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Patch Flash: Big Bad Storms And Making The College Baseball Team

The Chicagoland news you'll want to talk about including most bizarre crimes and legendary comedian Don Rickles coming to St. Charles.

Severe thunderstorms rolled through the Chicago region, leaving downed trees, power outages and delaying commuters. A in Lake Zurich Patch shows the storms started rolling through the McHenry area with 80 mph winds at about 7:30 a.m.

The Skokie Patch reported major due to the severe weather.

The inbound and outbound trains north of Barrington to Harvard and McHenry before 8 a.m., reported Lake in the Hills Patch

Find out what's happening in Algonquin-Lake In The Hillswith free, real-time updates from Patch.

Thousands were without power this morning. In total, 615,000 of ComEd's Monday morning, according to the Algonquin Patch. The northern region was hardest hit.

Addicted to the crime blotter?  Oak Park-River Forest Patch has collected some of the most for the region including the guy caught going 71 mph in a 35 mph zone who told police he was just trying to dry his car.

Find out what's happening in Algonquin-Lake In The Hillswith free, real-time updates from Patch.

Plan ahead for comic relief with the help of St. Charles Patch as comedian with a full orchestra at 8 p.m., Aug. 20, at the Arcada Theatre in downtown St. Charles.

And for the young baseball players with big dreams out there. Wheaton Patch reports on College coaches tell what they look for when out scouting.


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