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The Chicago metropolitan area is the metropolitan area associated with the city of Chicago in the United States. It is the area that is closely linked to the city through social, economic, and cultural ties. There are several definitions of the area, the two most common being the area under the jursidiction of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (a metropolitan planning organization), and the area defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area. The metropolitan area is also informally known by residents as Chicagoland.
The Chicago metropolitan area is sometimes grouped together with Milwaukee and Racine in Wisconsin, creating a megalopolis, gradually spreading toward nearby urban centers like Rockford, South Bend, and Benton Harbor in southwest Michigan.

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Unity Temple ownership could change hands

May 24, 2013 7:34 pm

Oak Park's Unity Temple could soon see a massive facelift if a fundraising effort that involves a recently announced $10 million grant from a Chicago foundation is successful.  &...

Demolition begins at vacant downtown Jewel

May 24, 2013 6:35 pm

Bulldozers have arrived at the former Jewel Osco site in downtown Wheaton, demolishing the building that has been vacant for several years.    

Highland Park resident wins prize to meet Ben Stiller

May 24, 2013 5:49 pm

Benefits Highland Park/Highwood Rotary scholarships The same man who arranged for the marquee prize at Rotary's scholarship fundraiser also turned out to be the one who outbid the crowd to win it.&...

New Moraine Township supervisor settles in

May 24, 2013 5:34 pm

Anne Flanigan Bassi no stranger to public serviceAnne Flanigan Bassi may be a politician, but that was never her goal in life.    

Orland officials try to less concerns at La Grange Rd meeting

May 24, 2013 4:56 pm

Community members from across Orland Park attended an informational meeting on the La Grange Road widening project this week to learn more about what they can expect during the next few years of const...

Pedestrian crossing closed at Lake Forest Metra stop

May 24, 2013 3:37 pm

Union Pacific Railroad recently closed the pedestrian crossing at the downtown Metra station in Lake Forest in an attempt to improve safety, according to railroad and city officials. &nbs...

Revised deal still a gain for parking meter vendor, analysis finds

May 24, 2013 3:30 pm

Chicago taxpayers still could end up pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into the coffers of the company leasing the city's parking meters under Mayor Rahm Emanuel's revamp of the much-reviled dea...

Metra reassigns police official who oversaw NATO security

May 24, 2013 1:27 pm

Longtime administrator, a holdover from Pagano era, will get new dutiesThe Metra administrator who oversaw the commuter rail agency's police for the past several years, along with security during the ...

CPS suspends employee seen pushing student in video

May 24, 2013 5:00 am

Man appears to be shoving 16-year-old down flight of stairsChicago Public Schools has removed a Dunbar Vocational Career Academy employee from his job after a video was posted online that appears to s...

Evanston Township High School investigates 'sexting' accusation

May 24, 2013 5:00 am

Allegations involved girls, varsity baseball playersEvanston Township High School officials investigated a report of "sexting" among female students and varsity baseball players, according t...

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