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ECC receives $1M gift from Gene Haas Foundation to support CNC educationOct 06, 2026 4:14 pm - Elgin Community College has received a $1 million gift from the Gene Haas Foundation to support and enhance CNC programming and training at the college’s new Manufacturing and Technology Center.
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‘It’s beautiful’: Larkin High School hosts first varsity games at new on-campus stadiumOct 02, 2026 8:23 pm - Larkin High School hosted its first games Friday at the school’s newly built stadium in Elgin. Ray Haley Field at the Royals Athletic Complex is named after Larkin’s first football coach and longtime athletic director.
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Local businesses, volunteers donate officer wellness room at Schaumburg police stationSep 21, 2026 5:36 pm - An officer wellness room was revealed to donors from the local business and volunteer communities Monday as the final improvement to the Schaumburg Police Department’s half-century-old station before its replacement in late 2028.
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Rookie cop began her first shift at 6 p.m. Six hours later, she delivered a babySep 17, 2026 7:32 pm - Kelsey Watson was just six hours into her very first shift as a Grayslake police officer when a call came in that a woman was in labor at home. Minutes later, the rookie cop was delivering a newborn baby girl into the world.
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Grocery store workers team up to fight food insecuritySep 17, 2026 6:06 pm - Hundreds of volunteers from Mariano’s and Roundy’s stores gathered Thursday in Gurnee for the Stuff-a-Palooza 2026 Hunger Relief Bag Packing Event.
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Empower and inspire: How John Walters shapes students’ lives at Glenbard EastSep 15, 2026 5:43 am - An award winner as both an instructor and a football coach at Glenbard East, John Walters “meets the needs of the kids.”
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St. Charles hobbyist baker battles pastry professionals on Food Network’s ‘Halloween Baking Championship’Sep 11, 2026 5:10 pm - St. Charles hobbyist baker Elizabeth Suwanski will appear on Food Network’s “Halloween Baking Championship,” which has its season 12 premiere at 8 p.m. Monday.
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‘Do good in the world’: St. Edward students hold day of service to mark school shooting anniversaryAug 27, 2026 2:34 pm - St. Edward Central Catholic High School in Elgin school held a special “Wave of Service Day” at nine area nonprofits Thursday in remembrance of and in solidarity with the community of Annunciation Catholic School in Minnesota on the first anniversary of a shooting that took the lives of two students.
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‘Helping people find their stories’: Indie bookstore to open in downtown Lake ZurichAug 26, 2026 10:55 am - Politics was the introduction but it was a love of reading, writing and storytelling that fueled and sustained a partnership in an indie bookstore about to open in downtown Lake Zurich.
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Magic man: For theater artist Dennis Watkins, magic was always in the cardsAug 26, 2026 10:42 am - Dennis Watkins, host of the long-running close-up magic show “The Magic Parlour” at Goodman Theatre, celebrates 25 years as a Chicago magician and theater artist.
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