Articles filed under Communities
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Des Plaines searching home for third day as part of ‘old case’Apr 30, 2025 10:15 am - Des Plaines police confirmed Wednesday they are searching a home in connection with an ongoing investigation into an old case, but denied reports they’re looking for a body.
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‘We’re simply keeping what was already ours’: Huntley adopts local grocery taxApr 30, 2025 9:45 am - Huntley has become the latest municipality in the McHenry County area to go for a local grocery tax.
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Lucky ducks: Algonquin officers rescue ducklings from sewer drainApr 30, 2025 8:51 am - Algonquin police officers were able to save nine baby ducklings unharmed after they stumbled into a sewer drain Sunday.
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79-year-old who shot intruder won’t face chargesApr 30, 2025 8:50 am - Kane County authorities said they won’t charge a 79-year-old Elgin resident who shot an intruder on his home on the 800 block of Carr Street Sunday morning, setting off a SWAT response.
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Batavia plans to continue collecting grocery tax, despite state repealApr 30, 2025 8:46 am - Batavia is among hundreds of municipalities in Illinois considering whether to create a local grocery tax in response to the state’s decision to eliminate the current one after 2025.
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Algonquin restaurant sponsors its 10th annual Hilltop SupperApr 30, 2025 12:47 am - On May 13, First Congregational Church of Dundee will offer a free drive-through Mexican meal for its Hilltop Community Supper, sponsored for the 10th year by On the Border restaurant.
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Music at Bethel concludes 26th season with Panko and FriendsApr 30, 2025 12:32 am - Music at Bethel returns to close its 26th concert season with artistic director Jeff Panko and friends on Saturday, May 10.
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Learn about God’s communal love at Gary UMC in WheatonApr 30, 2025 12:10 am - For the next two Sundays at Gary United Methodist Church in Wheaton, learn about the untranslatable Hebrew word, “hesed,” and its concept that reveals God’s communal love.
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Neighborhood Food Pantries’ 5k family fun run in a new locationApr 30, 2025 12:04 am - Neighborhood Food Pantries organized a 5K run/walk event called "Shopping Cart Shuffle: Let's Run Hunger Out of Town!" to raise funds for feeding hungry families in DuPage County.
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Local leaders and advocates gather for May 3 climate conference in PalatineApr 29, 2025 11:55 pm - Community members and climate advocates are invited to attend Climate Action Now!, a half-day conference hosted by Countryside Church Unitarian Universalist’s Green Sanctuary Committee in Palatine on Saturday, May 3.