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‘Vivid creatures’ will be taking over Morton Aboretum next yearOct 30, 2024 8:08 am - First a family of trolls settled into the Morton Arboretum in Lisle. Then more humanlike characters, Mother Earth types, began to populate areas of the grounds. A new gro...
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Great catch: Bears’ Kmet delivers Downers Grove teen surprise trip to Arizona gameOct 29, 2024 7:33 pm - Chicago Bears tight end Cole Kmet surprised 14-year-old Jonah Davis of Downers Grove on Tuesday with a trip to see the team play Sunday in Arizona.
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St. Charles Kiwanis join in Kiwanis One Day with volunteer event at food bankOct 29, 2024 4:32 pm - Thirty-seven members of the St. Charles Kiwanis and St. Charles Golden K Kiwanis clubs spent the morning of Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Northern Illinois Food Bank in Geneva participating in the annual Kiwanis One Day event.
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Life-changing: Harper's Paths to College and Career program helps adult studentsOct 28, 2024 12:32 am - Harper’s Paths to College and Career is designed to help displaced, unemployed or underemployed adults seeking to pivot careers and enhance their basic skills and digital literacy.
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Costumed dogs, owners join for Buffalo Grove’s Howl-O-Ween CelebrationOct 26, 2024 9:29 pm - Cuteness and creativity were on display during the Howl-O-Ween Canine Costume Contest at the Dan Schimmel Pavilion in Willow Stream Park in Buffalo Grove on Saturday. Ab...
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‘I think it’s delivered everything we hoped it would’: Lake County leaders celebrate five years of 211 helplineOct 26, 2024 9:58 am - United Way of Lake County and dozens of partner organizations are celebrating five years of 211 service and more than 350,000 connections made since its debut.
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College of DuPage honors 2024 Class of 5 Under 5 AlumniOct 25, 2024 11:09 pm - The College of DuPage Foundation’s inaugural 5 Under 5 program celebrates five alumni who have made significant contributions to their communities, professions and fields of study within five years of leaving the college.
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Elgin Image Awards names 2024 recipientsOct 25, 2024 10:30 pm - The Enhancing Elgin Committee of the Elgin Area Chamber’s Elgin Development Group will recognize people and organizations with the 2024 Elgin Image Awards on Tuesday, Oct. 29.
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Level up: New exhibition highlights Chicago arcade game company’s legacyOct 25, 2024 4:51 pm - “INSERT COIN: Inside Midway’s Arcade Revolution” exhibit opens Saturday at the Cleve Carney Museum of Arts on the campus of the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn.
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‘Answer to a prayer’: Community invited to honor Korean War MIA soldier as he’s laid to rest in ElginOct 23, 2024 4:07 pm - Eriverto Ortiz, a U.S. Army corporal who was declared missing-in-action in Korea in 1950, will be buried on Monday at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin. His family hopes many will turn out to show their support.