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Sexual battery reported on Illinois Prairie Path in ElmhurstAug 22, 2026 2:59 pm - Elmhurst police have issued a community alert regarding their investigation of a reported sexual battery Thursday night by a man riding an electric scooter with its headlight on against a woman running on the Illinois Prairie Path.
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Ragtime Festival brings classic music to historic trolley museum in South ElginAug 22, 2026 2:21 pm - The sounds of classic and modern ragtime filled the air Saturday at the Ragtime Festival at the Fox River Trolley Museum in South Elgin.
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The MAC at 40: Celebrating DuPage County’s ‘cultural town square’Aug 22, 2026 11:46 am - The McAninch Arts Center has emerged as a cultural hub in the 40 years since it opened on the College of DuPage campus where it typically attracts more than 100,000 visitors annually.
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Carpentersville to create new fire training facility on TamaracAug 22, 2026 11:22 am - The Carpentersville Fire Department is creating a new training facility on Tamarac Drive so firefighters can train closer to home.
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Naperville police launch full-time mental health crisis unitAug 22, 2026 11:16 am - Naperville Police Department’s full-time Mobile Crisis Intervention Team, designed to better address the hundreds of mental health-related calls received every year, is up and running.
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‘It’s a shame’: Deer Park residents at odds over now-forbidden path to parkAug 22, 2026 10:24 am - A path that connected a Deer Park neighborhood to a nearby park for decades now is off limits to residents.
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Bloomingdale police officer’s possible misuse of Flock cameras under investigationAug 22, 2026 10:13 am - A Bloomingdale police officer is on administrative leave while authorities investigate the possible misuse of the village’s Flock license plate readers discovered through an internal audit.
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Interest rates are higher, but area banks are still lending to small businesses. Here’s how to get your loan.Aug 22, 2026 9:35 am - Interest rates have come down since their peak a few years ago. However, the prime rate, which is the rate most banks charge to their best and biggest customers, is at 6.75% and most of my clients are paying at least one or two percentage points above that. So financing is still not cheap.
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Hoffman Estates Park District extends sign-up deadline for fall soccer programAug 21, 2026 6:49 pm - The Hoffman Estates Park District is extending its Fall House League Soccer registration deadline until Sunday, Aug. 23 to sign up children for the season which starts Aug. 31.
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Algonquin man accused of sexual abuse, grooming childAug 21, 2026 6:32 pm - An Algonquin man is being detained pretrial on charges he groomed and sexually abused a child.