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‘A resource that we count on’: Legislation inspired by 2023 water crisis in Lake County clears House

By Russell Lissau
Apr 30, 2024 5:29 pm - Nearly a year after a system failure left hundreds of homes and businesses in southern Lake County without drinkable water for days, legislation that would require utilit...
Kane County agencies to hold summit on human trafficking

By Shaw Local News Network
Apr 30, 2024 8:04 pm - The Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office and community organizations will hold a human trafficking summit from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on May 11 at the Christ Community Church ...
Why Kane County is taking more time to decide on new sales tax referendum

By Susan Sarkauskas
Apr 25, 2024 8:57 pm - A Kane County Board committee has further delayed deciding whether to ask voters to approve a new sales tax. Dale Berman, chairman of the finance and budget committee, as...
Park district: No taxpayer dollars will be spent to expand Cosley Zoo parking

By Dave Oberhelman
Apr 24, 2024 7:11 pm - If the Wheaton Park District gets the green light to build a 93-space parking lot across the street from Cosley Zoo, the project would cost an estimated $2.1 million, off...
With new campaign contributions in tow, Elk Grove mayor announces reelection bid

By Christopher Placek
Apr 24, 2024 5:42 pm - Already Elk Grove Village’s longest-serving mayor, Craig Johnson announced Tuesday he will seek an unprecedented eighth term in next year’s election. At the same time, lo...
McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally drops re-election bid, will step down as top prosecutor

By Amanda Marrazzo
Apr 23, 2024 9:08 pm - McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally said Tuesday that, “after nonstop agonizing,” he has chosen not to seek re-election in November. It would have been his ...
Controversial Downers Grove library trustee removed from board

By Bob Rakow
Apr 23, 2024 9:11 pm - Bill Nienburg’s controversial tenure as a Downers Grove Library Board trustee ended last week when the village council voted 4-3 to remove him from the board. The April 1...
New interactive sculpture commissioned for Mundelein park

By Russell Lissau
Apr 23, 2024 9:07 pm - A large, interactive sculpture of an upturned, oversized hand is coming to Mundelein’s Courtland Commons park. The village board on Monday voted to hire Kentucky artist M...
Kane County GOP elects chair to second two-year term

Brenda Schory
Apr 21, 2024 8:45 pm - Andro Lerario has been reelected for another two-year term as chair of the Kane County Republican Party. Precinct committee persons reelected Lerario, who ran without opp...
Wheeling expands, renames business grant program

By Russell Lissau
Apr 19, 2024 7:13 pm - A Wheeling grant program that helps business owners pay for renovations and other site improvements is expanding again — and getting a new name. Perhaps most significantl...

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