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By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Most Chicago children would return to the classroom two days a week and spend the other three days learning remotely once the school year begins under a tentative plan outlined by officials from the nation’s third-largest school district.

MOLINE, Ill. (AP) — Officials in a western Illinois city have told a homeowner that the vibrant colors on her family’s rainbow-striped house can stay despite an earlier order that she repaint the residence. The Quad-City Times reports Moline city officials said Thursday in a

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say an officer rescued a miniature horse after finding it tied to a truck outside without access to water or shade. Police said that an officer discovered the horse on Monday afternoon in the city’s Back of the Yards neighborhood. WLS-TV reports that the

DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit bike manufacturer is expected to bring Schwinn production back to the U.S. later this month as workers begin assembling limited copies of Schwinn’s classic 1965 Collegiate bike. The Detroit News reports that Detroit Bikes LLC is building 500 bikes of the revived

CHICAGO (AP) — Federal officers have seized 450 fake iPhone cases during an inspection at a facility at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says the counterfeit cases were in a package that originated from Hong Kong and was headed to an Amazon

OGLESBY – Recent Illinois Valley Community College graduates Devanshi Patel of La Salle and Jacob Ritko of Streator are the recipients of full-tuition William and Dian Taylor scholarships to Northern Illinois University. Patel won the Taylor STEM scholarship and Ritko the accountancy award.

DES MOINES IA – An insurance company has chosen a late teacher from Illinois as their first ever Ag Educator of the Year.   Ed Curry of River Ridge High School was selected out of a field of finalists for Nationwide’s 2019-2020 Golden Owl Award. “As an agriculture education teacher and