All Stories from January 29, 2024 (Change date)
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‘Fox Lake in her heart’: Former Mayor Nancy Koske diesJan 29, 2024 2:42 pm - Nancy E. Koske, a longtime Fox Lake resident who served as the town’s first female mayor and as a village trustee, has died. She was 72. Koske died Wednesday at home, sur...
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Declining quip quality shows shifting news balanceJan 29, 2024 2:40 pm - Five 2024 GOP primary debates suggest that if a picture is worth a thousand words, a sound-bite must be priceless. A historic sampling: “I am not going to exploit, for po...
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The appeal of a strongman presidentJan 29, 2024 2:39 pm - I worry that far too many American voters are OK with a strongman president as long as they believe that he will act in keeping with their values, needs and overall agend...
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‘Buy Nothing’ is a great path to sustainabilityJan 29, 2024 2:39 pm - The average American home contains 300,000 objects. And no time is that more apparent than after the holidays, when our homes are flooded with a bunch of new “stuff” (toy...
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Why such support for two-state solution?Jan 29, 2024 2:34 pm - We certainly do live in a confusing time. I am wondering why suddenly our president has decided that the two-state solution is the answer in the Middle East. Israel is ag...
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Bears solutionJan 29, 2024 2:33 pm - As a Bears season ticket holder for more than two decades, I think that I am witnessing a repeat of history all over again. Abe Gibron had a three-year record of 11-30-1 ...
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Editing biases show in news service storiesJan 29, 2024 2:31 pm - Jim Slusher’s Jan. 25 column is like the pot calling the kettle black. His assertion that the paper’s editors comb Associated Press and other newsfeeds for inherent bias ...
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Relief in sight for Randall Road drivers in Kane County frustrated by freight trainsJan 29, 2024 2:30 pm - Things are looking up for motorists who suffer multiple daily delays waiting for slow-moving freight trains to cross Randall Road on the border of Elgin and South Elgin. ...
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Vote no to sales tax on Mental Health BoardJan 29, 2024 2:29 pm - Vote no on the March 19 primary ballot referendum to fund a Mental Health Board with a 0.25% sales tax. I live in a modest home with a market value of $170,000 to $180,00...
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Trail design is also critical to safetyJan 29, 2024 2:28 pm - Ralph Banasiak’s 1/24 article, “How not to become a statistic,” left out a significant aspect of trail safety: appropriate placement and design of trails. “Shared respons...