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Food for thought: Round Lake is hungry for successSep 07, 2017 1:00 am - By Patricia Babcock McGraw pbabcock@dailyherald.com Winning might be the easiest part. And that's saying something. Because at Round Lake, where the head football coach...
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Feder: The Mix fires Kathy Hart from 'Eric & Kathy Show'Sep 07, 2017 1:00 am - Kathy Hart, one-half of the most successful morning team in Chicago radio history, has been handed her walking papers from WTMX 101.9 FM. Hubbard Radio, owner of The Mix...
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On 'bravest days,' remember school as place of hope for allSep 07, 2017 1:00 am - On the first day of school, thousands of kids across Illinois walked into their new classrooms for the first time. They met their teachers and found their desks. While t...
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Why Home Brew Shop in St. Charles is renovatingSep 06, 2017 11:00 pm - It's quite noticeable that some work is being done on the building at the southwest corner of Main and Third streets in downtown St. Charles. Jessica Coy hopes that same...
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Dundee's Hilltop Suppers offer food, companionshipSep 06, 2017 11:00 pm - For two years, the First Congregational Church in West Dundee has hosted free monthly dinners for the Northern Fox Valley community. When they started in 2015, volunteer...
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Arlington Heights boy earns first at Taekwondo nationalsSep 06, 2017 11:00 pm - Arlington Heights resident Adrian Kakareko, 12, a student at White Tiger Martial Arts Center in Wheeling, placed first for board breaking at the U.S.A. Taekwondo Nationa...
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Anxiety over mortality can cloud health-care decisionsSep 06, 2017 11:00 pm - We all like having options. We want to make our own decisions. We appreciate the idea of choosing from among a number of well-defined alternatives. Most of the time. W...
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Imrem: Trubisky will be Bears starter before too longSep 06, 2017 5:00 pm - The chants already are ringing in ears in and around Chicago. They'll resound through Soldier Field on Sunday. They'll fill family rooms and sports bars. They'll echo in...
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Vulnerability colors Fletcher Rockwell's newest album, FitzGerald's showSep 06, 2017 11:30 am - After nearly a decade kicking around Chicago and the suburbs, Midwestern-flavored Fletcher Rockwell has earned a reputation for punchy, Americana music and fun, lively s...
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Put surplus green beans to work in this simple, yet tasty, saladSep 06, 2017 6:00 am - And then that moment arrives when the green beans are piled so high at the markets, and being sold at such a low price, that you feel like you'd be a fool not to pick up...