All Stories from December 10, 2013 (Change date)
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Homeowners to pay $21 more with ECC tax levyDec 10, 2013 1:45 pm - Elgin Community College will levy roughly $55.5 million in property taxes to fund operations next year, officials said Tuesday. It amounts to a roughly 1 percent increas...
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Holiday gifts needn’t be expensiveDec 10, 2013 1:44 pm - “Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, incense and myrrh.” — Matthew 2:11 (NIV) Christmas is right around the corner and you find your...
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Kaneland hires 2 as interim athletics directorsDec 10, 2013 1:28 pm - The Kaneland school board Monday approved paying two people up to $60,000 to fill in the rest of the school year as athletic director at Kaneland High School. Only board...
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Kennedy Center names CSO’s Rutter to lead arts groupDec 10, 2013 1:13 pm - WASHINGTON — The head of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra was named the next president of the Kennedy Center and will become the first woman to lead the performing arts ce...
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North Chicago stops Vernon HillsDec 10, 2013 1:09 pm - Zyaire Strowder-Butler and Tinee’sha Coleman each scored 16 points, and North Chicago’s girls basketball team ended Vernon Hills’ North Suburban Conference Prairie Divis...
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Batavia house fire injures firefighters, occupantDec 10, 2013 12:53 pm - Four firefighters and a resident were injured, but not seriously, at a house fire Tuesday morning on the 300 block of south Harrison Street in Batavia. Firefighters were...
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European probe on course for a landing on a cometDec 10, 2013 12:51 pm - BERLIN — It’s been likened to a parachutist trying to land on a mountaintop. Or a person attempting to leap from one speeding car to another. The European Space Agency i...
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Police: Boy with weapon causes lockdown at Lake Zurich schoolsDec 10, 2013 12:43 pm - Lake Zurich police say a boy was taken into custody after it was believed he had an unspecified weapon inside a middle school and caused a lockdown of two buildings. Aut...
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Kirk leaves hospital after gallbladder surgeryDec 10, 2013 12:00 pm - U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk left the hospital today, a day after having surgery to remove his gallbladder. Kirk had been at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital since Saturday, whe...
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Ask the nutritionist: Winter squash a great source of carotenoidsDec 10, 2013 12:00 pm - Q. Do the various kinds of winter squash differ in nutrients or recommended preparation? A. Winter squash comes in many sizes, shapes and varieties; almost all are grea...