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In the 2021-22 school year, 67.7% of Lombard School District 44 students failed the Math portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Fresh food availability targeted in grant program

As the Chicago weather forecast includes warmer temperatures, there is Kankakee River flooding in Wilmington, IL, and some are being evacuated.

Portions of north central and northeast Illinois, and northwest Indiana are expected to experience patchy fog throughout Friday while further south along the Kankakee River, flooding has spurred evacuations, officials said. The fog Friday is expected to continue at times becoming dense. It’s expected to linger into Saturday, officials said. Areas along the Kankakee River are faced with runoff ...

Ice and fog contributed to delays on the Illinois and Upper Mississippi rivers over the past week, but warmer temperatures began to help.

Several metro-east companies were among those with layoffs last year.

With the Biden v Trump presidential election rematch beginning in earnest, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen addressed the Economic Club of Chicago in a speech Thursday that was equal parts policy and campaign politics. Citing a resilient economy that has seen job growth, low unemployment, a record stock market and receding inflation, Yellen touted Bidenomics as an egalitarian policy that, ...

In the 2021-22 school year, 67% of Woodridge School District 68 students failed the Math portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Bloomington had the lowest unemployment rate at 3.8%. Much of the state hovered between 4% and 5%.

Kankakee United hosted a November Teen Town Hall where attendees suggested more youth activities be available. On Feb. 19, the group will take a field trip to a roller rink