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• Willowbrook wins first regional title since 1973 May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  Willowbrook (22-14) claimed its first regional title since 1973 by beating District 88 rival Addison Trail 4-1 Saturday.
  

   
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  COD, faculty reach tentative contract deal May 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  Negotiating teams for the College of DuPage and the school's faculty association have reached a tentative contract agreement — just days before a contract imposed by COD's board of trustees was set to take effect. The deal was struck just after midnight Saturday — the result of bargaining sessions on Thursday and Friday that lasted a combined 25 hours, said Faculty Association President Glenn Hansen.
  

   
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  Introducing the 2011-12 Daily Herald Academic Team May 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  Today, we introduce you to some amazing teenagers. The members of the 2011-12 Daily Herald Academic Team all have grades and test scores so stellar they could blind. But read past the test scores, and what you find are humble young people, dedicated to learning and intent on using education to further their goals.
  

   
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  DuPage County honorable mentionsMay 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  2011-2012 DuPage County Academic Team honorable mentions
  

   
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  Addison Trail holds off Batavia May 24, 2012 12:00 AM
  First Addison Trail limited the damage, then it created some damage. The Blazers took advantage of a slew of Batavia errors to eliminate the Bulldogs from the Class 4A Wheaton North regional semifinals Thursday with an 8-5 victory.
  

   

• Willowbrook’s season goes awry May 23, 2012 12:00 AM
  This was Willowbrook softball's best season in 20 years. The final game, though, surely left the Warriors wanting more. Playing a team it had beaten less than three weeks ago on the same field, No. 12 seed Willowbrook fell to No. 5 Hinsdale South 7-1 at Wednesday's Class 4A Hinsdale South regional in Darien.
  

   
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  Judson U. names William Clark Crothers as incoming interim presidentMay 23, 2012 12:00 AM
  The Board of Trustees of Judson University is pleased to announce the selection of Dr. William Clark Crothers as Judson University's Interim President for the next academic year. Dr. Crothers will assume this position on July 1.
  

   

• Baseball/Scouting DuPage County’s Class 3A/4A sectionals May 22, 2012 12:00 AM
  Neuqua Valley is scorching hot and could make a run like the one that saw the Wildcats finish third at Class 4A state in 2008. Hinsdale South is a No. 2 seed but hasn't had a lengthy postseason since it made the super sectionals in 2004. In Class 3A Glenbard South is trying to turn a strong end to the regular season into a sectional title at home.
  

   

• DuPage County Board members freezetheir pay May 22, 2012 12:00 AM
  DuPage County Board members and four countywide elected officials won't get a pay raise for at least another four years. Board members agreed Tuesday night to keep their salaries unchanged through the end of November 2016. Nearly all of them make $50,079 annually. If he wins re-election, board member Grant Eckhoff will continuing earning $48,620 a year for the job.
  

   

• College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn back in court May 21, 2012 12:00 AM
  A DuPage County judge is expected to weigh in next week on the latest legal flap between Glen Ellyn and the College of DuPage. Judge Hollis Webster on Monday said she will explore on Wednesday, May 30, the college's claim that the village violated a long-sought agreement with its "overzealous" opposition to COD expansion plans.
  

   

• South Elgin Lions Offer Half-Price Bingo May 21, 2012 12:00 AM
  The South Elgin Lions Club will be having a Half Price Bingo on Saturday, May 26th.
  

   
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  College of DuPage's revised expansion plan meets oppositionMay 21, 2012 12:00 AM
  College of DuPage's decision to scale back a planned expansion of its Glen Ellyn campus hasn't silenced all of the proposal's critics. A large group of neighbors are continuing to raise concerns about increased traffic, possible flooding, and falling property values in connection with the plan for future structures and improvements at COD's 273-acre campus.
  

   
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  Creating Wheaton Drama's 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'May 21, 2012 12:00 AM
  Many are hard at work creating Wheaton Drama's musical comedy, "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," which opens May 25 at Playhouse 111.
  

   
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  Janus Theater Announces Lineup for Second Summer Rep Series May 20, 2012 12:00 AM
  Janus Theater Company presents the Summer Rep 2012 series, titled Austen in Elgin (Shakespeare on Division).
  

   

• The Soapbox May 19, 2012 12:00 AM
  The Daily Herald editorial board reflects on speeders who ignore construction zones, courts that enable serial speeders, the resumption of legal hostilities between College of DuPage and Glen Ellyn and more.
  

   
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  Tellabs to unveil ad technology for your iPad, other devices May 18, 2012 12:00 AM
  Soon, you might be using your iPad to watch a video and then see a commercial directed at your specific hobbies or shopping habits. Naperville-based Tellabs Inc. and Acton, Mass.-based SeaChange International will jointly unveil a new multi-screen TV advertising technology. "With the Tellabs ad-targeting technology, mobile and pay TV operators can expand into the lucrative online premium video and mobile advertising opportunity," Pankaj Shroff, director of new-media solutions and strategy at Tellabs, said.
  

   
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  Community colleges offer array of classes for young students May 18, 2012 12:00 AM
  Local community colleges offer an array of camps and classes to elementary aged students over the summer. Children can learn to cook, figure out how to work with Legos or explore NASA space science.
  

   
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  COD, Glen Ellyn dispute heading back to court May 17, 2012 12:00 AM
  Just when you thought it was all over, the soap opera between the College of DuPage and village of Glen Ellyn continues. The college is going back to court Monday to argue that the village isn't abiding by the spirit — if not the letter — of a mediation agreement that transferred jurisdictional control of the 273-acre campus from the village to DuPage County. In the court motion, COD's attorneys called village officials "overzealous advocates" of the college's campus expansion plans, pointing to their testimony at recent county zoning meetings and an objection letter they sent to the county's economic development and planning department.
  

   

• Nordic Energy gets Hinsdale electricity contract May 16, 2012 12:00 AM
  Nordic Energy Services said it awarded the municipal aggregation contract for the village of Hinsdale.
  

   
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  Medical corpsman still trying to heal Vietnam warriors' scars May 15, 2012 12:00 AM
  Virtually blind in one eye and barely topping 100 pounds, suburban teenager Bob Adams never thought he'd be shipped off to combat in Vietnam with the unenviable task of trying to save the lives of wounded warriors. Forty-five years later, the 64-year-old Adams, a playwright and a counselor, is still doing the same job, only this time from his cramped office in the Midwest Shelter For Homeless Veterans that he founded in Wheaton.