Spring Grove
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What transportation costume will you wear this Halloween?Oct 29, 2010 11:00 pm - I wasn't sure what costume to wear this Halloween. I thought about dressing up as the looming capital shortfall facing public transit, or an angry Hoosier with a massive...
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Ormseth, CL South stop GrantOct 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Crystal Lake South senior quarterback Drew Ormseth can beat an opponent in many ways. Ormseth beat Grant with his legs. Ormseth, a 3-year starter playing in his seventh ...
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Confused by the alphabet soup? Here are some basic termsOct 29, 2010 12:00 am - No Child Left Behind (NCLB): The landmark 2001 federal legislation that requires schools to meet a rising bar on standardized assessments each year or face academic sanc...
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Suburban schools improve, but not enoughOct 29, 2010 12:00 am - Suburban schools did better on state assessments this year but not by much. A Daily Herald analysis shows that 57 percent of suburban schools got more kids to meet stat...
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16th District candidates spar over term limitsOct 28, 2010 11:00 pm - If George Gaulrapp is elected to represent the 16th Congressional District at the Nov. 2 election, the longest the Freeport Democrat says he will stay in office is six t...
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Here's what really separates candidatesOct 28, 2010 11:00 pm - When voting for U.S. Congress, for better or worse, the decisions have become very simple. Unless you are convinced one of the candidates is guilty of felonious behavior...
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Candidates debate how to bring jobs to McHenry CountyOct 28, 2010 11:00 pm - With McHenry County's unemployment rate at 8.3 percent, at least two of the three candidates running for two seats on the county board from District 4 agree they need to...
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Obama: Chicago targeted in terrorist attackOct 28, 2010 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Authorities on three continents thwarted multiple terrorist attacks aimed at the United States from Yemen on Friday, seizing two explosive packages address...
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$6.5 million settlement awarded in fatal semi-crashOct 28, 2010 11:00 pm - The family of an East Dubuque woman killed a year ago in a crash on Route 47 at the Jane Addams Tollway in Huntley will receive a $6.5 million payout in a wrongful death...
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Man pleads guilty in Huntley area crash that killed 4Oct 28, 2010 11:00 pm - A Crystal Lake man faces up to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to reckless homicide in connection with a one-car crash that killed four of his friends. Muha...