Articles filed under Counties
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How suburban leaders pushed movement for women's votesAug 22, 2020 1:00 am - The first woman to vote in Illinois lived in Lombard. The leader of a pioneering 1910 auto tour across northern Illinois to stump for suffrage lived in Oak Park. The ar...
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Suited for success: Naperville charity outfits jail inmates for job interviews, courtAug 21, 2020 5:30 am - Clothes make the man, says an ancient Latin proverb made famous by Mark Twain. Now men in the DuPage County jail can get made over through the donation of more than 400 ...
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Officials say suburban Cook County COVID-19 grouping 'defies logic'Aug 21, 2020 1:00 am - Three months ago, the Northwest Municipal Conference asked that the state not group the North and Northwest suburbs with Chicago for statistical benchmarks used for loos...
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DuPage conference names new presidentAug 21, 2020 1:00 am - Willowbrook Mayor Frank Trilla has been named president of the DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference for the 2020-2021 year. During the past year, Trilla served as vice ...
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Ex-cop unintentionally fired bullet into neighbor's home in Algonquin, police sayAug 21, 2020 1:00 am - A former police officer was released on bond Wednesday after authorities say he fired a bullet though his wall and into a neighbor's Algonquin home. Mario P. Giannini Jr...
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Freight train car derails near AntiochAug 21, 2020 1:00 am - A freight train car hauling nonhazardous material broke in two in an unincorporated area near Antioch in early Friday morning, authorities said. Lake County sheriff's de...
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Itasca delays vote on new hotel and gas station developmentAug 21, 2020 1:00 am - A vote on a proposed development that would include a Holiday Inn Express, Thornton's gas station and restaurant in Itasca has been put on hold for a few more weeks. A v...
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See 6 baby woodpeckers rescued by Wildlife Resource CenterAug 20, 2020 11:00 pm - McHenry County Conservation District's Wildlife Resource Center recently released six young northern flickers that had been in their care since mid-June. The baby flick...
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DuPage County Complete Count Committee encouraging final Census pushAug 20, 2020 11:00 pm - The U.S. Census is in its final six weeks, and the DuPage Complete Count Committee is urging residents to complete their Census forms. DuPage County's self-response rate...
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Lake County surveying public on their commutesAug 20, 2020 1:00 am - The Lake County Division of Transportation is asking residents to share how they normally commute to work, school or other frequent destinations. The MY Commute Lake Co...