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Under a previous law, Mark, 21, who has autism and seizure disorders, would have been abruptly yanked from the special education transition program at Lincoln-Way School District 210 on Dec. 9, when he turns 22. But legislation signed this week by Gov. J.B. Pritzker means he can stay on to finish the school year.

At a bond hearing Friday, prosecutor James Murphy said Arzuaga and his girlfriend, Yasmin Perez, 23, who also was fatally shot that night, attended the parade in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. About 9 p.m. and nearing the end of the holiday festivities, the couple, who are survived by two children, rear-ended a parked car and the car’s owner confronted Arzuaga as a group of men, including Lorenzi, approached from across the street, Murphy said.

She crashed her sedan into a telephone pole along Route 31, near River Run Road in Oswego, killing five Oswego teenagers. Katherine Merkel, 14, Tiffany Urso, 16, Jessica Nutoni, 15 and Matthew Frank, 17, were pronounced dead at the scene, and James McGee, 14, died later. Three other teens were injured. All had, for at least a time, attended Oswego High School.

He was driven, active and most of all, independent, she said. He researched and bought a car on his own without leaning on his parents. He found a used one for $2,000, and replaced the brakes and the clutch. A straight-A student who grew up in Denver, he made his way to the University of Chicago without much help from his parents.

The man, Raymond Jezierski, 58, of Fox River Grove, was found ashore in the boat with smoke coming from the engine about half a mile south of the McHenry Dam, according to the McHenry County coroner’s office and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. A witness called 911 to report the crash.

As the collective, including the Great Lakes Commission, Geological Survey, NOAA and the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, among others, began to think about potential sites for mussel control projects, Good Harbor Reef, already a testing ground, was a natural fit.

While Colleen Lewis, president of Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association, said staffing shortages are a major concern, she cited data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics as hope for the future. It predicts that employment of veterinarians and technicians will grow 16% nationally from 2019 to 2029, which is much faster than average.

Researchers could potentially engineer a food source like bacteria, or algae, which would introduce the double-stranded RNA to the mussels, Gohl said. The material could even be distributed to the mussels similarly to Zequanox engineering, which involved a frame and tarp system to pump the molluscicide underwater. For lab tests, they could directly inject the mussels.

Melissa Matarrese is seen on the North Side of Chicago on July 29, 2021. She is a victim of a type of unemployment fraud in which thieves hijack the accounts of legitimate filers and then direct the money to the thieves’ accounts. She has been trying to rectify the situation through the Illinois Department of Employment Security. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)

Last year, the Park District did not receive its annual $1.5 million payment because of the cancellation. However, it still received $750,000 under the deal’s “force majeure” clause, which covers fire, hurricane, flood, tornado, “act of God,” terrorist act, mechanical or structural failure, civil commotion and other developments that are “not reasonably foreseeable” and are beyond “reasonable control.”