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Tidy up, test your soil and watch for diseaseApr 29, 2025 8:47 pm - Running behind on spring garden cleanup? You're not alone! Cut back perennials carefully and consider testing your soil. Watch for winter burn and Volutella blight. With smart moves now, your garden will thrive all season.
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Home & garden calendar, May 4-10Apr 29, 2025 8:26 pm - Owls, floral design and attracting birds, plus plant sales galore.
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Kane County Fair board awards two 4-H student scholarshipsApr 29, 2025 5:37 pm - The Kane County Fair board of directors has awarded scholarships of $3,000 each to Samuel Haviland of Elgin and Autumn Kriegel of Hampshire
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Learn about bike safety at the Warrenville Bike Rodeo May 17Apr 29, 2025 5:21 pm - Get your bike inspected, learn about bike safety, and test your bike riding skills at Warrenville’s annual Bike Rodeo on Saturday, May 17.
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Naperville’s Cress Creek Garden Club honors scholarship winnersApr 29, 2025 5:11 pm - Cress Creek Garden Club will honor scholarships winners majoring in forestry, landscape design, botany, and horticulture at June 13 luncheon.
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Best Bets: Vintage Blonde Chicago’s record release, ESO performs ‘The Planets,’ artists gather in Elmhurst’s Wilder ParkApr 29, 2025 5:09 pm - This week, suburban rocker band Vintage Blonde Chicago releases its debut record with a Sunday concert at Schuba’s, art returns to Elmhurst’s Wilder Park, and the ESO concludes its season with “The Planets.”
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Glen Ellyn-Wheaton Chorale begins fifth decade with annual spring concertApr 29, 2025 4:49 pm - The Glen Ellyn-Wheaton Chorale, a 60-voice choir, is presenting its annual spring concert "A Time and Place for Us" on Mother's Day weekend.
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New crosswalk in store for Illinois Avenue in St. Charles this summerApr 29, 2025 4:15 pm - Illinois Avenue in downtown St. Charles could be easier to cross later this year as the city gets ready to approve construction contracts for a new crosswalk near the river.
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Shuttered Prospect Heights hotel suggested for senior housing as prior taxes pursuedApr 29, 2025 4:11 pm - The new owner of the abruptly closed Crowne Plaza Chicago-Northbrook hotel in Prospect Heights has already made an informal proposal to the city to convert the 318-room building into a senior-living facility, city officials said.
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Christmas in April? DuPage Woodworkers make toys for kidsApr 29, 2025 3:45 pm - DuPage Woodworkers members created over 700 wooden toys like giraffes and turtles for underprivileged children. The toys are distributed to Chicago area nonprofits in November.