Daily Herald photographers wrapped up August with great moments from the suburbs. People strain to take photos of priests walking into a mass to celebrate a new statue of the Pilgrim Mother, Our Lady of Guadalupe, as it makes it’s first U.S. stop as part of an international tour Wednesday in Des Plaines at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, 1170 N. River Road. Several priests led the 2 1/2 hour mass before leading folowers to St. Joseph’s Chapel to view the statue for the first time in the U.S. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com

A woman makes notes while holding a sign at the Palatine-Schaumburg High School district board of education meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. The board heard public comments concerning a report of a transgender student being accepted on the Conant girls vol

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