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The Week That Was: Thousands of hens hosed down, Pride flags flying
Jun 13, 2021 6:00 AM - In the week just past, the suburbs saw thousands of hens in Elgin hosed down by Addison firefighters, the North Hoffman Estates Garage Sale returning and growing, plans for the new Des Plaines Theatre, a new cafe in Kildeer, Pride flags flying in Des Plaines and Buffalo Grove, and more. -
The Week in Pictures photo gallery for June 5-11, 2021.
Jun 13, 2021 3:00 PM - The pandemic let many area people to care for foster pets while at home it's one of the interesting things to see in The Week in Pictures photo gallery for June 5-11, 2021. -
Constable: Wheaton woman's cancer coloring book finds the humor in chemo
Jun 13, 2021 7:17 AM - Inspirational sentiments weren't helping Wheaton's Jeri Davis deal with her cancer treatment. So the 65-year-old wrote an irreverent coloring book that brings laughs to patients at Northwestern Medicine's LivingWell Cancer Resource Center in Geneva.
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Butterfly release Saturday at NCH for families who have lost a babyJun 13, 2021 7:12 AM - Northwest Community Healthcare is hosting its annual Butterfly Release at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 12, on the front lawn of the hospital, 800 W. Central Road, Arlington Heights.
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Elgin church helps vaccinate homeless community members
Jun 12, 2021 9:43 PM - Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren helped vaccinate members of Elgin's homeless community Saturday during its weekly Soup Kettle event. -
Suburban Skyview: Downtown Mount Prospect development going upward
Jun 12, 2021 5:45 PM - In this week's Daily Herald drone photo feature, a crane lifts a sheet of construction material into place at the Maple Street Townhomes in downtown Mount Prospect. -
Navy veteran advocates on behalf of LGBTQ service members
Jun 12, 2021 5:32 PM - Stanley Jenczyk of Niles is a junior board member of the Chicago chapter of American Veterans for Equal Rights. It's a nonprofit veterans service organization advocating for full and equal rights for all members of the U.S. Armed Forces -- particularly LGBTQ soldiers. Jenczyk was instrumental in getting monuments built honoring LGBTQ military veterans in Chicago and at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois. -
'Empowered woman': How College of DuPage costume designer re-created Frida Kahlo's bold fashion
Jun 12, 2021 5:18 PM - Kimberly Morris, a theater costume designer at the College of DuPage, sought perfection re-creating five outfits worn by artist Frida Kahlo to complement an exhibition of the artist's works at the Glen Ellyn college. -
$350,000 bond set for Villa Park man charged with armed robbery
Jun 12, 2021 12:57 PM - A $350,000 bond was set Saturday for a Villa Park man accused of robbing at gunpoint a 711 convenience store in that town, authorities said. -
Parasites blamed for swimmers' rashes at Wauconda lake
Jun 13, 2021 7:14 AM - Microscopic parasites are blamed for a rash that recently affected some people who had frolicked in Wauconda's Bangs Lake.
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