Updated 2/19/2021 8:27 PM
While other Northwest suburban school districts have returned to full-time in-person learning, Wheeling Township Elementary District 21 officials said this week they can t do that so long as they continue adhering to a 6-foot social distancing standard in classrooms, amid other logistical challenges.
But they said the forthcoming implementation of a districtwide saliva COVID-19 testing program and positive trends in the local virus rate bode well for getting more students back to school for longer periods.
Particularly as it relates to the elementary (schools), moving toward full in-person in full days is predicated on community spread moving back, unless you choose to deviate from the 6 feet, Superintendent Michael Connolly told school board members during a meeting Thursday night. That s the best we can do. And again, I fully acknowledge this will not happen fast enough and it will not happen immediately, and that is very disappointing for many
They were drawn to each other by their love for dogs.
Sarah Manos, a 27-year-old high school teacher, owned Daisy and Kirby, mixes of the Shih Tzu and Bichon Frise breeds.
Mathew Berry, a 28-year-old driver for a medical transportation company, had a German shepherd named Zip.
They met on a dating app, and it seemed like a perfect match, but their relationship soon turned hellish, Manos says in a lawsuit filed Wednesday against Berry in Cook County circuit court. In it, she says that, over the next 2½ months, Berry tortured and killed her dogs as he became increasingly controlling and threatening.
In the COVID-19 world, the Rev. Jenny Hulen uses a cotton swab instead of her finger to celebrate Ash Wednesday with the faithful outside St. Simon s Episcopal Church in Arlington Heights.
Project will add large storm pipes in Arlington Heights Greenbrier area
Arlington Heights Mayor Tom Hayes, pictured at an Arbor Day celebration in April 2019 at Greenbrier Park, was among the members of the village board Monday to approve a $7.2 million stormwater control project in an area that includes the park and surrounding streets. Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer, 2019
Posted2/16/2021 5:30 AM
A long-awaited stormwater control project aimed at reducing flooding in a north Arlington Heights neighborhood earned approval from the village board Monday.
The $7.2 million contract approved unanimously calls for storm sewer improvements, water main replacements and roadway construction in an area bounded by Wilke Road, Cambridge Street, Verde Drive and Alec Street. It s an area that includes Greenbrier Elementary School and park, Happiness Park and Mision San Juan Diego, and has been beset by major floods for years.
Arlingtones Barbershop Chorus creates heartwarming Valentine s memories on chilly day From left to right, singers Al Thorstenson of Huntley, Aaron Madsen of Prospect Heights, Mike Johnston of Arlington Heights and Dave Theile of Rolling Meadows croon to driver Nicole Drechsel of Buffalo Grove and passenger Cathy Drechsel, also of Buffalo Grove, during the Arlingtones Barbershop Chorus drive-through Valentine s Day concert Sunday in Palatine. Karie Angell Luc for the Daily Herald Even Sunday s bitter cold couldn t stop, from left to right, Al Thorstenson of Huntley, Mike Johnston of Arlington Heights, Aaron Madsen of Prospect Heights and Dave Theile of Rolling Meadows, from delivering heartwarming melodies Sunday, during the Arlingtones Barbershop Chorus drive-through Valentine s Day concert in Palatine.