Island Lake
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ACT scores climb, but not college readinessAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Six years after Illinois required that all high school juniors take a college entrance exam, state ACT scores plateaued at last year's record high and more students grad...
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This group earned pink slips, not raisesAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Only a governor operating in left field and a legislature operating in the financial twilight zone could subject Illinois residents to such governmental ineptitude as we...
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Parents may lose home in kids' drug arrestAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - A Cary couple could lose their home to McHenry County authorities because of accusations their son and two friends used it to run a sophisticated drug ring. In court doc...
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It's Stanford for Warren's BootheAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Stanford's picturesque university boasts about 43,000 trees. It's about to get another. Sarah Boothe, Warren's 6-foot-5 incoming senior pivot, made a verbal commitment l...
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Condell Hospital sets sights on Level IAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Condell Medical Center plans to begin expanding its emergency department today, setting the stage for the hospital to become a Level I trauma center. But Condell officia...
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Two schools unite to train students to be future leadersAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - What does a Lincolnshire public high school with more than 4,500 students and an all-boys Catholic high school with fewer than 1,000 students in Burbank, Ill., have in c...
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St. John's to offer before, after school care to studentsAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - St. John's Lutheran School has created a Before and After School Services Program that will open its doors beginning Aug. 28. St. John's B.A.S.S. Program offers supervis...
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More companies willing to welcome moms backAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Gina Thoma is taking a year off work to raise a family, but she's still playing the corporate game. As part of a new program at PricewaterhouseCoopers, the 4...
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It's unclear why the mites are hereAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - The cause of the region's mite bite outbreak has experts scratching their heads. And their arms. And their necks. And their torsos. Entomologists and health officials...
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Forest preserve not right for OlympicsAug 13, 2007 11:00 pm - I am deeply concerned about the proposal to have the 2016 Summer Olympics' equestrian events in the Lakewood Preserve in Lake County. Forest preserves were charted to "p...