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Football: Week 6 previews, Northwest
By Ryan O'Gara
Nov 2, 2012 1:35 AM - Here's a look at the high school football matchups involving the Mid-Suburban League plus Maine West, Leyden, Christian Liberty and St. Viator for Week 6 of the high school football season.
Cross-country bike tour to raise money for spinal cord injury research.
Jon O'Connor
Sep 28, 2012 9:19 PM - Modoono has embarked on a coast-to-coast bicycle trip to the four corners of the United States to raise money for the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to curing spinal cord injury and improving the quality of life for people living with paralysis.
Local Audubon members unite for exhibit at West Chicago's Gallery 200
Krista Coltrin
Sep 28, 2012 9:14 PM - Local artist Jim Schnaitman presents the exhibit "Beaks, Bones and Flowers" with guest artists Sue Wagoner and Steve Panella (in memoriam) on display from Oct. 4-28 at Gallery 200, 200 Main St., West Chicago. The exhibit will feature an eclectic mix of Schnaitman's realistic mixed media paintings, the surrealistic paintings of Panella and the photographs of Wagoner, an avid birder and published wildlife photographer.
Dance your way to fitness with Hot Hula classes
Jessica Tevaga
Sep 28, 2012 9:08 PM - New HOT HULA fitness classes in Naperville, IL
Arlington Hts., Hoffman Ests. police encourage drug disposal
Daily Herald report
Sep 28, 2012 9:07 PM - The Hoffman Estates and Arlington Heights police departments are among those partnering with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for a drug disposal event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 29. In Arlington Heights, the event will be at the police department, 200 E. Sigwalt St. In Hoffman Estates, the event will be at the police department, 411 W. Higgins Road.
Fear not, gentlemen, only a half billion people are watching you.
By Mike Spellman
Sep 28, 2012 1:54 PM - OK, gentlemen, welcome to the first tee. No need to be nervous, though, because there are only thousands of rabid fans in the bleachers and strewn out along the fairway here at Medinah Country Club -- even at this ungodly early hour. You may also notice that some fans have their faces painted, others are singing and waving flags and most are chanting for their respective sides.
Students, community build garden at Ivy Hill school in Arlington Hts.
By Melissa Silverberg
Sep 28, 2012 1:08 PM - Students, parents and staff will be working Sunday morning to lay the groundwork for a new community garden behind Ivy Hill School in Arlington Heights where school officials said the public is invited to come lend a hand, or a shovel. Ivy Hill has received more than $6,000 in grants to develop a community garden over the past year and has been working with master gardeners from the Arlington Heights Garden Club to develop a plan, said Ginny Hiltz, assistant principal.
Muslims use social media to counter anti-Islam messages
By Madhu Krishnamurthy
Sep 28, 2012 12:23 PM - Suburban Muslims are reacting in a positive manner, including with social media, to the controversial movie slandering Islam's Prophet Muhammad and a locally started Twitter campaign to counter advertisements in New York City subways maligning the word "jihad." "I think it's a brilliant way to use social media. ... It's the most peaceful way," said a mother of three.
Smell of dead animals worried neighbors for months

Sep 28, 2012 11:28 AM - Families living next door to William Tinkler on Villa Street in Elgin definitely noticed the smell of what turned out to be dead animals, but no one imagined the scenario police discovered Wednesday: 43 animals, mostly cats, in varying states of decay in a van in Tinkler's backyard. "We didn't know where the smell was coming from," a neighbor said. "But now we know."
Buffalo Grove likely to boost tax levy
By Steve Zalusky
Sep 28, 2012 10:31 AM - As Buffalo Grove works on the budget for its upcoming year, village officials find it will be difficult to avoid an increase in the tax levy. Finance Director Scott Anderson said the figure for the increase at the moment looks like 3.5 percent, roughly a $500,000 increase. Last year, the village had a 0 percent levy increase.

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