Kane County
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Finding a new friend and a new freedomOct 31, 2021 6:39 pm - Seven-year-old Jake Taylor crawled across the training room floor with his new dog, Sable, on Sunday morning, giving her commands. Left. Right. Heel. Sit. "Sable, you ar...
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Take on the TickerOct 31, 2021 6:34 pm - Nancy Coutu is founder of Money Manager Advisory Inc., Oak Brook The Bank of America and three other banks borrowed about $500 million from the Federal Reserve Bank last...
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Farming is a tenuous businessOct 31, 2021 6:34 pm - One of my first jobs as a reporter in this area 30 years ago was to cover news west of Randall Road, which meant I spent a lot of time talking to farmers. Their liveliho...
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Shallow roots may be culprit in uprooted treesOct 31, 2021 6:25 pm - For someone with a huge oak tree resting on her roof and deck, Debbie Williams was relatively unfazed. "We're counting our blessings," the Medinah resident said Friday....
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11 months later, tollway fines comingOct 31, 2021 6:25 pm - After nearly a year, the tollway finally started sending out violation notices to toll cheats Thursday en masse. The notices will include all violations that have been r...
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What do you save first when the storm hits?Oct 31, 2021 6:26 pm - Medicine, golf clubs, collector trains and ferrets. Suburban homeowners grabbed these and other valuables as rain struck, electricity failed and flooding loomed late th...
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Power outages create demand on merchantsOct 31, 2021 6:24 pm - After storms cut power, uprooted trees and flooded streets, some local businesses Friday found gold at the end of the rainbow. But it was a frustrating way to earn a li...
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They're not idols, but they're still greatOct 31, 2021 6:23 pm - Ben Brown - "Come Fly With Me" (Audio MP3) Mundelein's Ben Brown hoped his rendition of "Try a Little Tenderness" could win the hearts of "American Idol" judges at a...
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Four counties declared state disaster areasOct 31, 2021 6:21 pm - Using the rising floodwaters of the Chain O' Lakes as a backdrop, Gov. Rod Blagojevich declared Cook, Kane, Lake and McHenry counties state disaster areas Friday. The st...
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Two men in custody after Elgin carjackingOct 31, 2021 6:21 pm - Two Chicago men are in custody after a carjacking today in Elgin led to a manhunt by air and ground. Elgin police and Kane County sheriff's deputies were called to the a...