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Justin Kmitch

Staff Writer
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Justin Kmitch covers Naperville and Naperville Unit District 203 after working for two and a half years as the Daily Herald's Aurora, Lisle and Indian Prairie Unit District 204 reporter.

Since joining the Daily Herald in June 2000 Justin also has covered the communities Bensenville, Bloomingdale, Itasca, Warrenville, West Chicago and Wood Dale.

Kmitch has also appeared on WBBM NewsRadio 780, where he has discussed stories he has written for the Daily Herald. In 2001, Kmitch was a member of a Lisagor award-winning team honored for coverage of the rampage of factory worker William D. Baker, 66, who killed four co-workers, then himself, at the Navistar International factory in February 2001.

Before joining the Daily Herald, Kmitch graduated from Eastern Illinois University where he wrote and edited for his student newspaper and received a bachelor's degree in journalism. He also earned his master's degree in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois in Springfield. As part of the master's degree program at UIS, Kmitch completed an internship in the now-defunct Gannett Springfield bureau covering statehouse politics. You can keep up with Justin at www.facebook.com/justinkmitch.dailyherald

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Medal of Honor recipient to head Naperville parade

May 26 2012 | 12:39 pm - Allen Lynch would like everyone to enjoy Naperville's Memorial Day Parade and their ensuing barbecues. But in between, he hopes they stop and pay respect to a fallen veteran. Lynch, a Medal of Honor winner and Vietnam veteran from Gurnee will serve...

St. Charles Marine tests his physical limits on TV

May 25 2012 | 6:19 pm - More than 2,700 athletes have attempted to complete what has been dubbed the world's most difficult obstacle course and only three succeeded. St. Charles strongman Nate Aye hopes to add his name to the list this weekend. Aye, a 27-year-old Marine...

Naperville chamber parts ways with CEO

May 24 2012 | 7:33 pm - The president and CEO of the Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce has been "released from his duties," by the chamber's board of directors, officials announced Thursday. John Schmidt has led the chamber for the past three years, but Chairman Shane...

Medal of Honor recipient to head Naperville parade

May 24 2012 | 3:53 pm - Allen Lynch would like everyone to enjoy Naperville's Memorial Day Parade and their ensuing barbecues. But in between, he hopes they stop and pay respect to a fallen veteran. Lynch, a Medal of Honor winner and Vietnam veteran from Gurnee will serve...

Community responds to NCTV-17's documentary project

May 22 2012 | 5:30 pm - Do you remember what you were doing May 2 in Naperville? A local cable TV channel is planning to remind you, but not until this fall. All 17 members of the Naperville Community Television Channel 17 staff spent 24 straight hours May 2 recording the...

Naperville resident named honorary consul to Slovakia

May 22 2012 | 12:04 am - A Naperville woman, Rosemary Macko Wisnosky, was named honorary consul of the Slovak Republic in Chicago during ceremonies Monday at Benedictine University.

Mitrovich a finalist for Washington school district's top job

May 21 2012 | 5:57 pm - Outgoing Naperville Unit District 203 Superintendent Mark Mitrovich could soon be headed back west. HYPERLINK "http://www.bsd405.org/about-us/school-board/superintendent-search.aspx"Bellevue School District 405, located 10 miles east of Seattle, has...

Couch fire causes Streamwood apartment evacuation

May 19 2012 | 5:08 pm - No one was injured in a Saturday morning apartment fire that ignited in a Streamwood couch from a lit candle, but a number of units were left temporarily uninhabitable. "The resident was in a backroom and came back to the living room to discover the...

Geneva celebrates city hall's centennial

May 19 2012 | 6:08 pm - Geneva residents of 1912 were a sharing bunch, as evidenced by the small flask of alcohol and snuff they intended to share with future generations. Both items were included in the time capsule they assembled and embedded into the southeastern corner...

Arlington Heights police investigating domestic disturbance

May 19 2012 | 2:36 pm - An unidentified man is in custory in Arlington Heights after he barricaded himself in a residence with a woman following an early morning domestic distrubance that was resolved peacefully.

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