Round Lake Park
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Boy's death in blinds' cord prompts alertJan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - A 3-year-old Crystal Lake boy died Thursday when he became ensnared in the cord from a horizontal window blind and suffocated, an autopsy confirmed Friday afternoon. The...
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BP to sell three area gas stations, storesJan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - The Realtor representing restructuring oil giant BP said Friday it aims to get offers on 56 retail gas station sites nationwide, including some locally, by March 6. Sale...
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Wauconda man gets 70 years in dice game slayingJan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - A Wauconda man was sentenced to 70 years in prison Friday for shooting to death the winner of a dice game at a Carpentersville apartment complex. Michael J. Calabrese, 2...
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Seals is part of change in the airJan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - The Iowa presidential caucus victory of Democrat Barack Obama is the first sign of real, positive change: Personal insight, integrity and real-world experience trumped W...
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Prescription for roads: More beet juice, hold the saltJan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Anyone who doesn't like eating beets may warm up to this winter recipe quickly. Take some sugar beets and extract the carbohydrates. Mix with salt brine and calcium chlo...
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Choosing the best means learning to say 'no'Jan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - "Everything is permissible for me -- but not everything is beneficial." -- 1Corinthians 6:12 (NIV) I had volunteered my services to help a great, Christian organization...
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Four injured in Lake County crashJan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - A collision between two vans Saturday in eastern Lake County resulted in one driver having to be extricated and taken by helicopter to a Milwaukee Hospital. The crash oc...
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Ela Twp. assessor resigns over appointment problemJan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Ela Township's assessor, John Schweda, who was recently appointed to the post, resigned Friday because of an irregularity with his appointment. The Lake County state's ...
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Briefs: Local teacher wins awardJan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - A teacher at St. Joseph School in Round Lake was named Friday by the Archdiocese of Chicago's Office of Catholic Schools as a "Heart of the School" winner. Jerry Burger,...
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Fighting tower with … pigs?Jan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Unsuccessful for two years in his battle to keep Island Lake from building a water tower across the street from his property, Bob Wargaski is pulling out the big guns. O...