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Defying the elements and odds, storm-swept piping plover eggs rescued, yielding chicksJun 16, 2026 6:47 pm - A remarkable chapter in the continuing story of the federally endangered piping plover is unfolding as four eggs washed away in a storm and exposed to elements for more than 12 hours were recovered and have hatched.
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Long-awaited Naperville Riverwalk park now under constructionJun 16, 2026 6:45 pm - After years on the drawing board, the North Central College Riverwalk Park is under construction in Naperville.
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‘People still care’: DuPage County dedicates new park to victims of violenceJun 16, 2026 6:40 pm - DuPage County Board members and countywide officials gathered Tuesday to dedicate the new Victims of Violence Memorial Park at the DuPage County complex in Wheaton.
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Bridge Communities to host pickleball tournament to support homeless familiesJun 16, 2026 5:55 pm - Bridge Communities will host a Pickleball Tournament on Aug. 1 at Pickled! Wheaton to support families facing homelessness. The event features mixed doubles competition with trophies and gift cards for winners.
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How to protect trees and maintain garden borders this seasonJun 16, 2026 5:09 pm - Trees planted in lawns can benefit from a mulched ring to reduce competition with grass roots and to keep mowers and weed whips from damaging trunks.
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‘He has saved lives even after passing’: Buffalo Grove honors high school security guard posthumouslyJun 16, 2026 4:18 pm - Buffalo Grove has posthumously awarded Buffalo Grove High School security guard Orlando Rivas for sacrificing his life to save students after a car crashed into a pole.
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Des Plaines easing sign rules for cannabis storesJun 16, 2026 3:46 pm - Des Plaines officials are easing restrictions on signs advertising cannabis-related businesses.
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Lovell FHCC to hold June 27 Resource Fair for VeteransJun 16, 2026 2:10 pm - The Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center will host a Freedom 250 Veterans Resource Fair for veterans from Lake, McHenry and northern Cook counties in Illinois and Kenosha County in Wisconsin, from 1-4 p.m., June 27, in Bourke Hall, Building 4, Lovell FHCC, 3001 Green Bay Road, North Chicago.
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CLC’s Waukegan campus hosts art inspired by power of votingJun 16, 2026 2:01 pm - College of Lake County will host the fourth stop of artist and advocate Niki Johnson’s “Pillars of Democracy: Unite & Rise” tour as it travels across Illinois. The free exhibit runs 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday, through June 28 in Room 34-207 at the Lakeshore Campus, 34 N. Sheridan Road, Waukegan.
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Prospect Heights man gets 16 years in prison after drugs, weapons pleaJun 16, 2026 1:45 pm - A Prospect Heights man was sentenced to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty to federal drug and weapons charges earlier this year.