Copyright 2013 Daily Herald, Paddock Publications, Inc. http://www.dailyherald.com/community/northfield/ en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 04:28:26 -0400 http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130522/business/705229729/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130522/business/705229729/ Wed, 22 May 2013 15:49:24 -0400 Oakton Community College has received a $374,279 grant from the National Science Foundation to educate college and high school students in the emerging field of nanotechnology. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130524/news/705249808/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130524/news/705249808/ Fri, 24 May 2013 15:45:26 -0400 The family and colleagues of James Sauter, 28, of Vernon Hills, gathered at the state Capitol Friday for a tribute in his honor. The state trooper was struck and killed on the side of the road March 28. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130522/news/705229570/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130522/news/705229570/ Thu, 23 May 2013 00:15:11 -0400 A community forum on hazing and bullying held Wednesday night in Des Plaines in response to the hazing of soccer players last September at Maine West High School drew a sparse audience of fewer than 50 local residents but prompted a surprise appearance by activists on the issue from Indiana and Georgia. "I didn't come to speak," said Pam Champion, the mother of Robert Champion, a Florida A&M band student who died after being beaten in a hazing ritual. "Any school that tells you that they have everything under control, they're lying." http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130522/news/705229735/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130522/news/705229735/ Wed, 22 May 2013 15:43:02 -0400 East Maine School District 63 is accepting applications for a vacant school board position after the recent resignation of school board member John Jekot. The appointee will serve the remainder of Jekot's term on the school board until the next election in April 2015. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130521/news/705219751/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130521/news/705219751/ Tue, 21 May 2013 22:58:46 -0400 Number crunchers at the Illinois pension funds say a union-backed plan to cut public employee benefits might not save the cash-strapped state as much money as previously believed.