Lake Villa
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Media group helps people tell 'other side' of the storyFeb 09, 2008 10:00 pm - How do you help people tell their story effectively? In the late 1960s, a turbulent time in Chicago, Hank De Zutter was an education writer at the Chicago Daily News. He...
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God can grow marriages even in troubling timesFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." -- Romans 8:28 (NIV) Due to life's many ch...
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Briefs: Decision delayed on death penaltyFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Prosecutors delayed a decision Friday on pursing the death penalty against a Kenosha man accused of murdering a woman during a robbery. Monetago Suggs, 24, is charged wi...
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Ex-Chicago schools chief still challenging the systemFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - As chief executive officer of Chicago Public Schools, Paul Vallas developed a reputation as an unabashed reformer, unafraid to ruffle feathers. Vallas, now superintenden...
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Some winter for Grayslake's Winterfest? That's no problem this yearFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - In two of the years since the Grayslake Winterfest began, Frosty the Snowman would have melted if he'd attended. The inaugural 2002 event featured unseasonably warm weat...
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Woodland closes for second day; icy neighborhood roads blamedFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - More than 7,000 Gurnee-area children got an unexpected day off Friday, thanks to a ripple effect from this week's snowstorm. Gurnee-based Woodland Elementary District 50...
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Saturday Soapbox: Hats offFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Lake County Clerk Willard Helander and her staff should be proud of the job they did recovering from the Election Night computer meltdown that delayed vote counts. The s...
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Is your rebate check really in the mail?Feb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Now that President Bush likely will sign the economic stimulus bill as early as next week, you're probably wondering what's next. Is our tax rebate check really in the m...
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Vernon Hills still undecided about new hotel's blue lightingFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Vernon Hills officials agree the solarium will be a nice touch, but they aren't so sure about blue accent lighting for a hotel conversion in town. "We're not Vegas, we'r...
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Those Lincolnshire log homes are now historyFeb 08, 2008 10:00 pm - What had become familiar but irritating landmarks along Route 22 in Lincolnshire were removed from the landscape Friday. Demolition crews still have a few weeks of work,...