North Aurora
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Briefs:Rabid bats foundAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - A rabid bat was found this week in Marengo, bring the McHenry County total for this year to 10. Another rabid bat was found in an Aurora home, bringing Kane County's tot...
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Flooding in Tri-Cities: 'This is a disaster'Aug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Rob Metzger - "This came up so fast" (Audio MP3) The water came fast to the residents of Grove Avenue in Valley View. First it was up to their ankles. Then their kne...
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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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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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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...
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Governor declares 4-county disaster areaAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich today declared Cook, Lake, Kane and McHenry counties to be state disaster areas. The governor toured the floodwaters of the Des Plaines Riv...
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Projects facing the ax in state budgetAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Millions of dollars for everything from a Sicilian delegation's suburban visit to new police cars were stricken from the state budget Thursday by Gov. Rod...
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Briefs: Man guilty of sex assault of minorsAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - A Carpentersville man faces a minimum of 58 years in prison since being convicted Thursday of sexually assaulting two children from 2003 to 2005. Mark Kimbrough, 39, of ...