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If you’re reading this, hold onto your hat (and umbrella and/or small dog), because it’s windy. After waves of scattered showers, next up are wind gusts up to 30 to 35 mph, according to the National Weather Service.

“It certainly looks and feels like fall out there today,” meteorologist Brett Borchardt said. “By dinnertime, we’re expecting it to be dry.”

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State Sen. Darren Bailey talks with attendees during the Project H.O.O.D. gala at Union Station on Sept. 30, 2022, in Chicago.

Darren Bailey, the Republican nominee for governor, this week plans to air his first broadcast TV ads of the general election campaign, releasing a commercial aiming to underscore the state senator’s criticism that incumbent Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker is responsible for rising crime in Chicago and Illinois. Read more here.

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Blackhawks right wing Patrick Kane skates on the ice during the first period against the St. Louis Blues at the United Center on Sept. 27, 2022.

Defenseman Seth Jones said the Blackhawks have to block out outside projections that they will be among the NHL’s worst teams this season. Read more here.

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The shuttered Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles was seriously damaged during a fire in May.

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