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‘Throwing dollars out the window’: Diesel spike hits truckers and farmers, with consumers in the crosshairs

‘Throwing dollars out the window’: Diesel spike hits truckers and farmers, with consumers in the crosshairs

Truckers are asking Gov. JB Pritzker for a fuel sales tax reprieve amid unprecedented diesel costs.

 
‘It’s not just the things on the shelves’: Mount Prospect library celebrates second floor transformation

‘It’s not just the things on the shelves’: Mount Prospect library celebrates second floor transformation

Since a nearly $5 million renovation of Mount Prospect Public Library’s second floor opened this summer, the upper level has gained a reputation as a third space — a place apart from home, school or work.

 
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Authorities: Streamwood man suffered cardiac event before crash

Authorities: Streamwood man suffered cardiac event before crash

A 49-year-old Streamwood man found dead in a vehicle Wednesday at Van Patten Woods Forest Preserve in Wadsworth has been identified as Arkadius Knych, according to the Lake County Coroner’s Office.

 
Mah-jongg and champagne lounge coming to Naperville

Mah-jongg and champagne lounge coming to Naperville

A new mah-jongg and champagne lounge is coming to Naperville’s 5th Avenue Station later this year.

 

Charges dropped in case of newborn’s remains found in suitcase: ‘Our hearts break for the child’

Lake County prosecutors dropped charges this week against a Washington state woman who they say left the body of her newborn in a suitcase at the Riverwoods home of relatives.

 
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‘If not here, then where?’: Teen promoting sustainable farms to consumers

‘If not here, then where?’: Teen promoting sustainable farms to consumers

Lake Forest High School senior Ben Rattin believes modern farming practices harm the planet’s climate and negatively affect the soil and the people who consume products grown using “industrial” agriculture methods.

 

Shake Shack, Cava could replace old Red Lobster in Geneva

The former Red Lobster restaurant in Geneva may be demolished to make room for a new Shake Shack.

 
Six Flags Fright Fest promises Halloween scares to close out 50th season

Six Flags Fright Fest promises Halloween scares to close out 50th season

As the weather begins to cool and pumpkins start to pop up on porches, the Halloween season has returned to Six Flags Great America, with the 35th season of the popular Fright Fest running through Nov. 1.

 
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Libertyville business marks 20 years of creating a personal touch in a digital age

Libertyville business marks 20 years of creating a personal touch in a digital age

Starting at her dining room table to a celebration last week of 20 years in a Libertyville storefront, Kristine Knudson has persevered and kept the art of personal correspondence alive in a digital age.

 
Amazon to invest $1B into data center communities amid backlash against data center rollouts

Amazon to invest $1B into data center communities amid backlash against data center rollouts

Amazon is investing more than $1 billion over the next five years into communities where it operates data centers for education, job training, water and energy preservation projects and other local priorities as it reacts to a growing backlash from politicians and consumers to the tech industry's rollout of the massive buildings.

 

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