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Vehicle explodes in Naperville park Tuesday nightJul 10, 2024 1:58 pm - Naperville authorities are investigating what caused a vehicle to explode Tuesday night in a city park, injuring its owner.
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Batavia Windmill City Festival ready with music, food, carnival, activitiesJul 10, 2024 1:55 pm - The largest summer event in Batavia, the three-day Windmill City Festival begins this weekend with live music, food, a carnival, games and contests.
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Man dies after SUV strikes curb and goes into retention pond in WaucondaJul 10, 2024 1:22 pm - A 38-year-old man died Wednesday morning after driving an SUV into a detention pond at Garland Road and Main Street in Wauconda.
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Brotherhood of Harmony offers free singing lessonsJul 10, 2024 1:20 pm - Registration for a special program of free singing/voice lessons is now open.
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Award-Winning Ensemble to Perform at GospelfestJul 10, 2024 1:04 pm - Award-winning gospel group Nate Martin & SIGN (Singing in God's Name) will be the headliner at this year’s free Gospelfest event at Greenbelt Cultural Center in North Chicago.
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‘People are concerned’: Legislators, advocates seek reforms to curb rates for private water customersJul 10, 2024 12:37 pm - Illinois lawmakers are joining the consumer advocacy group Citizens Utility Board to call for legislative reforms designed to curb rates for customers of the state’s two private water utilities.
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Outdoor family movie night series continues with ‘Migration’Jul 10, 2024 12:30 pm - Wesley United Methodist Church, 14 N. May St. in Aurora, will continue its summer family movie night series at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 17. "Migration," the 2023 anim...
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South African delegation welcomed to Aurora on Independence Day weekendJul 10, 2024 12:23 pm - Mayor Richard Irvin recently welcomed delegates from South Africa to Aurora.As America celebrated 248 years of freedom and democracy, South Africa is celebrating its 30th year free from apartheid.
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Mount Prospect neighborhood parade may be short, but has a long historyJul 10, 2024 12:01 pm - The Wa Pella Street Parade in Mount Prospect isn’t exactly a high-profile July 4th event, but it has shown remarkable staying power — neighbors and former neighbors have kept its tradition alive for 75 years.
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From classroom bees to museum murals: Lake County artist’s inspiring pathJul 10, 2024 11:44 am - Samantha Gallagher has transformed her lifelong love for insects and drawing into a business. The Lake County Forest Preserves commissioned Gallagher to create 11 cicada illustrations that make up a large part of the Dunn Museum’s special exhibition, “Celebrating Cicadas.”