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Mundelein mayoral candidates cite attracting businesses, Plaza Circle among their prioritiesMar 12, 2025 2:36 pm - Filling vacant storefronts and completing development of the land around village hall are among the top issues for Mundelein’s two mayoral candidates.
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No threat found at Wheaton North, ‘secure and teach’ mode liftedMar 12, 2025 1:57 pm - Police have determined there was no active threat to Wheaton North High School students or employees after a report of a suspicious item prompted “secure and teach” procedures Wednesday.
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West Chicago mayor says yes to new city hall, challengers say noMar 12, 2025 1:49 pm - While the incumbent West Chicago mayor wants to build a new city hall to help catalyze downtown redevelopment, his two challengers would rather focus on small businesses and infrastructure.
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Aurora church begins Lent with a new pastorMar 12, 2025 12:48 pm - St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora celebrated the first Sunday in Lent, March 9, by welcoming a new senior pastor.
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Man gets 3 years for DUI crash that killed stepdaughterMar 12, 2025 12:48 pm - A Wood Dale man has been sentenced to three years in prison for a drunk driving crash that killed his stepdaughter.
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ID updated for man killed in Sunday crash near ElginMar 12, 2025 12:32 pm - The Kane County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday the wrong name and age were given for a man killed in a crash on Plank Road.
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Aurora’s Wesley UMC continues Lenten series on prayerMar 12, 2025 12:30 pm - Aurora church installs community prayer board and continues Lenten series on becoming a praying people, exploring prayer as relational rather than routine.
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Geneva church to host program on preserving Potawatomi heritageMar 12, 2025 12:18 pm - Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva is hosting award-winning photographer Sharon Hoogstraten on her book "Dancing for Our Tribe" featuring portraits of contemporary Potawatomi people in tribal regalia.
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Shining achievement: Suburban Rotarians provide computer lab at Ugandan schoolMar 12, 2025 11:54 am - The Rotary Club of River Cities — which supports the communities of Des Plaines, Mount Prospect and Prospect Heights — recently led an international project that installed a computer lab at Candle Light High School in Kampala, Uganda, which serves more than 400 of the capital city’s most under-resourced young people.
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Celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis opening restaurants at Hollywood Casino in Aurora and JolietMar 12, 2025 10:34 am - Celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis will open restaurants in the new land-based Hollywood Casino locations in Aurora and Joliet. Joliet is slated to open later this year while Aurora is scheduled for the first half of 2026.