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‘You can’t roll the dice all the time’: First responders preparing for more freight trainsMar 30, 2025 3:13 pm - Feds approved the merger of the Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern railroads in March 2023. What’s happening now with freight traffic and blocked crossings?
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U-46 breaks ground on school addition; more spring construction projects plannedMar 30, 2025 2:34 pm - Spring construction is in the air as Elgin Area School District U-46 breaks ground on several building projects to help transform the district’s middle schools into modernized sixth- through eighth-grade facilities built for collaboration, safety and long-term growth.
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Two children die after fire sweeps through Carpentersville homeMar 30, 2025 2:26 pm - Two children died after fire tore through a Carpentersville home Sunday morning, officials said. Four others were inside the residence when the blaze erupted.
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Spring Grove man gets 8-year sentence for gun theftsMar 30, 2025 10:45 am - A Spring Grove man was sentenced to eight years in prison after admitting he stole multiple firearms, including automatic rifles, shotguns and handguns, from a McHenry County home.
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Motorcyclist injured in Oakwood Hills crashMar 30, 2025 10:32 am - A motorcyclist was injured in a crash Saturday afternoon in Oakwood Hills.
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Seven Northwest suburbs to receive backup water supply during upcoming leak repairMar 30, 2025 9:23 am - A repair to a leak in a 90-inch water main delivering water seven Northwest suburbs will require a five-day shutdown of the system beginning at 7 a.m. Tuesday, April 1.
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Suburban Skyview: Elgin’s Wing Park Aquatic Center to open May 31Mar 30, 2025 6:00 am - Elgin's Wing Park Aquatic Center is getting ready to open May 31 for the 2025 summer season.
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Visitors watch model trains with fascination during open house in WaucondaMar 29, 2025 4:35 pm - Visitors watched with fascination as trains rolled past on six scale miles of mainline track at the Lake County Model Railroad Club in Wauconda Saturday.
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Young anglers get first dibs on trout fishing at Grove Lake in Wood DaleMar 29, 2025 4:27 pm - Hundreds gathered Saturday at Grove Lake in Wood Dale for a kid-friendly trout fishing event before the official season begins.
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The Biz Week That Was: Pickleball saves big boxes, anxiety over auto tariffs, and townhouses at Bell WorksMar 29, 2025 1:50 pm - How pickleball is revitalizing vacant big-box spaces across suburbs The rise of e-commerce has reshaped the retail landscape, leaving big vacancies in dozens of shop...