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• DuPage County Board member terms determined

  14-12-2022 23:55
  Six newly elected DuPage County Board members -- four of them Democrats -- will serve two years in office.
  
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• Help name Lake County's new water tower

  14-12-2022 23:54
  Name ideas are being accepted through Friday for a new water tower to be built by Lake County's public works department at 18534 W. Old Gages Lake Road near Grayslake
  
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• St. Charles Business Alliance holds signup for Restaurant Week

  14-12-2022 23:53
  The St. Charles Business Alliance's annual St. Charles Restaurant Week will return Feb. 20-24. Participating restaurants offer a 15% discount on a total bill of $20 or more, not including alcohol, tax and gratuity.
  
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• Chipotle, Potbelly among stores burglarized overnight in Kildeer

  14-12-2022 23:24
  Police are working to identify the person or people responsible for burglarizing four stores at the Kildeer Village Square shopping center on Rand Road overnight Tuesday.
  
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• Barrington's $46.1 million budget: Water rate hike, lots of infrastructure improvements

  14-12-2022 23:06
  Barrington passed a $46 million budget this week. It includes a hike in the water rate and a nearly 5% increase in the tax levy
  
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• Two dozen families displaced by West Chicago apartment fire

  14-12-2022 22:52
  Two dozen families were displaced after a fire inside a West Chicago apartment building Tuesday evening caused significant damage to the 24-unit structure.
  
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• 'The board's trying to be responsible': Big Hollow uses $500,000 in reserves to shave tax levy

  14-12-2022 22:19
  Taxpayers in Big Hollow Elementary District 38 got an early holiday present from the school board.
  
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• UpRising Bakery in Lake in the Hills cancels drag show, citing terrorism bulletin

  14-12-2022 22:18
  Just days after a drag show in Woodstock was canceled amid threats on social media, UpRising Bakery and Cafe announced it was pulling the plug on its upcoming event.
  
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• Teen takes 40-year sentence for shooting woman during Aurora carjacking

  14-12-2022 22:16
  A teenager pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to 40 years in prison, for shooting woman during a carjacking in Aurora.
  
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• He Worked Odd Jobs Across Chicago’s South Side. Until That Saturday Night.

  14-12-2022 21:21 via nytimes.com
  Sincere Cole was one of thousands of American children killed by gun violence this year.
  
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• Cook County notes: Elk Grove snaps 60-game MSL losing streak

  14-12-2022 20:20
  It was like winning a championship game for Elk Grove.
  
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• Lake in the Hills approves slight increase in property tax levy

  14-12-2022 20:12
  After approving its new tax levy last week, some Lake in the Hills residents won't see the city's portion of their tax bill change, officials said.
  
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• Fox River Grove to offset property tax increase by reducing electric surcharge tax

  14-12-2022 19:40
  Despite a rise in property taxes, Fox River Grove residents are expected to pay slightly less in village taxes overall next year, village officials said.
  
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• Port Edward Restaurant's founder, the 'Renaissance Man' dies at 92

  14-12-2022 19:27
  The final chapter of a storied man -- a musician, an artist, world traveler, collector and the founder of the Port Edward Restaurant in Algonquin, affectionately referred to as "The Renaissance Man" -- has ended.
  
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• Sheriff investigating teen's death in Aurora

  14-12-2022 19:25
  The Kane County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a 14-year-old boy in Aurora.
  
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• Fire causes $40,000 in damage to Glen Ellyn residential complex

  14-12-2022 18:27
  No one was injured in a two-story residential building fire in Glen Ellyn Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.
  
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• Things to do Dec. 16-22: Suburbs pack in the holiday events this weekend

  14-12-2022 18:09
  Time is running short to take advantage of all of the holiday happenings going on in the suburbs and Chicago this weekend and next week.
  
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• Unanimous support for union at Glenview Starbucks

  14-12-2022 18:03
  Employees at the Starbucks coffee shop at 2760 Willow Road in Glenview on Dec. 6 voted unanimously in favor of forming a union.
  
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• Shipping container of toys, humanitarian aid on way to Ukraine, thanks to Northbrook nonprofit

  14-12-2022 18:00
  Northbrook resident Jeff Kaminsky is trafficking in gifts, both traditional and not, in mass quantities, this holiday season. And to a war zone.
  
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• Coach: Little things are an important part of good sports

  14-12-2022 17:51
  The "little things" may be small items in the big scheme of things, but still they become an important window into the character of the athlete.
  
