Cook County Business
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Local law enforcement agencies find success in crisis intervention teams, trainingMay 03, 2024 11:43 pm - On April 9, Lake County sheriff’s deputies responded to the home near Deerfield of a man in a mental health crisis and armed with a gun. A caller had dialed 911 and feare...
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‘Still too trusting’: Officials warn of surge in driveway paving scamsApr 16, 2024 6:49 am - Suburban officials and the Better Business Bureau are warning of a surge in scammers swindling thousands of dollars from homeowners and leaving behind shoddy or nonexiste...
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Spring cleaning: Volunteers pick up trash on miles of area bike trailsApr 12, 2024 10:29 am - Bike Palatine Club vice president Kevin Keehn often wondered who picked up all the roadside trash after a long winter. That question led him on a personal mission of picking up litter along Northwest suburban roads/trails where he annually cycles a couple thousand miles.
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Recent home and property salesApr 02, 2024 12:54 pm - Cook County property transfers for Dec. 28, 2023, to March 6, 2024
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‘A perfect storm’: What’s our protection level against measles amid Chicago outbreak?Mar 24, 2024 8:54 am - Considered to be effectively eliminated across the U.S. in 2000, a measles outbreak in Chicago this month is a wake-up call about how easily things can spiral, experts say. How well protected are Illinoisans against the highly contagious respiratory virus?
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Parks group fears Bears entertainment district — once envisioned for Arlington Heights — coming to lakefront insteadMar 13, 2024 7:17 am - A Chicago parks advocacy group expressed concern Tuesday the Bears may bring the entertainment district they envisioned for Arlington Heights to the Chicago lakefront instead.
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Recent home and property salesMay 02, 2024 7:04 am - Cook County property transfers for Dec. 11, 2023, to Jan. 26, 2024.
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Prescribed burns part of conservation, nature’s cycleMar 03, 2024 4:58 pm - Long before Europeans settled in Illinois and transformed the Prairie State into what it is today, fire fueled the land. Landscape scale fire, both natural and indigenous...
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Cook County anticipated to exempt schools, park districts from new paid-leave lawFeb 16, 2024 9:40 am - Cook County Board commissioners are contemplating an amendment to their controversial paid-leave ordinance that took effect in January that would eliminate a key differen...
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Recent home and property salesJan 31, 2024 3:15 pm - Arlington Heights $668,000; 2731 N Ridge Ave., Arlington Heights; Sold on Nov. 17, 2023, by Impact Capital Llc to Tracie Douglas $649,000; 1410 S Harvard Ave...