Crystal Lake
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County fairs a mix of farm animals, fun and foodJul 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Summer is festival season, and there are few outdoor bashes bigger than county fairs. Whether you want to teach your family more about agriculture, listen to some live ...
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Questions surround drowning in Sleepy HollowJul 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Martha Schneider can't understand how or why her 19-year-old daughter Anna, a certified SCUBA diver, drowned in the family's pool on the Fourth of July. Sleepy Hollow p...
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Fox Valley briefsJul 06, 2009 11:00 pm - East Dundee to lose pair of businesses A pair of high profile businesses will soon leave East Dundee. Blockbuster, at 545 Dundee Ave., recently announced that it's shutt...
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Grafton Twp. cancels $3.5 million loan for new hallJul 06, 2009 11:00 pm - While the fight over plans to build a new Grafton Township hall has played out in the courts, the township has continued to accrue interest on the $3.5 million loan that...
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Two arrested in McHenry after allegedly assaulting elderly womanJul 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Two men face charges after assaulting an elderly woman and pushing her down stairs, McHenry Police officials said. Joseph B. Barba, 25, of the 1000 block of Abbott Dri...
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Golf outing to aid ailing Algonquin/Lake in the Hills firefighterJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - A coalition of firefighter organizations will hold a golf outing to raise funds for one of its members who was recently diagnosed with kidney cancer. Scott Burkemper, a ...
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McHenry Co. man gets 23 years for Carol Stream abuseJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - When Marcus Tyms showed up at a Carol Stream park in September 2007, he expected to meet an underage girl for a tryst, authorities say. Instead, Tyms, 25, got rejected b...
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New pool safety law drains park district budgetsJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - A new law designed to prevent swimmers from being sucked against pool drains and drowned is proving expensive for some public pool operators. Making the changes necessar...
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Sports camp participants gain experience but risk burnoutJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - On her third day of summer, Catherine Ernst grabbed an entire box of granola bars and left for volleyball camp. The granola bars would serve as breakfast and lunch durin...
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Kane Co. voter group puts Freedom of Information Act laws to the testJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - There's plenty of room for improvement when it comes to how forthcoming suburban taxing bodies are with public information, according to a recent study by the Kane Count...