Katlyn Smith
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Federal attorneys seek to intervene in Haymarket lawsuit against ItascaJun 21, 2024 6:33 pm - Chicago's U.S. attorney's office is seeking to join a lawsuit against Itasca over the village’s rejection of a plan to turn a former hotel into an addiction treatment and...
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Three years later, lives still upended by tornado that tore through WoodridgeJun 21, 2024 3:48 pm - Three years have passed since a late-night tornado left her Woodridge townhouse community in shambles. Yet Maria Rivas still feels in limbo. “I still don’t know when I’m ...
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Hokusai exhibition set to make waves at the College of DuPageJun 19, 2024 10:47 am - The 19th-century Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai will follow Andy Warhol and Frida Kahlo as the subject of a summer art exhibition at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn.
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As Winfield moves ahead with plaza design, school officials raise concerns with siteJun 19, 2024 10:47 am - Winfield trustees have moved one step closer to a downtown beautification project, despite an ongoing legal fight over how to pay for that and other developments in the v...
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‘Empty does not mean unloved’: Is piece of DuPage’s farming past in jeopardy?Jun 16, 2024 9:23 pm - More than a year ago, the Oak Cottage farmhouse near Naperville landed on a list of the state’s most endangered historic places. The white clapboard house seems like a pl...
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‘An iconic Australian species’: Koalas to make their debut at Brookfield Zoo ChicagoJun 14, 2024 10:10 pm - Meet Brumby and Willum, the first koalas to take up residence at Brookfield Zoo Chicago in its 90-year history.
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Roselle OKs backyard chickensJun 14, 2024 10:05 pm - The village of Roselle will let residents keep up to five egg-laying hens in their backyards.
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Putting down roots: Morton Arboretum helps communities plant more than 1,800 treesJun 11, 2024 5:18 pm - The Morton Arboretum is distributing $6.9 million in federally funded grants to help nearly two dozen communities throughout Illinois plant and care for trees. The city of Elgin, the Roselle Park District and the village of Streamwood are among the suburban grant recipients.
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No Ribfest planned for this year: Exchange Club of Naperville presidentJun 10, 2024 7:04 pm - Ribfest — the granddaddy of Fourth of July celebrations during its heyday in Naperville — faces a hazy future after a two-year stint in Wheaton coming out of the pandemic...
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Leapin’ Lombard! ‘Little Orphan Annie’ tours, exhibit celebrate her 100th birthday and suburban rootsJun 07, 2024 11:23 pm - Ahead of her 100th birthday this August, the Lombard Historical Society is celebrating “Little Orphan Annie” with an exhibition on her place in pop culture, the man who brought her to life and his landmark residence on Main Street.