CARDINAL NEWS Northwest Chicagoland Headlines: WED APR 08, 2026 9:05 PM

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Round Lake firefighter suffers minor injuries in townhouse fire in Hainesville April 7, 2026

$1.3 million available In affordable housing trust funds: Village of Arlington Heights April 2026

Horse saved from 43-degree floodwaters of Coon Creek Friday, April 3, 2026 returns home to unincorporated Marengo Wednesday, April 8, 2026

VIDEO: Horse named Troy, age 20, rescued from floodwaters, recovers and returns home to his barn in unincorporated Marengo (YouTube @ABC7Chicago / Rob Hughes)

Senior Assassins game causes lockdown of West Dundee School Tuesday, April 7, 2026 Suspect charged — a student of Jacobs High School (located north central Algonquin), who had a water gun that looked like an M4 carbine semiautomatic rifle

VIDEO: Professor William Reno, chair of the Department of Political Science at Northwestern University, joins CBS News Chicago to discuss the latest on the ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran (YouTube/@CBS Chicago)

VIDEO: Cook County launches CTA crime task force to strengthen transit-related prosecutions and improve safety across the CTA system (Chicago LIVE FOX 32 Chicago)

Fire destroys two semi-trailer trucks at Lake County Storage on Rollins Road in Round Lake Heights Tuesday, April 7, 2026

VIDEO: McHenry Outdoor Theater kicks off the 2026 season (YouTube @FOX 32 Chicago / Jake Hamilton)

 ARL HTS FORECAST … 

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 4am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 52 about 7am. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph peaking just before midnight. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers before 8am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 66-68°F about 2pm to 5pm. West wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph peaking about 11am to 3pm.

Thursday Night: Showers likely before 10pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 10pm and 1am, then showers after 1am. Low around 43. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east northeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Friday: Showers likely, mainly before 10am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 54. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 36. East northeast wind around 5 mph.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 57.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday: A chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76.

Sunday Night: Showers likely, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64.

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