Island Lake
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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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Time to put all that football knowledge to the testAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Welcome back. Bet you thought you'd peel back Neighbor to our first Sports Extra of the 2007-08 school year and have an easy read checking out the previews of all our lo...
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Bids good for McHenry County animal facilityAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Construction bids for McHenry County's new animal control facility came in $300,000 under budget, officials announced this week, bringing some long-awaited good news to ...
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Island Lake trustee questions permitsAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - An Island Lake trustee revealed Thursday night plans to review every building permit the village has issued going back at least as far as a year. Trustee John Ponio, ele...
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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...
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Navigating ins, outs of flood insuranceAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Standing in front of a waterline in your basement, flood damage may seem like an insurmountable problem. But Federal Emergency Management Agency officials say those who ...
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Is transit system running on empty?Aug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Two transit officials - one the former state treasurer - are challenging the purported size of Metra's budget shortfall as the agency pushes for a quarter-cent sales tax...
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RTA: Cuts, fare hikes imminentAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Metra, Pace and CTA officials drew a budget line in the sand Thursday. After pressing for nearly a year for tax hikes to fill a collective $240 million budget hole, tra...