Lake Villa
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State making English learners take same standardized tests as prosDec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - Students new to English will take the same state tests as their English-speaking peers this year. The switch, ordered by the Illinois State Board of Education, could sin...
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2 workers shot at Lake Co. restaurantDec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - Lake County sheriff's police are asking the public's assistance in finding two men who shot two employees of a popular restaurant near Lake Bluff during an attempted rob...
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What makes Lake Co. great? The activismDec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - Editor's note: This is another installment in our weekly series highlighting what people like about living in Lake County. This week, we asked that question of Munde...
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Should libraries restrict kids' access to videos?Dec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - At libraries throughout the suburbs, children can check out copies of the bloody World War II film "Saving Private Ryan," episodes of the violent crime drama "The Sopran...
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Ban would be better for young athletes in trainingDec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - I believe that aluminum bats being banned would allow for young hitters to learn a more professional style of hitting. Too many young hitters get into bad habits swingin...
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Chicago Archdiocese on a recruitment missionDec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - Over the past seven years, the Chicago Archdiocese suffered a dire drop in recruitment for the priesthood. Sex scandals rocking the church nationally fed the local decli...
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Vernon Hills Marine greeted with cheers, honorsDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Escorted by five police cars, two fire trucks and two ambulances, Marine Lance Cpl. James Hulse made the final leg of his journey home to Vernon Hills from Iraq Saturday...
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The briefsDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Fund set up for Lake Villa girl A fund has been established to help Lake Villa 15-year-old Taylor Granitz, who traveled to Arizona Friday to undergo surgery to treat a r...
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Area companies have you covered for your high-tech holiday needsDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - So Cyber Monday wasn't your thing? And night-owl and early-bird sales at the bricks-and-mortars are getting old? Yet you still need that certain something for a holiday ...
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Snowfall brings wonder for newest museum memberDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - The beautiful snowfall we had this past Tuesday prompts me to write about the newest staff member at the Lake County Discovery Museum. Because this particular snowfall ...