Articles filed under Counties
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Cook County homicides top 900 mark in 2020: What's happened in Northwest suburbsDec 01, 2020 12:00 am - Cook County has recorded 902 homicides this year, marking the first time since 2016 and just the second time in nearly a quarter-century that the 900 mark has been reach...
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County deals setback for Willow Creek Wheaton to build megachurch near Cantigny ParkNov 30, 2020 12:00 am - Willow Creek Wheaton has been dealt a setback in its plans to construct a new megachurch in unincorporated DuPage County. In a 9-to-8 vote Nov. 24, the DuPage County Bo...
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YEP students hope to raise $12,500 as part of Giving TuesdayNov 30, 2020 12:00 am - Twenty-one students from seven Fox Valley high schools hope to raise $12,500 this week as part of a Giving Tuesday challenge for members of the Youth Engagement in Phila...
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Tuesday is Virtual World AIDS DayNov 30, 2020 12:00 am - The Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center is collaborating with the Art Impact Project to host a free virtual event to commemorate World AIDS Day on ...
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Sheriff Dart has COVID-19; 7,873 new cases, 108 more deaths announcedNov 28, 2020 12:00 am - Cases of COVID-19 and deaths from the respiratory disease dipped in the last week although hospitalizations increased, as officials Saturday reported 7,873 new cases and...
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Incurable form of cancer won't stop 74-year-old Elburn man from helping othersNov 27, 2020 5:00 am - Helping people is just something Harley Veldhuizen does. And nothing, it seems, will stop him. Not even an incurable form of cancer, For the past 30 years or so, the 7...
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Free COVID-19 testing is coming to Grayslake and Fox Lake in DecemberNov 27, 2020 12:00 am - Free COVID-19 testing is coming to Grayslake and Fox Lake in December, the Lake County Health Department said in a news release. A mobile testing unit managed by the Ill...
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Police dog Dax finds stabbing suspect, crime victim on consecutive nightsNov 27, 2020 12:00 am - Dax, one of the celebrated police dogs employed by the Lake County sheriff's office, helped police find a woman who was evading officers in Round Lake after a stabbing e...
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Incoming McHenry County Board chairman tasked with appointing two members to fill vacant seatsNov 27, 2020 12:00 am - The McHenry County Board will soon have two vacant seats, one left by a Democrat and one by a Republican, that will need to be filled in the coming months. It will be up...
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Work on merger of Lake County recorder of deeds, clerk offices to begin in JanuaryNov 27, 2020 12:00 am - Lake County residents voted overwhelmingly this month to eliminate the recorder of deeds' office and merge it with the county clerk's office, leaving the two women who r...