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Fair favorite cream puffs are a breeze to make at homeAug 15, 2018 6:00 am - The Wisconsin State Fair concluded this past Sunday after almost two weeks of carnival rides, competitions and more importantly, cream puffs. For those of you who wait a...
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Readers respond with local, regional sources for grass-fed, grass-finished meatsAug 15, 2018 6:00 am - In July I asked for your help and “Wow,” did you deliver. I wrote about my web sources for what has been called “clean,” grass-fed, grass-finished beef as well as pastur...
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Voters have rejected new school twice. District 200 board looks to build it anyway.Aug 15, 2018 5:00 am - The Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 school board is expected to approve a $14 million borrowing plan Wednesday to pay for construction of a building the district w...
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Feder: Tribune Media merger failed, but execs will still get bonusesAug 15, 2018 1:00 am - The collapse of Sinclair Broadcast Group's merger cost executives of Tribune Media millions in bonuses they would have received. But they're not totally out of the money...
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Fox seems to be hosting a constant anti-immigrant OlympicsAug 15, 2018 1:00 am - Talk about a race to the bottom. There is a kind of xenophobia Olympics going on at Fox News. Primetime hosts Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham appear to be locked in a ...
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Oberweis: Why politics has become so acrimoniousAug 15, 2018 1:00 am - In "the good old days," we had "blue dog" Democrats who had some fiscally conservative views, and we had some socially liberal Republicans who were willing to accept abo...
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Hoffman Estates teen earns Blue Beret at Oshkosh air showAug 14, 2018 11:00 pm - Cadet Lt. Col. Austin Lee of Hoffman Estates is a member of the Woodfield Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol, which meets at the Schaumburg Regional Airport. Le...
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Sound check: 'Walk on the Ocean' with ToadAug 14, 2018 6:00 am - Toad in town Toad the Wet Sprocket, the California band that reached critical mass on the airwaves in the early to mid-'90s, formed a cornerstone to my college and p...
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Feder: Five named to Chicago Women's Journalism Hall of FameAug 14, 2018 1:00 am - Five notable Chicago women - including a mother and her daughter - have been named the first honorees in the new Chicago Women's Journalism Hall of Fame, Robert Feder wr...
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The Kavanaugh nomination is Trump's best decision as presidentAug 14, 2018 1:00 am - Passions on the left against Brett Kavanaugh are running high. But the main lines of argument against his confirmation to the Supreme Court have pretty much crumbled. H...