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Missing woman’s car pulled from Fox River Tuesday was found and misidentified three years agoMar 26, 2025 9:34 pm - The car pulled from the Fox River Tuesday that belonged to an Elgin woman who went missing in 1983 could have been recovered three years earlier but was misidentified by an Elgin Fire Department diver as an ATV.
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Adding Lake Michigan water, safety key issues for Long Grove candidatesMar 26, 2025 9:08 pm - Bringing Lake Michigan water to town the most pressing issue facing Long Grove, according to two candidates running for village trustee in the April 1 election.
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Waukegan man arrested after multistate police chaseMar 26, 2025 7:31 pm - A Waukegan man was arrested Tuesday after fleeing from police in both Wisconsin and Illinois.
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Brush fires burned in Gurnee near interstateMar 26, 2025 7:27 pm - Multiple brush fires burned in Gurnee on Wednesday afternoon near interstate 94, according to officials.
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Rolling Meadows council hits brakes on Kirchoff ‘road diet,’ orders traffic study firstMar 26, 2025 7:21 pm - The Rolling Meadows City Council voted 4-3 to postpone approval of a plan to reduce Kirchoff Road from five lanes to three, pending a traffic study.
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‘We realized this is legit’: Elgin paramedic remembers early days of COVIDMar 26, 2025 6:25 pm - Five years after the first cases of COVID-19 appeared in the suburbs, Elgin Fire Department Division Chief Chris Kennedy remembers how easy it was to dismiss the threat of a pandemic in the early days.
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Police: Armed man tried to break into Batavia homeMar 26, 2025 5:39 pm - Batavia police arrested a man early Tuesday after they say he pounded on a door and tried to enter another person’s house while armed with a box cutter.
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Steven Thoren: 2025 candidate for Elgin city councilMar 26, 2025 5:38 pm - Steven Thoren is one of eight candidates running for four seats on the Elgin City Council in the April 1 consolidated election.
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Moody’s upgrades Winfield’s bond ratingMar 26, 2025 5:37 pm - The village of Winfield has received a bond rating upgrade. Moody’s Ratings assigned an Aa1 rating to the village, up from Aa2. The upgrade is “driven by a very strong fi...
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‘My story is still being written’: Former Fremd basketball star is now writing children’s booksMar 26, 2025 5:23 pm - Former Fremd basketball star Zach Monaghan uses the sport as the basis of his next enterprise — a children’s book author.