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Streets of Woodfield shopping center in Schaumburg is going back on the market, just six years after New York-based private equity firm Blackstone purchased the property for $168.5 million.

Schaumburg officials are seeking to acquire a 6.6-acre site dominated by a pond which the village has already been maintaining since at least 2012.

The idea of a municipal penny-per-push tax on video gambling machines is proving infectious, as more Illinois communities rush to stay ahead of pending state legislation aimed at vaccinating the industry against the new trend.

The idea of a municipal penny-per-push tax on video gambling machines is proving infectious, as more Illinois communities rush to stay ahead of pending state legislation aimed at vaccinating the industry against the new trend.

Though Schaumburg officials plan to keep the villages property tax levy flat again this year at $19.5 million, they agree this has been the most difficult year so far to maintain their 12-year practice of never raising it.

When Illinois reached Phase 5 of its COVID-19 reopening plan, the idea that restaurant customers would be dining outside through another winter was far from the minds of many. Now, however, Schaumburg officials are reconsidering rules to allow it.

The Sears store at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, the iconic retailers final location in Illinois, will close its doors in November as part of a corporate plan to "redevelop and reinvigorate the property," officials announced.

The Better Business Bureau of Chicago and Northern Illinois Thursday said Schaumburg is one of the first municipalities in the nation to be recognized as a Better Business Town.

Updated 6/29/2021 5:44 PM Just ahead of a planned vote to remove an old Elk Grove Village law that makes it illegal to wear clothes intended for the opposite sex, the mayors in Schaumburg and Des Plaines said Tuesday they hope to remove similar language in their municipal codes. All three towns have 1960s-era laws on the books that label the wearing of opposite-sex clothing "indecent" offenses. On Wednesday morning, Elk Groves village board is scheduled to vote to repeal its 1961 ordinance, jus...

The Village of Schaumburg is pleased to announce it has received a Smart 50 Award from Smart Cities Connect for the villages innovations to enhance operations and communications of its snow and ice program.