Kimberly Pohl

Staff Writer

Kimberly Pohl joined the Daily Herald in 2005 as an editorial assistant on the business desk, but within two years was a full-time reporter on the city staff. Today, she is the newspaper's lead reporter for Palatine, Palatine Township Elementary District 15, Hanover Park, Harper College and Inverness.

Inside the newsroom, Kim has been honored for authoring several "On Guard" investigative pieces, and for her work covering the 2007 and 2009 trials of Juan Luna and James Degorski, the Palatine Brown's Chicken killers.

She was part of the Associated Press Award-winning staff effort covering the escape of fugitive Robert Maday.

A graduate of Fremd High School, Kim is a native Northwest suburbanite and holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Michigan.

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Harper's partnership with high schools netting positive results

Feb 11 2013 | 3:25 pm - 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,...

Palatine group helps to get WWII prayer book home

Feb 10 2013 | 1:16 am - At the height of World War II in 1944, 11-year-old Claude Juin found a small, battered prayer book belonging to an American soldier on a coastal road near his small village in France. Now 70 years later, Juin and members of Palatine Sister Cities...

Citizens, business leaders launch Palatine-Inverness Crime Stoppers

Feb 08 2013 | 2:10 pm - Compelled to act after hearing how an anonymous tip led Arlington Heights police to solve a rape case, nearby residents and business leaders have launched Palatine-Inverness Crime Stoppers. The volunteer group, which rewards anonymous tipsters up to...

Police say man killed dog mistaken for coyote

Feb 08 2013 | 9:20 pm - Palatine police say a man who used a deer carcass to lure coyotes into his backyard shot and killed a German shephard mix named Willy. Piotr Holy, 40, of the 1100 block of South Brockway Street, has been charged with felony aggravated cruel...

Palatine, Rotary Club partner to build new community sign

Feb 07 2013 | 12:50 pm - The Rotary Club of Palatine has partnered with the village to build a new electronic sign and plaza at the northeast corner of Palatine and Plum Grove roads.

Palatine Library about to undergo major renovation

Feb 06 2013 | 5:04 pm - Creating a video using green screen technology or converting a favorite vinyl record to a digital file are just a couple new services Palatine Public Library patrons will soon be able to access. The library is about to embark on a major renovation,...

Palatine residents will reopen Brandt's

Feb 04 2013 | 10:22 pm - A longtime Palatine staple won't be going to the auction block, after all. New owners Walt Oswald and Jim Iuorio bought the struggling Brandt's Little Cafe and hope to re-brand, refurbish and reopen the burger and rib joint next month as Brandt's of...

Little City buoyed by $1 million gift

Feb 04 2013 | 11:23 am - When Little City Executive Director Shawn Jeffers recently got word that one of his board members wanted to talk, he immediately pulled over his car and made the call. On the receiving end was John Duffey, sharing news that the Palatine-based...

Legally blind, Palatine teen's vision for life is clear

Jan 31 2013 | 5:26 am - Being legally blind is no reason to sit on the sidelines altogether, Alex Taikwel says. Although becoming a traditional medical doctor, reading his short stories in public and taking the football field with the marching band may not be in the cards,...

Palatine Park District renaming athletic fields after former leader

Jan 31 2013 | 4:04 pm - Palatine Park District officials generally try to avoid naming facilities after people, preferring instead to highlight native plants and animals. But some people, they agree, warrant an exception. The park district board this month voted to rename...

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