Des Plaines
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Mount Prospect deals with storm aftermathAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Some of Mount Prospect's first streets -- Elm, Maple, Pine -- were named after trees. But one day after Thursday's severe storm, Mount Prospect residents had little need...
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Briefs: DSC Logistics makes top 100 listAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - DES PLAINES -- DSC Logistics, an integrated logistics and supply chain management company, has been selected as an Inbound Logistics "Top 100 Third Party Logistics Provi...
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Take heart, flood of 1987 was much worseAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Current flooding in Chicago's suburbs is undeniably bad -- but we've been through worse. Rising waters are prompting comparisons to notorious floods from two decades ago...
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What do you save first when the storm hits?Aug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Medicine, golf clubs, collector trains and ferrets. Suburban homeowners grabbed these and other valuables as rain struck, electricity failed and flooding loomed late th...
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Power outages create demand on merchantsAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - After storms cut power, uprooted trees and flooded streets, some local businesses Friday found gold at the end of the rainbow. But it was a frustrating way to earn a li...
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Punishing storm socks suburbsAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - There was no confirmed tornado Thursday afternoon, but the storm that blasted through the Northwest suburbs felt like a hurricane. As residents emerged from t...
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Various properties on auction blockAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Westar Properties, Inc., an Oak Brook-based real estate auction marketing firm, will sell eight single-family homes and one condominium at auction on Aug. 29. The proper...
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President discusses what's ahead for Roosevelt's Schaumburg campusAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Five years ago, Roosevelt University President Charles Middleton began forging the 21st century identities of both the Chicago and Schaumburg campuses he oversees. Now a...
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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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Briefs: Driver hospitalized after crashAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - A Lake in the Hills man was hospitalized in stable condition Thursday, recovering from injuries suffered in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday near Island Lake. Dennis Lee Wi...