Lake Barrington
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Horse owner pleads not guilty to crueltyMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - The owner of 18 horses killed in an October crash near Wadsworth pleaded not guilty to animal cruelty charges Monday in Lake County circuit court. Keith Tongen, 49, of B...
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Briefs: Park district hatches planMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Gurnee park board members recently approved a strategic plan that includes seven initiatives. The strategic plan is a document the district will use as a guide until 201...
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Rain, thaw sets up worries over floodingMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - If you're like most people, you're probably sick of cold and snow, and praying for a warm-up. But officials watching the Chain O' Lakes and Fox River say too much of a g...
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Spring dreams: This winter, too, shall passMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - "April is the cruelest month," T.S. Eliot famously wrote, but he really must have forgotten his Midwest roots after years in England. February 2008 was the cruelest mont...
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'Polyp Man' raises awareness of colon cancerMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - With a belly like a bean bag, big glasses and oversized shoes, Dirk Scheerenberg knew he looked ridiculous, but he didn't care. Scheerenberg wasn't embarrassed to be wea...
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Does Clinton still have south Texas Hispanics?Mar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - LAREDO, Texas -- Half a lifetime ago, Hillary Rodham, a Yale law student just a few years out of Maine South High School, worked for several weeks in south Texas. Her bo...
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Next time, he'll driveMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Next time, a Lake Villa pilot will use his car rather than airplane to get his son to a tennis match on time. In an interview Tuesday morning, Robert Kadera told WGN rad...
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New fire chief sworn inMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Terrence Vavra, the new Buffalo Grove fire chief, was sworn in Monday night at the village board meeting. Vavra, 50, was formerly deputy chief at the Lisle-Woodridge fir...
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Kirk: Hospitals should give infection dataMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - A 2003 state law requires hospitals to disclose health care-related infection rates. But more than four years later, the law has yet to be implemented. U.S. Rep. Mark Ki...
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Some spring quotesMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - "In the spring, a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love." --Alfred Lord Tennyson "People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tel...