Crystal Lake
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Cary shortens village's acceptable grass heightSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - The Cary Village Board voted recently to amend the village's municipal code, reducing the maximum allowable height of grass and weeds to 8 inches. The new 8-inch maximum...
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Volo Bog State Natural Area notesSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - All programs are free. The visitor center is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. For more information and to make reservations, call (815) 344-1294, for...
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Crystal Lake beating victim dies, upgraded charges possibleSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Upgraded charges are possible after a Crystal Lake man seriously injured last week in what police call an unprovoked attack died over the weekend. Anthony Carlsen, 45, o...
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Weeks later, families still wait on government flood helpSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - When the swollen Fox River reached Pamela and George Schwartz's top stoop last month, they knew it was time to evacuate. The couple locked up the house and h...
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Local group asks teens to design logoSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Marengo Main Street Inc. is holding an art contest to develop a logo for its new organization, with a $100 cash prize going to the winner. The winning design will be unv...
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Evening of magic, music to benefit food pantrySep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - The Crystal Lake Food Pantry is celebrating its 25-year anniversary on Sept. 25. The benefit evening starts at 5 p.m. at D'Andrea's Banquets, 4419 W. Northwest Hwy. in C...
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Quilt fest shows off needleworkSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - The first time Joan Todd tried her hand at quilting, she made a pillow for a fundraiser at Elgin's First United Methodist Church. She was so pleased with the results tha...
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With cemetery just a graveyard, O'Hare expansion soarsSep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Maybe by osmosis, Monsieur Richard Daley learned some new executive tricks during his most recent European trip. It was paid for by a management consulting firm … althou...
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Recordings may strengthen case against man linked to vanishingSep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - The case against a McHenry businessman linked to the suspicious 2002 disappearance of a Johnsburg teen may be stronger than it first appeared. Court papers filed last we...
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'Nothing adds up'Sep 16, 2007 11:00 pm - A few hours before she died this summer at the age of 36, Jolee Mohr lay in a Chicago hospital so swollen by internal bleeding and her failing kidneys that her husband d...