Articles filed under Counties
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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...
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Someone to be thankful for: Lake County restaurateur delivers for first respondersNov 26, 2020 5:00 am - When the global pandemic hit, Kris Schoenberger, the owner of BBQ'd Productions in Lake Zurich and Third Lake, made it his goal to give 10,000 meals to medical personnel...
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Someone to be thankful for: Downers Grove volunteer gave 484 hours at COVID testing siteNov 26, 2020 5:00 am - Josephine “Jo” Potts is a volunteer who stood out at DuPage's COVID-19 drive-through testing site at the county fairgrounds in Wheaton. Of the 111 volunteers who have wo...
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DuPage County doubles gas taxNov 26, 2020 12:00 am - The DuPage County Board has approved a doubling of the 4-cents-per-gallon gas tax in response to revenue losses amid the coronavirus pandemic. The new rate goes into ef...
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Pandemic can't take away our reasons for being thankfulNov 25, 2020 5:00 am - "Pass the yams! And pass the turkey! Pass the iPad, too! I want to FaceTime with my family. Though quarantined from loved ones, I am grateful I'm not sick. And I'm thank...