Cook County Submitted Content
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Cook County Animal and Rabies Control offers pet safety tips during bitterly cold winter weatherJan 10, 2024 8:46 am - Dangerously low temperatures are forecast over the next few days. Snowstorms throughout the week will give way to bitterly cold subzero temperatures starting this weekend...
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Party for the Preserves is full day of events Sept. 23Sep 20, 2023 12:14 pm - The annual Forest Preserves of Cook County's Party for the Preserves on Saturday, Sept. 23, checks a lot of boxes: it kicks off fall forest fun events that run through N...
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Forest Preserves of Cook County opens photo contestJul 31, 2023 10:37 am - Whether you have an eye for casually capturing images or you're a professional photographer, the Forest Preserves of Cook County wants to see your nature photographs sho...
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Forest Preserves of Cook County raises fines for fly dumpingJul 17, 2023 12:16 pm - Piles of crumbling asphalt, disassembled and busted furniture, and mini mountains of used tires; these are scenes one might expect to see at a landfill. But for some Fo...
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Elk Grove Village completes multi-use sidepath along Meacham RoadJun 07, 2023 3:41 pm - On Thursday, June 1, Elk Grove Village officials joined Cook County Commissioner Kevin Morrison and officials from the County's Department of Transportation and Highways...
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$100K grants to support Illinois businesses led by minoritiesJan 20, 2023 8:07 am - Founders First CDC, a national 501(c) 3 nonprofit, has opened its Chicago Job Creators Quest Grant application. It will remain open through Feb. 8. Twenty-five grants to...
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Harper professor's new book looks at Illinois statehoodJan 17, 2023 10:45 am - A lifelong passion for Illinois history, research, storytelling and teaching is embodied in the new book "Avenues of Transformation, Illinois's Path from Territory to St...
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JDRF One Dream Gala raises more than $16 million for a T1D CureDec 20, 2022 4:38 pm - The JDRF Illinois One Dream Gala - one of Chicago's top annual philanthropic events - surpassed last year's record-breaking evening of fundraising. On Dec. 10, JDRF Ill...
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22 breweries set to pour at Long Grove Craft Beer FestApr 19, 2022 1:47 pm - Historic downtown Long Grove will once again transform into the suburb's biggest beer garden for Craft Beer Fest later this month. The annual festival is an homage to L...
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Map reveals widespread lead pollution in Chicago backyards, parkwaysMar 28, 2022 6:00 pm - In backyards and community gardens across Chicago, growers tend fruit and vegetable crops as diverse as the city they live in. Most have one thing in common - lead lurki...