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33C finds way to offer full-day kindergarten

May 20, 2019 at 4:38 a.m.

Homer Community Consolidated School District 33C plans to offer full-day kindergarten next school year after figuring out how to drastically cut the cost. A month after some board members balked...

Architect Jonathan Hague presents plans for a five-acre retail development on the west side of LaGrange Road at Market Street during the Nov. 17 Frankfort Village Board meeting.

Frankfort lands retail center on La Grange Road

November 4, 2019 at 7:02 a.m.

A Buona Beef and at least one more restaurant will anchor a new five-acre development in Frankfort across from the Mariano's grocery store on the west side of La Grange...

Principal Shannon Roedel, standing, far left, joins third-grade teachers and students from Meadow Ridge School on Monday during the Orland School District 135 meeting for a presentation on using iPads in the classroom.

No tax increase in Orland District 135

May 20, 2019 at 4:37 a.m.

Orland School District 135 won't raise taxes on homeowners next year despite a looming threat in Springfield that could tear a $5 million hole in the district's budget. The school...

Palos Heights voters back rec center upgrade

June 17, 2018 at 4:47 a.m.

Palos Heights voters appeared to overwhelmingly approve a $6.3 million bond issue to upgrade the city's aging recreation center. "We couldn't be happier with the result," said Michael Gilhooly, who...

George Yukich, a Homer Glen village trustee, complains of rising property taxes during a Homer Community Consolidated School District 33C board meeting. "There is a big problem here. Taxes keep going up," he said. "It's the taxpayers' money; it's not your money."

All-day kindergarten stalls in Homer School District 33C

May 20, 2019 at 4:36 a.m.

Budget worries have stalled a bid to offer free full-day kindergarten in Homer Community Consolidated School District 33C. School board members Cindy Polke and Ed Campins balked at the $500,000...

Mayor Jim Holland, right, swears in longtime village employee Tony Minette as Frankfort's new utilities director Monday night.

Grants help Frankfort businesses expand

June 17, 2018 at 5:45 a.m.

Frankfort officials on Oct. 20 shelled out more than $65,000 to entice three business expansions — including a sprawling sports complex — and named a longtime employee utilities director. Xpress...

Superintendent Janet Stutz, far left, and board President Joe La Margo, right, pose with Liberty School teachers who were honored Monday night. They were among several recipients of Orland School District 135's ABCDE awards, which recognize those who go Above and Beyond the Call of Duty Everyday.

District 135 passes no-tax-increase budget

May 20, 2019 at 4:33 a.m.

Homeowners for a second straight year won't be asked to pay more to Orland School District 135. The elementary district's board voted 5-0 on Monday to approve an $80 million...

Lake Zurich to hear other proposals for key downtown development

June 17, 2018 at 8:28 a.m.

Lake Zurich officials will vet a pair of new proposals after a Plainfield firm whiffed on a downtown development plan. Harbour Contractors Inc. failed to meet a July 1 deadline...

Kurt Sangmeister talks Monday to the Frankfort Village Board about plans to redevelop the site that housed the law office of his late father.

Frankfort gives grant for new downtown building

June 18, 2018 at 8:34 a.m.

Offices, shops and a Mexican restaurant will replace the modest downtown Frankfort law office named for a former congressman. The Village Board voted 5-0 Monday to extend a $220,000 grant...

Frankfort police get 4-year contract

June 17, 2018 at 9:40 a.m.

Frankfort police have signed a new contract with the village that will provide them with a nearly 12 percent raise over four years. The deal, which covers detectives and patrol...

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