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Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan. (Mick Zawislak/Daily Herald)

Hearing set on fate of Waukegan hospital property: ‘They need to find a resolution as soon as possible’

Vista Medical Center East may be required to pay rent to a landlord if Lake County Judge R. Christopher Ditton orders the real estate at the northwest corner of Sheridan Road and Glen Flora. Avenue, where the hospital sits, transferred to a new owner because of unpaid property taxes.

A vote to formally revoke zoning approvals for the already-shuttered Sugar Factory restaurant is scheduled Monday in Rosemont. The upscale candy shop at Parkway Bank Park closed in March. (Christopher Placek/Daily Herald)

Rosemont set to revoke Sugar Factory’s zoning amid sour ownership split

The Rosemont village board on Monday is poised to revoke zoning approvals for the closed Sugar Factory restaurant amid a bitter legal dispute between former business partners.

This artist's rendering of what a parking deck at Nichols Library might look like from the corner of Jefferson Avenue and Webster Street in Naperville was done in 2007. (City of Naperville)

Parking deck plan for Naperville’s Nichols Library needs to be redone

Naperville will need to start from scratch on design plans for a new parking deck at Nichols Library, a process that could cost $1.8 million, according to a city manager’s memo.

Nearly three years ago, Illinois became the first state in the nation to fully abolish its cash bail system, an effort pushed by criminal justice reform advocates who argued that the ability for a person to post bond after an arrest does not equate with the danger he or she poses to the community. (Associated Press)

Public defense reform advances as Illinois moves to hire statewide public defender

In the latest step of a yearslong process toward public defense reform in Illinois, the state supreme court this week opened applications for a statewide public defender. A 2025 law created the Office of the Statewide Public Defender after Illinois’ 2023 abolition of its cash bail system revealed profound resource shortages in public defender offices around the state. The initial statewide public defender is set to begin the job on Jan. 1.

St. Charles hobbyist baker Elizabeth Suwanski will appear on Food Network’s Halloween Baking Championship, which has its season premiere on Monday. She said her favorite thing is when people can’t believe something she’s made, like this “Little Shop of Horrors” cookie, is actually edible. (Rick West/Daily Herald)

St. Charles hobbyist baker battles pastry professionals on Food Network’s ‘Halloween Baking Championship’

St. Charles hobbyist baker Elizabeth Suwanski will appear on Food Network’s “Halloween Baking Championship,” which has its season 12 premiere Monday at 8 p.m.

Naperville has a draft of a new bike and pedestrian infrastructure plan that would reshape the city’s bike network.  (Carl Wagner/Chicago Tribune)

100-plus projects proposed in revamped Naperville bike, pedestrian plan

Dozens of new bike lanes and trails aimed at improving connectivity in Naperville could be coming to the city.

Mundelein officials have released architectural renderings of townhouses proposed for vacant land at Midlothian Road and Courtland Street. (The Huron Group and Village of Mundelein)

Townhouses proposed for vacant land in Mundelein

A 68-unit townhouse development has been proposed for vacant land in western Mundelein.

A suburban demolition company has been hired to demolish the commercial building at 281-301 S. Des Plaines River Road in Des Plaines. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)

Dilapidated Des Plaines building to be demolished

A dilapidated commercial building in Des Plaines soon will be demolished.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 

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