• Harper’s partnership with high schools netting positive results

  By Kimberly Pohl In fall 2010, Harper College and its feeder high school districts formed an unprecedented partnership to shrink student success gaps and better prepare students for career and college readiness. More than halfway through the four-year pilot program, leaders believe they're onto something. "We think we have a model worth emulating," Harper President Ken Ender said of the Northwest Educational Council for Student Success.
  Last Updated Feb 11, 2013 3:25 PM

• Carpentersville fire chief retires

  Updated Feb 9, 2013 11:41 AM

  Longtime Carpentersville Fire Chief John Schuldt, who had been on paid leave for nearly two weeks, resigned from the department and announced his retirement Friday, Village Manager J. Mark Rooney said. Schuldt, 53, had been with the fire department for almost 33 years and its chief since 1996. “I cannot entertain what's in the man's mind to retire,” Rooney said.

• E. Dundee trying to block Walmart from Carpentersville money

  Updated Feb 7, 2013 6:23 PM

  Although a Kane County judge recently refused to issue a temporary restraining order that would have blocked Walmart from getting money through a special taxing district in Carpentersville, East Dundee leaders, who brought the action to the court’s attention, are forging ahead with the rest of the lawsuit.

• Fox Valley police reports

  Posted Feb 7, 2013 4:54 PM

  Jose J. Gamino-Hinojoza, 34, of the 500 block of West Chicago Street, was arrested after police executed a search warrant of his home Tuesday, and found marijuania and cocaine, police reports said.

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