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Deal between 3 towns would dissolve Elk Grove Rural Fire Protection District
Updated 4/12/2021 6:30 PM The tiny Elk Grove Rural Fire Protection District would be dissolved and its responsibilities taken over by the Mount Prospect, Elk Grove Village and Des Plaines fire departments, under a proposal the three municipalities are considering. The plan calls for a shared services partnership between the three communities and a November 2022 referendum to formally authorize the fire district s dissolution.
Mount Prospect, Elk Grove and Des Plaines would create a taxing district known as special service area to provide $1 million in initial funding. The money would be divided by the three communities based on expected call volumes to be handled by each. ....
Updated 4/5/2021 6:48 PM About 30,000 new appointments can now be made for COVID-19 vaccinations at five different Cook County suburban mass sites, Cook County Health announced. The appointments, released at 6 p.m. Monday, are open to all Illinoisans 65 and older plus all essential workers from teachers to restaurant workers.
Appointments will be scheduled for this week and at locations including the Des Plaines and Forest Park community vaccination centers and mass sites at Triton College in River Grove, the Tinley Park Convention Center and South Suburban College in South Holland. The Johnson & Johnson one-dose vaccine will be offered at Tinley Park; the Pfizer vaccine will be provided at the other four locations. All appointments are for first-dose recipients only. ....
Posted4/6/2021 5:27 AM Following citizen complaints and news reports about the quality of Des Plaines new rolling garbage cans, city officials on Monday said they want to investigate the problems. The complete truth is, the garbage cans we have now are not as good as the ones we used to have, 6th Ward Alderman Malcolm Chester told the city council during its scheduled virtual meeting. Maybe we need to take a longer look at this.
The blue cans arrived in February as Morton Grove-based Lakeshore Recycling Systems prepared to take over as the city s garbage contractor. Some 33,000 cans for garbage and recyclable materials were delivered to about 16,500 customers. ....
Children fill their buckets at floating Easter egg hunt
Ayden Alvarez, 5, and his cousin, Kayla Alvarez, both of Des Plaines, fill their bucket during the Des Plaines Park District s floating Easter egg hunt at the Prairie Lakes Aquatic Center Saturday. Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer
Ada Neal, 4, of Des Plaines gathers eggs with her mom, Amanda, during the Des Plaines Park District s floating Easter egg hunt at the Prairie Lakes Aquatic Center Saturday. Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer
Andrea Christl, 6, of Des Plaines gathers eggs with her dad, Eric, during the Des Plaines Park District s floating Easter egg hunt at the Prairie Lakes Aquatic Center Saturday. ....
Schaumburg Convention Center preparing for mass vaccination
Check-in computers await the 6,000 visitors expected at the Schaumburg Convention Center for a one-day mass vaccination event Wednesday. John Starks | Staff Photographer
More than 300 chairs await people at the Schaumburg Convention Center, which will host a mass vaccination site Wednesday. It s expected that more than 6,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses will be administered during the one-day event. John Starks | Staff Photographer
Dozens of vaccination stations have been set up inside the Schaumburg Convention Center for a one-day mass vaccination event taking place Wednesday. More than 6,000 doses are expected to be given. John Starks | Staff Photographer ....