Maple Park
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Diesel stalls area truckersMar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Skyrocketing diesel prices along with the economic downturn are proving to be a one-two punch for the local trucking industry. Truckers and trucking companies are slowin...
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WIU increases security after note about on-campus shootingMar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Students at Western Illinois University are reacting with a mixture of caution and apprehension as Macomb and campus police investigate an alleged threat of an on-campus...
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Dear public officials: If you dally, don't do it on our dime!Mar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - After covering the snake pit of politics for many years, I was, frankly, glad to be on to other things. Had I known it was going to get so spicy, maybe I'd have wanted t...
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Naperville teacher always taught kids value of being fitMar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - They didn't call John F. Lies "Crazy Legs" for nothing. The longtime Naperville physical education teacher and track coach competed in no less than 30 marathons in Chica...
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School union leader wasn't asked backMar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - A union leader who resigned his teaching post at the Cambridge Lakes Charter School said this week he wasn't exactly fired -- but he wasn't asked to stay, either. Tom We...
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Lawyers don't foresee suits against NIUMar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Amid threatened lawsuits and proposed settlements in the Virginia Tech shootings, attorneys said Tuesday such legal battles don't seem to be brewing over last month's ki...
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Veteran St. Charles teacher loved children and natureMar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Barbara Wade always had enough room in her heart for a new friend or family member. "You go with her somewhere and everybody knew her," said daughter-in-law Diane Wade ...
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Sugar Grove residents want more jobs, shopping, study findsMar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Sugar Grove residents appreciate the quality of life in their village, but they want more cultural, shopping and employment opportunities. They have a mild disapproval o...
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Cats hurt in Elgin garage fireMar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Fire this morning damaged a garage in Elgin's historic district, harming several cats as well as a 1957 Chevy. No people were injured in the fire that damaged the front ...
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Geneva church helped bring clean water to GuatemalansMar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - A "colonia" in El Rosario, Guatemala is a lot better off thanks to some members of Fox Valley Presbyterian Church in Geneva. I wrote about the planned charitable mission...