, weather and waterway experts say a slow and steady warm-up is prefe...
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Center links shovelers to snowed-in seniorsFeb 19, 2021 12:00 am - Nathan Georg and Jensen Stahr are classmates at Rolling Meadows High School, but they also combine on an important side hustle: shoveling driveways for senior citizens w...
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Constable: Suburbanites have 1 noun for snow, but many adjectivesFeb 18, 2021 4:30 am - We've all heard the story about how Indigenous people of the Arctic and subarctic regions have myriad words for snow. That idea first surfaced in the "Handbook of Americ...