Articles filed under Counties
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McHenry County residents may choose moving to Wisconsin over paying increased property taxesMay 19, 2020 1:00 am - Some McHenry County residents saw an increase in the first installment of this year's property tax bills, which were mailed out last Friday, and this time it just might ...
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Kane County Board blocks coroner's ability to share COVID-19 death statsMay 19, 2020 1:00 am - Kane County's official newsletter no longer will include information from the coroner about COVID-19 deaths after county board members decided Tuesday the stats are too ...
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Study: McHenry, Will counties have higher-risk COVID-19 populationsMay 19, 2020 1:00 am - McHenry and Will counties have not been hit as hard by coronavirus as some other parts of the Chicago area but might see greater devastation if an outbreak occurs becaus...
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Bipartisan group seeks to reduce size of DuPage County BoardMay 19, 2020 1:00 am - A bipartisan group of DuPage County Board members wants to consider eliminating one-third of the panel's seats to save money. County board member Mary FitzGerald Ozog ha...
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May 19 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeMay 19, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Since the outbreak began, there have been 50,118 cases of COVID-19 in the suburbs, more than 51% of the state's total, according to the Illin...
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Bail reduction denied for Elgin man charged with striking, sexually assaulting womanMay 19, 2020 1:00 am - A 25-year-old Elgin man charged with striking and sexually assaulting a woman after an argument over loud music will remain in Cook County jail on $1 million bail after ...
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Ace Hardware, VFW honor 'Fallen Heroes' with 1 million American flagsMay 18, 2020 11:00 pm - In the true spirit of Memorial Day, Ace Hardware is again collaborating with the Veterans of Foreign Wars to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their countr...
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Latino leaders cite need for more COVID-19 testing in suburbsMay 18, 2020 5:30 am - Suburban Latino community leaders and lawmakers are calling for increased access to COVID-19 testing and screening sites, bilingual and cultural contact tracing, persona...
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'I am not going to be anybody's boogeyman': DuPage sheriff says county is ready to reopenMay 18, 2020 1:00 am - DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick has joined a chorus of suburban law enforcement officials who say they won't enforce Gov. J.B. Pritzker's stay-at-home order as a cr...
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Major flooding along Des Plaines, DuPage, Fox riversMay 18, 2020 1:00 am - Residents across the suburbs spent Monday bailing out basements and navigating around impassable roads after a wet weekend overwhelmed local waterways and challenged flo...