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Refurbished Mount Prospect fire station completes transitionJul 11, 2024 4:39 pm - Mount Prospect’s new Fire Station 11 is open for business. Firefighters flipped the switch at 8:45 a.m. Thursday at the former Elk Grove Rural Fire Protection District headquarters.
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Tenth Annual MainSweet Dessert Walk offers sweet samples and shopping in downtown LibertyvilleJul 11, 2024 4:37 pm - Enjoy a sampling of sweet treats and explore downtown Libertyville’s shops and restaurants at the 10th Annual MainSweet Dessert Walk hosted by MainStreet Libertyville from noon to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3, during the Festival of the Arts.
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Christmas in July coming to Volo Museum July 26-28Jul 11, 2024 4:19 pm - Santa is coming early this year to the Volo Museum, and the public is invited to share a magical, memorable experience.
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St. Charles student receives P.E.O. STAR ScholarshipJul 11, 2024 4:03 pm - Sofia Radovic, a home-schooled senior and musician from St. Charles, was selected to receive a $2,500 STAR Scholarship from the P.E.O. Sisterhood. She was recommended by ...
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Sentenced to life for gruesome Barrington killing, he’s now free at 49. Here’s whyJul 11, 2024 3:49 pm - Less than three decades after he was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison for a grisly suburban murder, Paul Modrowski quietly left the Stateville Correctional Center a free man last week. The release of the 49-year-old convicted of murdering a man found decapitated in Barrington, and the reasons for it, raise complicated questions about equal justice, rehabilitation, disability bias and survivors’ rights.
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‘Guys go crazy with details’: Warbirds take to the skies over St. CharlesJul 11, 2024 3:43 pm - The Fox Valley Aero Club’s Windy City Warbirds & Classics started Thursday, showcasing radio-controlled military aircraft and civilian classics that have a wingspan of over 80 inches. The event continues on Friday and Saturday.
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Ranking the top area players taken in the Major League Baseball draftJul 11, 2024 3:17 pm - This week’s High Five looks at the top area players drafted by MLB teams.
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Coroner identifies South Elgin man shot by off-duty Kane County deputy MondayJul 11, 2024 2:42 pm - The Kane County coroner released the identity of the person shot and killed by an off-duty Kane County deputy in Elgin on Monday. Tyquaze Nicolas, 18, of South Elgin, died of multiple gunshot wounds, the coroner said in a Thursday news release.
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Death of Wauconda man whose SUV went into retention pond consistent with drowningJul 11, 2024 2:30 pm - The man who died after the vehicle he was driving rolled into a retention pond Wednesday morning in Wauconda has been identified as village resident Joshua Klausing.
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What caused malfunction at Wheaton’s fireworks showJul 11, 2024 2:04 pm - The Wheaton Park District currently has no plans to reschedule a suspended fireworks show.