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‘Happy to show people around’: Lake Zurich will ask voters to fund and equip new fire stationAug 04, 2026 4:00 pm - Lake Zurich officials have agreed to ask voters Nov. 3 to authorize $20.3 million to build and equip a new fire station.
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Body of missing man found on Des Plaines River shoreline identifiedAug 04, 2026 3:34 pm - A missing man whose body was recovered Friday evening along the shoreline of the Des Plaines River near West Oak Spring Road in Libertyville has been identified as Julian Newman, 30, of Evanston. Authorities confirmed Tuesday that he drowned.
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Senior apartment building’s 4-story height next to homes not ‘going to fly,’ Arlington Heights mayor saysAug 04, 2026 3:27 pm - Despite supporting the concept, Arlington Heights village board members said a proposed four-story, 60-unit affordable senior housing development on Golf Road is too tall and too close to neighboring homes.
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Filmmaker making documentary on East Dundee’s residents, legacyAug 04, 2026 3:24 pm - It may not become a Hollywood blockbuster, but a full-length documentary about East Dundee will capture the voices of its residents and the village’s identity and roots, local filmmaker Dave Hudson says.
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Palatine police arrest two for vehicle burglaries, graffiti in public parking garageAug 04, 2026 2:59 pm - Palatine police said two men have been arrested for burglarizing multiple vehicles and tagging a village-maintained public parking garage in June.
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Aurora man charged with murder, held pending trial after deadly wrong-way crash on Dan RyanAug 04, 2026 2:36 pm - A Cook County judge ordered an Aurora man held as he awaits trial in the death of a woman who was killed after he drove the wrong way on the Dan Ryan Expressway last week and crashed into another car.
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RISE business incubator opens as Roosevelt University’s Schaumburg campus marks 30 yearsAug 04, 2026 2:31 pm - Roosevelt University and the village of Schaumburg Tuesday launched a new business incubator program to assist suburban entrepreneurs at the now 30-year-old campus just north of Woodfield Mall.
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South Barrington looking at creating special taxing district to improve old Allstate headquarters siteAug 04, 2026 2:29 pm - South Barrington officials are taking steps to create a special taxing district that would help fund improvements at the former Allstate headquarters and in a neighboring office complex.
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Suburban hospitals rank tops in Illinois; Northwestern Memorial, Rush among best in nationAug 04, 2026 2:00 pm - Several suburban Northwestern Medicine hospitals have made the list of the best hospitals in Illinois, according to U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Hospitals 2026-27” report. And three Chicago hospitals are among the best in the nation.
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Elgin police investigating after woman suffers gunshot wound Monday nightAug 04, 2026 1:29 pm - Police are investigating after a woman suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound Monday night in Elgin.