All Stories from July 1, 2011 (Change date)
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Developer: Grocery store coming to Hubble site in WheatonJul 01, 2011 12:00 am - The effort to sell the old Hubble Middle School site ended Thursday when Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 revealed the terms of a recently announced sale to Chicago...
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Glen Ellyn man charged with stealing, submerging truckJul 01, 2011 12:00 am - A Glen Ellyn man has been charged with stealing a truck and trailer that ended up partially submerged in Lake Ellyn last month, police said. Authorities said Christopher...
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Lisle’s first balloon launch scrapped, but more to comeJul 01, 2011 12:00 am - From 2,000 feet above the ground, the view of Chicago’s suburbs is serene. Or so one would assume. A centerpiece of Lisle’s Eyes to the Skies festival this weekend, hot-...
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Underage drinking letter off baseJul 01, 2011 12:00 am - This is a response to Joe McKeown’s letter titled “Wrong approach to underage drinking?” published on June 28. I’m afraid that by criticizing the police for cracking dow...
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Parade, fireworks not on same day in Fox LakeJul 01, 2011 12:00 am - For the first time in recent years, the Celebrate Fox Lake parade and the Chain O’ Lakes fireworks show are not on the same day, a change that’s causing some confusion, ...
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Police cracking down on holiday drunken drivingJul 01, 2011 12:00 am - Ten people died in motor vehicle crashes in Illinois during last year’s Fourth of July weekend. Seven of those fatalities involved a driver who’d been drinking. To preve...
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Round Lake Beach resident finishes infantry trainingJul 01, 2011 12:00 am - Lifelong Round Lake Beach resident John Mikrut has reached a milestone in his Army career. Pfc. Mikrut has completed 14 weeks of infantry training at Fort Benning, Ga., ...
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Villa Park parade has new route, surprise grand marshalJul 01, 2011 12:00 am - Villa Park’s annual Fourth of July parade has a new route this year — and a surprise grand marshal. Villa Park VFW Post 2801 had to change the procession’s path due to c...
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Duckworth eyeing another congressional bid?Jul 01, 2011 12:00 am - Hoffman Estates Democrat Tammy Duckworth, the Iraq veteran who lost a high-profile campaign for Congress to Republican Peter Roskam in 2006, might be eyeing Washington a...
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Could women’s sports use some bad girls?Jul 01, 2011 12:00 am - “We’re soft.” That’s what Chicago Sky coach Pokey Chatman said recently about her team, which entered Friday’s game in Phoenix with a 4-5 record. She has repeatedly ques...