Downers Grove
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Survey: We knew we deserved those speeding ticketsOct 12, 2018 5:35 am - We grumble when we get a speeding ticket, but it turns out the vast majority of us know that we deserve it. That's according to the 2015 Police-Public Contact Survey rel...
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Elmhurst man accused of defrauding appliance customers in attorney general lawsuitOct 12, 2018 1:00 am - Attorney General Lisa Madigan is suing an Elmhurst man accused of defrauding customers out of thousands of dollars by selling defective appliances. Madigan filed the sui...
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Departing COD president says new job 'searched for me'Oct 12, 2018 1:00 am - Until the call came, College of DuPage President Ann Rondeau had no plans to leave the Glen Ellyn school. But the guy on the other end of the phone two weeks ago was S...
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Glass pumpkins shine at Morton ArboretumOct 12, 2018 1:00 am - Visitors can check out more than 6,800 pumpkins this weekend at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, but there's a catch. While they're all for sale, you don't want to take th...
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Benet rolls to clinch seventh straight playoff berthOct 12, 2018 1:00 am - It's about 40 miles between Lisle and Chicago Heights, straight down Interstate 294. That was a long way for the Benet football team to go Friday to clinch an IHSA playo...
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Montini keeps CCL Blue title hopes aliveOct 12, 2018 1:00 am - With a shot to play for a league championship a possibility in Week 9, unbeaten Montini first had to survive a trip to Class 6A power Providence Catholic on Friday night...
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Benet's Beaudreau leadingOct 12, 2018 1:00 am - Weather forced the IHSA to halt play in all three boys state golf tournaments Friday, forcing the two-day tournaments to be cut to a single day Saturday. That wasn't the...
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DuPage lawmakers want tougher penalties for no-show defendantsOct 12, 2018 1:00 am - Two DuPage County legislators want to toughen the state's "Failure to Appear" laws to combat a spike in the number of criminal defendants posting bail and never returnin...
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Casten, not Roskam, is choice for the futureOct 12, 2018 1:00 am - My 8-year-old son asked me to submit his question to the recent Daily Herald endorsement debate between Sean Casten and Peter Roskam. While it wasn't chosen, his questio...
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Illinois American Water awards over $77,000 in firefighter grantsOct 11, 2018 11:00 pm - More than $77,000 will be shared by 78 Illinois fire departments through Illinois American Water's 2018 Firefighter Grant Program. Since the program was created in 201...