Articles filed under Counties
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Special delivery: How Barrington Hills cops helped with roadside birthMar 12, 2021 4:30 am - Two Barrington Hills police officers are credited with a huge assist for their help at the scene of the roadside delivery of a baby boy last week. Besides his parents, G...
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Why some people want to change the name of a Lake County creekMar 12, 2021 4:30 am - One of the Squaw Creek Drainage District's main orders of business is dealing with beaver dams along the 17-mile waterway that drains into Long Lake in northwestern Lake...
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DuPage recognized for flood mitigation workMar 12, 2021 12:00 am - The Illinois Association of Floodplain and Stormwater Managers presented DuPage County with the 2021 Mitigation award during its annual conference, which was held virtua...
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As early voting kicks off, Lake County vote-by-mail already surpasses total from last consolidated electionMar 12, 2021 12:00 am - Largely because of the ongoing pandemic, a record number of Lake County voters opted last fall to submit their choice for U.S. president and other offices by mail. And t...
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Open burning restrictions for unincorporated Lake County reinstatedMar 12, 2021 12:00 am - Temporary open burning restrictions for unincorporated Lake County have been reinstated through June 9. Open burning of landscape waste is allowed from sunrise to sunset...
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DuPage County predicts spending $63 million on police reform mandates over next 5 yearsMar 11, 2021 4:30 am - A sweeping criminal justice reform bill signed last month by Gov. J.B. Pritzker could cost DuPage County an additional $63 million over the next five years, according to...
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Crystal Lake businessman nominated to replace Ness on McHenry County BoardMar 11, 2021 12:00 am - McHenry County Board Chairman Michael Buehler nominated John Collins, a Crystal Lake resident who owns a business in Elgin, to fill the vacancy on the McHenry County Boa...
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National Guard to help run a new McHenry County vaccination siteMar 11, 2021 12:00 am - The Illinois National Guard is set to be deployed to McHenry County to run a new mass vaccination site with additional doses provided by the state beyond the county's no...
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Crystal Lake woman pleads guilty to 2019 fatal hit-and-runMar 11, 2021 12:00 am - A Crystal Lake woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to a 2019 hit-and-run crash that killed a 53-year-old Algonquin man. Carolyn Tyrrell, 54, of the 900 block of Wesley Drive, e...
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Kane County may shift money away from police and into social servicesMar 11, 2021 12:00 am - In perhaps an example of a police department self-defunding, Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain has volunteered to give up $50,000 in payroll from his office to help pay for a...