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Styrofoam recycling event in GurneeApr 19, 2024 8:46 am - The village of Gurnee is hosting a Styrofoam recycling event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at its public works facility, 1151 Kilbourne Road. Styrofoam does not biodeg...
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Home & garden calendar April 21-27Apr 19, 2024 6:00 am - Garden clubs, plant sales, homes shows, Arbor Day and more.
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‘Lives are at stake’: Suburban lawmaker targets protesters blocking trafficApr 19, 2024 5:15 am - If you were among the hundreds delayed, detoured or just plain disturbed by the protests Monday that blocked the expressway entrance to O’Hare International Airport, you’...
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‘Summer is the busiest time’: Meet the Geneva man who provides sound services at area shows, concertsApr 19, 2024 4:00 am - Meet Richard Peck of Geneva, who has been providing sound mixing boards and stage equipment for musicians and other acts performing in the Fox Valley since 1976.
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Elgin’s Fourth of July celebration to include a pet parade this yearApr 18, 2024 11:43 pm - Plans are underway for Elgin's Fourth of July Parade. The parade will be held Thursday, July 4, near downtown Elgin. The route runs on Douglas Avenue from Slade Avenue to...
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Preservation Partners of the Fox Valley offers seminar on ‘Proactive Preservation’Apr 18, 2024 10:23 pm - Learn how using the International Existing Building Code offers flexibility when rehabilitating historic structures and how that drives economic development. Preservation...
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Man charged, again, with stealing liquor from a DuPage County storeApr 18, 2024 8:23 pm - A Chicago man has been accused, again, of stealing hundreds of dollars worth of liquor from a DuPage County grocery store. Michael Howard, 43, of the 4800 block of Washin...
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Man pleads guilty to aggravated DUI for crash that killed his passengerApr 18, 2024 8:12 pm - A Lake in the Hills man who was driving 124 mph just seconds before crashing his car on I-90, killing a passenger, has pleaded guilty to aggravated DUI ‒ accident causing...
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‘It’s served a great purpose for us’: Lake County’s highway advisory radio being retiredApr 18, 2024 8:10 pm - An AM radio station operating for nearly 20 years in Lake County never registered on any ratings or rankings. But for awhile it was a reliable source of traffic informati...
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Why a former garbage dump could be turned into a solar farmApr 18, 2024 8:09 pm - A private company wants to create a solar farm on the site of a former landfill in South Barrington. The proposal is for vacant land at 541 E. Mundhank Road. The 110-acre...