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Des Plaines man reports debit card fraud to policeAug 26, 2026 2:27 pm - Someone fraudulently used a Des Plaines resident’s debit card information to make three ATM withdrawals.
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‘Extremely committed to the community’: Kristen Graack was a teacher, library board member and moreAug 26, 2026 2:22 pm - Over the course of her life, Des Plaines resident Kristen Graack was a mapmaker for the U.S. government, a restaurateur and a teacher. She was a Des Plaines Public Library board member, too. Graack, 70, died Aug. 18, surrounded by family. She had cancer.
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Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church hosts ‘Thirty Years of Praise’ concert Sept. 27Aug 26, 2026 2:04 pm - Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Arlington Heights will host "Thirty Years of Praise: A Festival of Hymns" on Sunday, Sept. 27, celebrating 30 years since their Gabriel Kney Pipe Organ installation.
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Villa Park man faces sexual abuse, battery charges in attack on Illinois Prairie PathAug 26, 2026 1:15 pm - A Villa Park man is charged with aggravated battery and sexual abuse in connection with a reported attack on a woman last week along the Illinois Prairie Path in Elmhurst, authorities said.
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Plan for brewery on Durty Nellie’s site advances to Palatine village councilAug 26, 2026 12:30 pm - The plan to turn Durty Nellie’s into a restaurant and brewery received an enthusiastic reception from Palatine’s planning and zoning commission.
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Fox Valley Beaux Arts hosts ‘Brushstrokes of America’ luncheon and fashion showAug 26, 2026 11:54 am - Fox Valley Beaux Arts is hosting their “Brushstrokes of America”-themed luncheon featuring Fashions by Chico's on Saturday, Sept. 12, at Elgin Country Club.
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Elmhurst University receives $1.5M gift for business school professorship and scholarshipsAug 26, 2026 11:54 am - An anonymous donor’s gift to Elmhurst University will establish an endowed professorship and a scholarship benefiting the university’s school of business and its students.
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‘Helping people find their stories’: Indie bookstore to open in downtown Lake ZurichAug 26, 2026 10:55 am - Politics was the introduction but it was a love of reading, writing and storytelling that fueled and sustained a partnership in an indie bookstore about to open in downtown Lake Zurich.
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Magic man: For theater artist Dennis Watkins, magic was always in the cardsAug 26, 2026 10:42 am - Dennis Watkins, host of the long-running close-up magic show “The Magic Parlour” at Goodman Theatre, celebrates 25 years as a Chicago magician and theater artist.
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Grandparents remain neutral in the Battle of MarcheseAug 26, 2026 7:00 am - Having grandsons playing football for both Conant and Bartlett made the teams’ Week 1 game a study in neutrality for grandparents Paul and Marge Marchese.