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Best Bets: Laugh it up with Second City at The MAC, stand-up at the Raue CenterFeb 10, 2026 11:46 am - Get ready for Valentine’s Day laughs when The Second City tours to the McAninch Arts Center and stand-up comedians perform at the Raue Center. Plus, Hey Nonny hosts a Mardi Gras party and The Joffrey Ballet brings “American Icons” to the Lyric Opera House.
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Prospect Heights’ Country Gardens Park receives $600,000 state grant for improvementsFeb 10, 2026 11:39 am - The Prospect Heights Park District has received a $600,000 state grant for a $1.2 million plan to expand and improve the 9-acre Country Gardens Park on Schoenbeck Road.
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Palatine offering help replacing lead water linesFeb 10, 2026 9:10 am - The Palatine Public Works Department is offering a Lead and Galvanized Steel Water Service Line Replacement Cost Sharing Program to assist homeowners.
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FEMA denies appeal for aid for summer storm damage in Cook, Kane, McHenry and Will countiesFeb 10, 2026 7:57 am - Illinois was unsuccessful in appealing the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s previous denial of a major disaster declaration following storms that caused damage around the Chicago area last August.
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True connections: Arlington Heights teacher builds bonds in and out of the classroomFeb 10, 2026 6:33 am - Arlington Heights second grade teacher Lisa Smorczewski attends her students’ sporting events, recitals and other activities to strengthen bonds outside the classroom.
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Eggsperience, Tempesta Italian deli coming to Higgins Road in RosemontFeb 09, 2026 7:14 pm - An Eggsperience Cafe and Tempesta Market Italian deli are coming to Rosemont this summer. The eateries will be part of a commercial building formerly housing Ram Restaurant and Brewery and Starbucks.
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Buffalo Grove hosts blood drive March 7Feb 09, 2026 6:24 pm - The Buffalo Grove Health Commission will host their first Community Blood Drive of the year from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 7, at the Alcott Center, 530 Bernard Drive.
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Winfield District 34 loses appeal in TIF case against villageFeb 09, 2026 5:56 pm - Two Winfield-area school districts have been dealt another legal setback in their long-running fight with the village over a special taxing district.
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Hanover Park reports another record-low year for major crimesFeb 09, 2026 5:16 pm - For a second consecutive year, the Hanover Park Police Department has reported a historic low in major crimes.
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Why roundabouts are increasingly seen as an answer to suburban traffic problemsFeb 09, 2026 4:59 pm - They’ve long been seen as an overseas oddity, roundly mocked on TV’s “The Simpsons” and in the Chevy Chase comedy “National Lampoon’s European Vacation.” But roundabouts are increasingly popping up in parts of the suburbs.