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• Fighting 'darkness of intolerance': JCC Chicago celebrates Hanukkah, community

  14-12-2022 16:48
  JCC Chicago's '8 Nights of Hanukkah" is an all-ages celebration of the holiday featuring eight events including the traditional lighting of the menorah.
  
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• New District 30 superintendent to be announced Thursday

  14-12-2022 16:40
  The Northbrook-Glenview District 30 school board will announce the new superintendent at its board meeting Thursday .
  
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• Here's who has filed so far in Glenview, Northbrook races for April 4

  14-12-2022 16:39
  Next April's consolidated election will be quieter than the last in Glenview and Northbrook, if Monday's start of candidate filing for municipal positions is any indication.
  
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• Glenbrook South fills three school buses with items for food pantry

  14-12-2022 16:15
  Glenbrook South High School's 39th annual food drive collected its largest donation for the Northfield Township Food Pantry.
  
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• Loyola Academy to compete in National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dual Classic

  14-12-2022 16:12
  The Loyola Academy wrestling team will compete in the inaugural National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dual Classic in Oklahoma.
  
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• Parks' clutch shots help Lake Zurich hand York 1st loss

  14-12-2022 16:11
  Lake Zurich senior Baylie Parks says her team still has a long way to go.
  
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• Multiple families displaced after West Chicago apartment fire

  14-12-2022 14:29
  About 10 families were displaced after a fire inside a West Chicago apartment building Tuesday evening caused significant damage to the 12-unit structure.
  
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• New village trustee will have to decide fate of Schaumburg family's six chickens, duck

  14-12-2022 04:33
  The fate of a Schaumburg family's six chickens and duck, which members have requested permission to keep since the animals were recently discovered by village officials, will lie in the hands of a soon-to-be-appointed new village trustee.
  
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• Kaneland continues perfect start in Interstate Eight

  14-12-2022 04:28
  Once again this year, the Kaneland girls basketball team made things difficult for another team's tallest player while scoring point after point in the paint.
  
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• Roots nearly triple-doubles in easy Marmion win

  14-12-2022 04:26
  Blocking shots is simply what Trevon Roots does.
  
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• Parker's clutch shots help Lake Zurich hand York 1st loss

  14-12-2022 04:10
  Lake Zurich senior Baylie Parker says her team still has a long way to go.
  
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• Using "a moment of hate to do better," York High School students push for change

  14-12-2022 03:49
  As students at York High School plan to stage a walk out on Friday following a bullying incident, elected leaders say bullying has no place in DuPage County.
  
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• Blacher, Montini pull out hard-fought win over Deerfield

  14-12-2022 03:47
  Shannon Blacher doesn't need a refresher course on her status on Montini's basketball team.
  
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• Boone, Libertyville shoot past Lake Zurich

  14-12-2022 03:40
  Over the past decade boys prep hoops fans in Lake County, more notably the North Suburban Conference, have been treated to some deep postseason successes by numerous teams highlighted by Stevenson's 2015 IHSA Class 4A state championship.
  
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• Geneva's Hennig enjoys Hoffman homecoming

  14-12-2022 03:35
  Scott Hennig came home for the holidays Tuesday night.
  
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• Metea Valley's upset bid falls short at Oswego East

  14-12-2022 03:24
  Mekhi Lowery is the unique star that can impact the game without scoring.
  
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• Back to the drawing board for redevelopment of former St. Charles police station?

  14-12-2022 03:10
  St. Charles aldermen want to start over with the process of redeveloping the city's former police station along the Fox River.
  
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• Dist. 59 board rejects superintendent's plan to pair schools, close Ridge

  14-12-2022 02:48
  The Elk Grove Township Elementary District 59 school board has rejected new Superintendent Terri Bresnahan's controversial proposal that would have reconfigured elementary schools into grade level centers, redistricted some areas, and repurposed the year-round Ridge Family Center into a preschool.
  
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• Fox boys basketball notes: St. Charles East enjoys shot clock experiment

  14-12-2022 02:42
  If you weren't at St. Charles East's 63rd annual Ron Johnson Thanksgiving Tournament, you missed a chance to look into the future of high school basketball.
  
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• One woman injured in Libertyville crash

  14-12-2022 02:05
  One woman was injured in a rear-end crash in Libertyville Tuesday, officials said. Authorities responded the crash at Milwaukee Avenue and Winchester Road about 3 p.m., according to the Libertyville Fire Department.
  
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• Elgin puts money, support behind adding more police

  14-12-2022 01:09
  The Elgin City Council supported a recommendation by the community task force on policing to beef up the number of officers on patrol. The main driver is rampant overtime in the department, which is both a monetary and a stress consideration.
  
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