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Three Lemont students - (clockwise, from top left) seniors Travis Burke and Tim Sahs and sophomore Adham Zayed - won honors at the 2012 Joliet Junior College Web Design Contest.
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Three Lemont students honored at Joliet Junior College Web Design contest

By Tony Hamilton | May 11 at 12:42 p.m.

Three Lemont High School students have earned awards thanks to their contributions to the annual Joliet Junior College Web Design Contest. Sophomore Adham Zayed was … Read more ›

Members of Marquette Bank Employee Animal Awareness Team led efforts to collect pet-related items during Marquette Bank’s Neighborhood Animal Awareness Drive.
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Marquette Bank Employees Donate to Local Animal Welfare League

By Marquette Bank | April 26 at 11:48 a.m.

Marquette Bank, a locally-owned neighborhood bank, recently wrapped up its 2nd Annual Neighborhood Animal Awareness Drive. The purpose of this employee-led drive was to raise … Read more ›

CAPS and community members, shown Feb. 4, have been protesting an area pet store since November. (photo submitted by CAPS)

CAPS group says it will keep on protesting pet store

By Jeff Vorva | Feb. 8 at 4:04 p.m.

Whether it’s freezing and snowy or hot and humid, Kristen Kaminski said she is not going away. Kaminski and her group, the Companion Animal Protection … Read more ›

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Mary Ann Minick Dedicates Life to Helping Others and Animals

By Megan Heurich | Jan. 18 at 10:27 a.m.

Mary Ann Minick’s Christmas card from 2010 is a beautiful picture of her, her husband and their nine dogs. Minick is the founder of the … Read more › 1 comment

Toby, winner of the best pooch costume at the Schaumburg Howl-O-Ween Pooch Parade, relaxes on the cool October day. Toby is dressed as an Olympic gold medalist speed skater. (Photo submitted by the Schaumburg Park District)

Share photos of your costumed pets!

Oct. 18, 2011 at 8:38 a.m.

It’s not just children and adults getting into the Halloween spirit, pets get in on the action too. We want you to share photos of … Read more ›

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In Home Dog Training

By Amanda | Oct. 8, 2011 at 6:05 p.m.

The Strolling Pooch has expanded! We have Dog Walking services available in the Lamont area, Tuesdays and Thursdays. We have also added a Certified Dog … Read more ›

Jeanette Schulz, executive director of On Angel's Wings, saved this dog from euthanization. He'll song go to an adoptive parent in Fox Lake. (Sheryl DeVore/Tribune)

On Angel’s Wings dream come true for pets and humans

By Sheryl DeVore | Aug. 29, 2011 at 7:02 a.m.

Inch Bug had two days left to live. It’s not that the 3-year-old  Chihuahua-Pomeranian  mix  was sick. There just wasn’t enough room for the dog … Read more ›

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Pet obesity: Big dogs, fat cats increasingly common

Aug. 8, 2011 at 8:03 p.m.

Even before Eric Pihl pulls into TheraPET Wellness Center parking lot, his dog, Bonnie, climbs up from her lounging position in the back seat and … Read more ›

Photographer Jim Hoch captures a dog as it leaps to catch a disc in the air. Photo submitted by Cantingy Park

Share your doggie photos with TribLocal

By Harry Huggins | Aug. 1, 2011 at 3:32 p.m.

We are undoubtedly in the dog days of summer; every day seems to bring another heat advisory or apocalyptic storm. But instead of grumbling and … Read more ›

Misty Lindstrand pets her foster dog, Maggie, while daughter, Eliana, 5, watches. (Sheryl DeVore/Tribune)

Green Pup Shelter provides foster, permanent homes for unwanted dogs

By Sheryl DeVore | June 8, 2011 at 1:33 p.m.

The first three years of her life, Maggie lived in a wire cage no larger than her tiny body. She had little human contact, and … Read more ›

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