Algonquin
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Bids good for McHenry County animal facilityAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Construction bids for McHenry County's new animal control facility came in $300,000 under budget, officials announced this week, bringing some long-awaited good news to ...
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Update: 4 counties declared disaster areasAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Emergency state resources are now available to suburbs in Cook, Lake, Kane and McHenry counties to help repair damage caused by mass flooding and violent storms that pum...
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Dorothy Starr ~ 1923-2007Aug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Back in the 1950s and 1960s, a family-owned children's amusement park in the Dundee area drew families from throughout the Northwest suburbs. George and Dorothy Starr ra...
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Navigating ins, outs of flood insuranceAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Standing in front of a waterline in your basement, flood damage may seem like an insurmountable problem. But Federal Emergency Management Agency officials say those who ...
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Is transit system running on empty?Aug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Two transit officials - one the former state treasurer - are challenging the purported size of Metra's budget shortfall as the agency pushes for a quarter-cent sales tax...
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RTA: Cuts, fare hikes imminentAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Metra, Pace and CTA officials drew a budget line in the sand Thursday. After pressing for nearly a year for tax hikes to fill a collective $240 million budget hole, tra...
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Governor declares 4-county disaster areaAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich today declared Cook, Lake, Kane and McHenry counties to be state disaster areas. The governor toured the floodwaters of the Des Plaines Riv...
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Projects facing the ax in state budgetAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Millions of dollars for everything from a Sicilian delegation's suburban visit to new police cars were stricken from the state budget Thursday by Gov. Rod...
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Fox Valley, suburbs battered by stormsAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - An already drenched Fox Valley got another soaking Thursday afternoon -- and there's more in store for this weekend. With many homes already flooded from earlier rains, ...
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Flooding on Fox only going to get worseAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - More than 10,000 sandbags have been distributed to Kane County homeowners bracing for some of the worst flooding the area has experienced in recent memory. "Outside of ...