Grandwood Park
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Good start toward better health careMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - It was extremely encouraging last week to hear one of the members named to a board overseeing Cook County public health care telling commissioners directly that, in ess...
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Rescuing birds from Chicago's urban jungleMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - The heap of mangled feathers is so tiny, most people would walk by without a backward glance. Annette Prince hones in on it immediately. "There's a bird," she says, dart...
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Camp honors Illinois Army officer, politicianMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - An Illinois National Guard training facility operated at Camp Logan in Zion from 1892 to 1974. The 220-acre site is now part of the Illinois Beach State Park. The camp w...
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Two days, 39.3 miles to cover in fight against cancerMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Coming into the 20-mile marker of the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, Jill Weinberger of Buffalo Grove lifted her arms in celebration as volunteers at the rest stop cheered...
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Woodland teacher contract extendedMay 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Woodland Elementary District 50 has struck a one-year contract extension with the union for its teachers and support staff, with the idea of beginning work on a new deal...
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Seven rescued from Lake MichiganMay 30, 2008 11:00 pm - The U.S. Coast Guard rescued seven people from Lake Michigan late Friday morning after their boat sank 2.3 miles east of Waukegan Harbor, authorities said. The 37-foot c...
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Millburn Strangler's days are numberedMay 30, 2008 11:00 pm - It's a traffic snag that's been frustrating for so long, many motorists have given up hope of it ever being corrected. The intersection of Route 45 at Grass Lake Road in...
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McHenry man mistakes tracks for road, hit by trainMay 30, 2008 11:00 pm - An 80-year-old man suffered non-life-threatening injuries after mistakenly turning his car onto railroad tracks instead of Route 83, and getting hit by a train in Graysl...
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The briefsMay 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Police get grant money The Lake Zurich Police Department will receive a $211,500 federal grant Monday from U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean for construction of its firing range. T...
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Winds cut power to thousands in Lake CountyMay 30, 2008 11:00 pm - High winds knocked down trees, snapped power lines and generally wreaked havoc in Lake County on Friday. Communities in the center of the county -- particularly Libertyv...