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Headlining acts announced for 2024 Septemberfest in Schaumburg
Summer may have just gotten underway, but one suburban music festival is looking ahead to September with headlining acts recently announced. The three-day Septemberfest festival is returning to Schaumburg this year and is slated to run from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2 at the Robert O. Atcher Municipal Center grounds.
Leon Place roadway reconstruction work to begin week of June 17
The city has contracted the reconstruction of Leon Place roadway from Simpson Street to Ridge Avenue. Work is anticipated to begin the week of June 17 and continue for eight weeks. The funding for this project comes from the city’s Rebuild IL/Motor Fuel Tax Funds. This project involves curb...
Jim Dey | Ambitious lawyer's whoppers could land him in penalty box
State judicial officials have made it clear they will not tolerate judges who do not testify truthfully in their disciplinary hearings. They’ve summarily fired three of them (from DuPage, Adams and St. Clair counties) over the past couple of years. But what about a lawyer who fabricates his work...
If your pet eats too many cicadas, when should you see the vet?
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (CBS) -- With 17-year periodical cicadas on seemingly every outdoor surface in parts of the Chicago area, some veterinarians — even emergency vets — are getting calls to treat pets that eat too many of the insects.Veterinarians emphasize it's rare for a cicada-eating issue to turn into an emergency for pets. But with vets seeing such issues across the Chicago area nonetheless, experts have some advice.Some dogs are gleefully gobbling up cicadas and their exoskeletons, explained Dr. Jennie Culen of Thrive Pet Healthcare in Hoffman Estates."The dogs, they basically think they're like potato chips — they're crunchy,"...
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