All Stories from August 26, 2014 (Change date)
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Pierotti: I was surprised DuPage forest exec director was let goAug 26, 2014 1:01 am - DuPage County Forest Preserve commission President D. "Dewey" Pierotti Jr. was doing some banking earlier this month when the district's attorney and the incoming presid...
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Geneva tops Rosary in season openerAug 26, 2014 1:01 am - Coming off a history-making season, Geneva's girls volleyball team looks poised to make even more. The Vikings got their 2014 campaign season started on the right foot T...
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Fox Valley police reportsAug 26, 2014 1:01 am - This article is no longer available on dailyherald.com.
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Officials: Egypt, UAE behind airstrikes in LibyaAug 26, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Egypt and the United Arab Emirates secretly carried out airstrikes against Islamist militias inside Libya, U.S. officials said Tuesday, decrying the interve...
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Batavia school board refining needs for referendum moneyAug 26, 2014 1:00 am - If it comes to spending $15 million quickly on capital projects, the Batavia school board wants to make sure high-priority work on school buildings isn't pushed down the...
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Illinois seeks medical marijuana board nomineesAug 26, 2014 1:00 am - The new medical marijuana program in Illinois is looking for health professionals and patients to serve on an advisory board. The 15-member board will make recommendatio...
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Services set for 29-year-old Des Plaines alderman who died of strokeAug 26, 2014 1:00 am - Funeral services have been set for 29-year-old Des Plaines Alderman Joanna Sojka, who died Aug. 18 of an apparent stroke. A visitation is scheduled for 5 p.m. Wednesday,...
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New year brings new leaders in Dist. 204Aug 26, 2014 1:00 am - A new school year started Tuesday for students, educators and administrators in Indian Prairie Unit District 204, many of whom found themselves in new roles. At Metea V...
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UN health agency: E-cigarettes must be regulatedAug 26, 2014 1:00 am - GENEVA — The U.N. health agency recommended Tuesday that nations regulate electronic cigarettes and ban them from use indoors until the exhaled vapor is proven not to ha...
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Metra train strikes, kills man in Des PlainesAug 26, 2014 1:00 am - A man in his 40s died after he was hit by an outbound Metra train on the Union Pacific/Northwest Line late Tuesday afternoon in Des Plaines. The man was pronounced dead ...