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Flood outlook varies town-to-town as more officials promise helpJul 15, 2017 1:00 am - While some river and lake communities Saturday saw water levels begin to recede in the wake of Wednesday's downpour, others still are bracing for the worst of the fallou...
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Images: Friday scenes of flooding in Lake, Cook and Kane countiesJul 14, 2017 11:00 am -
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Hawthorn Woods man wants to find stolen 5-foot 'Reggie the Rooster' statueJul 14, 2017 5:30 am - Richard Kirshner wasn't sure what kind of reaction he'd get six months ago when he installed a 5-foot-tall rooster statue just inside the gate to his Old McHenry Road pr...
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Former Daily Herald editor finds surprise, amusement in basement floodJul 14, 2017 1:00 am - Editor's note: Gail Kahover is a former Daily Herald editor who lives in Libertyville and wrote about this week's rain and flooding that left 3 feet of water in the ...
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Rauner declares Lake, McHenry, Kane counties state disaster areasJul 14, 2017 1:00 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner has declared Lake, McHenry and Kane counties state disaster areas as a result of this week's flooding. The declaration comes as rivers and lakes in the...
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Rauner declares emergency as river towns brace for more flood troubleJul 14, 2017 1:00 am - Two days after torrential rainstorms left roads and neighborhoods flooded, communities along the Des Plaines and Fox rivers and Chain O' Lakes braced for swollen rivers ...
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Gurnee family to be featured on July 27 EWTN programJul 13, 2017 11:00 pm - In this special presentation, one story features Vincentians from St. Paul the Apostle in Gurnee helping Isabella Mack, a young girl born with a rare brain malformation ...
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Images: Cleanup continues after heavy flooding in Lake, Cook and Kane countiesJul 13, 2017 11:00 am - Cleanup continued Thursday in the wake of Wednesday's heavy rain which caused massive flooding the Lake, Cook and Kane counties. See photos of flooding from around the s...
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From vacation in Wisconsin, Libertyville woman learned her home had explodedJul 13, 2017 1:00 am - From her northern Wisconsin vacation home, Donna Bailey was checking weather reports of flooding back home in Lake County when the phone rang with the most unfathomable ...
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Lake County declared disaster area; sandbagging continuesJul 13, 2017 1:00 am - The torrential rain may have stopped, but Fox Lake resident Steve Fulk wasn't about to take it easy Thursday. Worried about the rising waters of the Chain O' Lakes, Fulk...