Columns
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With effort and new approach, the best anglers find successAug 02, 2017 10:05 am - There are plenty of alternatives if one invests a little time to look around for a decent fishing spot. Oh, you say you have yet to sample the great bluegill and bass f...
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What's new for the Daily Herald Cook of the Week Challenge 2017Aug 02, 2017 6:00 am - The Daily Herald Cook of the Week Challenge is back in a new size and shape for 2017. We're looking for people who love to cook, have fun in the kitchen, feel adventurou...
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Building an opera cake, step by delicious stepAug 02, 2017 6:00 am - Like many people who enjoy cooking, I also enjoy watching food related television programs, and my latest obsession is “The Great British Baking Show.” Filmed in Great B...
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How not taxing retirees' income costs IllinoisAug 02, 2017 5:30 am - The newly increased 4.95 percent Illinois income tax will cost about $822 a year more for a family of three making $75,000. But a retiree living off $75,000 in pension a...
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Feder: Hosea Sanders 'excited to return' to ABC 7Aug 02, 2017 1:00 am - Longtime WLS-Channel 7 news anchor Hosea Sanders, who's been out since February for treatment of prostate cancer, returned to the ABC-owned station Wednesday, Robert Fed...
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How retirement income became exempt from state taxAug 02, 2017 1:00 am - So unpopular was the Illinois' income tax that it cost Gov. Richard Ogilvie his job. It was one of the first major pieces of legislation approved by the new Republican g...
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Buyer remorse sets in for flyover country Trump votersAug 02, 2017 1:00 am - Out here in flyover country, you can't hardly go by the feed store without running into a reporter doing one of those Wisdom of the Heartland stories. Seems like they co...
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York: Democrats unfairly keep Nunes off Russia probeAug 01, 2017 11:00 pm - In early April, news reports were filled with word that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes had recused himself from the committee's Russia investigation. ...
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Parker: Who can save us from ourselves?Aug 01, 2017 11:00 pm - By Kathleen Parker Insidious is the force that causes us to dream of things we wish (or don't wish) were so. Thus, on the eve of this column's creation, I dreamt of Don...
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Sound check: Release party for Kevin Andrew Prchal at FitzGerald'sAug 01, 2017 6:00 am - New folk from Kevin Andrew Prchal Naperville native Kevin Andrew Prchal brings a laid-back, Americana air with his third full-length album, "Love & Summer." The rousing ...