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Community ‘Festival of Trees’ On Display At Freeport Public Library And Online
Organizations from across the area decorate holiday trees with cash prizes awarded by a panel of judges and the public.
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Op-Ed: The Media Is An Angry Narrator Dishonestly Describing A War They’re Losing
The media decide what we talk about, what conversations we have, and they characterize how those conversations are framed.
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Sudden Shift To Remote Learning Leaves Some Illinois Parents With Few Options, Big Bills
In Illinois, most students will be learning remotely when school starts, according to results from an Illinois State Board of Education survey.
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Essential Workers Only Pay $1 A Month For Daycare During Pandemic
Eligible workers include hospital staff, grocery store clerks, food producers, police and firefighters.
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Pritzker: ‘Think seriously about canceling large summer events’
Even when the stay at home order is lifted Gov. Pritzker said, other restrictions likely will remain in place for some time.
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Children’s Hands-On Museum of Northwest Illinois Marks 1 Year Anniversary
During Spring Break week, CHOM will open additional hours and offer special events for children and families of northwest Illinois and surrounding areas.
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Registration Open for Feb. 1 Safe Sitter Course
The one-day class teaches child care skills, safety skills, and first aid and rescue skills as well as life and business skills.
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Photo of the Week – A Father’s Special Homecoming In A Daughter’s Senior Picture
Injured by an improvised explosive device in 2008 in Afghanistan, Captain Yllescas left behind a family in Aurora, Nebraska and a very special daughter, without a father.
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CHOM Joins Museums for All Nationwide Initiative
FREEPORT, ILLINOIS — The Children’s Hands-On Museum of Northwest Illinois (CHOM) has joined Museums for All, a signature access program
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FHN Offering Additional Safe Sitter® Class for Teens April 27
FREEPORT, ILLINOIS — Due to overwhelming demand for the March session of the Safe Sitter® class, FHN has scheduled additional
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Get Ready Kids, It’s The 2019 Krape Park Bunny Trail
FREEPORT, ILLINOIS — The Bunny Trail is such a fun local event and this year it will be held in
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Chesney Co-Sponsors Bus Trip For Northwest Illinois Pro-Life Advocates
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS — State Representative Andrew Chesney (R-Freeport) co-sponsored a chartered bus trip of over 50 Northwest Illinois pro-life advocates
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FHN Offering Safe Sitter® Class for Teens
FREEPORT, ILLINOIS — Students in grades 6 – 8 can learn the babysitting basics – including first aid and rescue skills
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‘Babysitting Bill’ Hopes To Lower Legal Babysitting Age
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS — A bill in Illinois is hoping to change the law so it’s legal for 12- and 13-year-olds to
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