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Water Reclamation District Approves Planned Police Shooting Range
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District has narrowly approved a controversial lease for a new Chicago Police shooting range on environmentally sensitive land on the city’s Southeast Side.
Betty Loren-Maltese: Story About Gun Is Fishy
Federal agents found an unregistered gun in the Las Vegas home of former Cicero Town President Betty Loren-Maltese – a development that could be problematic given that she is on parole.
Study: Risk Of Getting Sick On Chicago River Same As Other Waterways
A new study from the University of Illinois at Chicago has concluded that even though the Chicago River is full of wastewater, it has no greater risk of making people sick than other waterways.
Water Reclamation District Votes To Disinfect Chicago River Sewage
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District voted to clean up the Chicago River by ending the practice of dumping partially treated sewage into the waterway, a decision environmental groups took credit for provoking.
Report: Water Reclamation Commissioners Now Back River Cleanup
Kayaking, and even swimming safely, in the Chicago River in the future may not be such a far-fetched idea after all.
Workers Fall Into Hole At Water Reclamation Plant
Two workers are in the hospital after falling into a hole this morning at the Water Reclamation plant on the city’s Far South Side.
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