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Wauconda Street Fest offering incentives for a safe ride homeAug 27, 2025 5:07 pm - A designated driver program and $15 Lyft discounts are new features of the annual Wauconda Street Dance.
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Prospect Heights names longtime assistant Peter Falcone new city administratorAug 27, 2025 5:02 pm - Thanks to recently retired city administrator Joe Wade, Prospect Heights didn’t need to look far for his successor.
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Celebrate Doggy Dip at Diamond Lake Beach with your furry friendAug 27, 2025 5:01 pm - Doggy Dip will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 30 at Diamond Lake Beach, 1016 N. Diamond Lake Road, Mundelein.
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Household chemical waste collection event in HainesvilleAug 27, 2025 4:59 pm - The Solid Waste Agency of Lake County will hold its next mobile household chemical waste collection from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Aug. 16 at Prairieview Elementary School, 103 E. Belvidere Road, Hainesville.
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McHenry Music Festival stage location, size shifting to enhance audience experienceAug 27, 2025 4:59 pm - Those who don’t already have their tickets for the McHenry Music Festival taking place Sept. 12-14 at Petersen Park may want to start clicking those keyboards.
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‘A sense of hope’: Barrington man to run 80 miles in 23 hours to feed needy families at ThanksgivingAug 27, 2025 4:26 pm - Rob Swiderski of Barrington will run 80 miles in 23 hours in hopes of raising $25,000 for the Basket Brigade of Suburban Chicago. The group provides meals for families in need throughout the suburbs at Thanksgiving.
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Police: Des Plaines man robbed delivery driver over missing sandwichAug 27, 2025 3:47 pm - A Des Plaines man was in custody Wednesday after police said he held a restaurant delivery driver against his will and robbed him because he was upset about a missing sandwich.
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Lake Forest resident to be featured in Times Square on Sept. 6Aug 27, 2025 3:06 pm - William Wallace Regan of Lake Forest will appear in the bright lights of Times Square on Saturday, Sept. 6, as part of the annual National Down Syndrome Society Times Square Video Presentation.
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Get ‘em while they’re hot (literally): Arlington Heights bakery serves up sweet treats to Taylor and Travis fansAug 27, 2025 2:42 pm - Out of the oven and into the hands of well-wishers. That's the mission of Sweet T's Bakery and Cake Studio employees who have been serving up specialty cookies commemorating the pending nuptials of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce since the couple's engagement announcement Tuesday on social media.
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LCRTA to meet Sept. 9 in LibertyvilleAug 27, 2025 2:40 pm - The Lake County Retired Teachers Association will meet at noon on Tuesday, Sept. 9, at Lambs Farm Magnolia Cafe and Bakery in Libertyville, at the junction of Highways 176 and I-94.