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Shaw Media’s top stories of June 2024

19th-century train tracks discovered during Crystal Lake roadwork

1: 19th-century train tracks discovered during Crystal Lake roadwork

By Michelle Meyer, June 18th, 2024

A bit of Crystal Lake history was unearthed as spur line train tracks from 1860 that were used for ice harvesting were discovered during reconstruction on Dole Avenue Thursday.

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St. Charles panel hears plans for east side development with indoor pickleball facility

2: St. Charles panel hears plans for east side development with indoor pickleball facility

By David Petesch, June 8th, 2024

St. Charles Plan Commission members heard plans for a proposed commercial development near Charlestowne Mall on the city’s east side at their June 4 meeting.

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After 47 years, Jane ‘Seneca’ Doe identified as JoAnn ‘Vicky’ Smith

3: After 47 years, Jane ‘Seneca’ Doe identified as JoAnn ‘Vicky’ Smith

By Maribeth M. Wilson, June 28th, 2024

After more than 47 years, a woman left abandoned in a Seneca field no longer will be known as Jane “Seneca” Doe but by her name: JoAnn “Vicky” Smith.

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Four Joliet churches that are closing plan final celebrations

4: Four Joliet churches that are closing plan final celebrations

By Denise M. Baran-Unland, June 22nd, 2024

Four Joliet churches that will close at the end of June are hosting farewell celebrations as they get ready to close their doors.

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Yorkville’s new mural pays tribute to the city’s historic downtown

5: Yorkville’s new mural pays tribute to the city’s historic downtown

By David Petesch, June 16th, 2024

Yorkville’s newest mural was unveiled last month on the north side of Crusade Burger Bar at 209 S. Bridge St. in downtown Yorkville.

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Three years after tornado, some Woodridge residents remain displaced

6: Three years after tornado, some Woodridge residents remain displaced

By Cathy Janek, June 17th, 2024

A local Woodridge group of volunteers is hard at work helping a number of families who have been displaced from their homes for three years as a result of the devastating tornado that struck the community on Father’s Day 2021.

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7: Sauk Valley Voices of Recovery works to build a sober community

By Payton Felix, June 13th, 2024

“The opposite of addiction is not sobriety, it’s connection.” Sauk Valley Voices of Recovery Executive Director Gerald Lott references that conclusion – drawn by Johann Hari in the 2015 TED Talk “Everything You Think You Know About Addiction is Wrong” – as his philosophy behind creating the recovery community organization that now serves Lee, Whiteside, DeKalb and Ogle counties.

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Megan Powers2024-07-10T11:46:05-06:00July 10, 2024|

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