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Government spending a top issue for GOP hopefuls in 8th DistrictDec 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Reducing the national debt, getting Americans back to work and creating a better health care system are among the top concerns of the Republicans running for Congress in...
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Lake County briefsDec 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Historic meetings set Libertyville's newly formed historic preservation committee has set meeting dates for 4 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month at the village hall,...
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Career education must be a priorityDec 20, 2009 10:00 pm - The days when a "three R's" education was sufficient to provide a middle-class lifestyle are long over. Though jobs requiring low-level skills still exist (just 18 perc...
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Sorry, parents: Dist. 158 to start school year in late AugustDec 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Hundreds of parent signatures and heartfelt pleas weren't enough to persuade the Huntley Unit District 158 school board to start classes later in the year. The board dec...
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Record-setting drug bust in McHenry Co.Dec 20, 2009 10:00 pm - The McHenry County sheriff's officers executed the largest drug bust in the county's history Sunday, seizing about 1,500 pounds of marijuana with an estimated street val...
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Metra probing report of train departing with child stuck in doorDec 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Metra officials said they intend to get to the bottom of a Saturday incident where a little boy's foot was caught in the door of a train that had started moving. The 4-y...
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Fox Valley briefsDec 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Fitness center offers free classes The Huntley Park District is offering free fitness classes this month at the district's Fitness Center, 12015 Mill St. Free classes wi...
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Nygren leans on experience factor in contentious McHenry Co. sheriff raceDec 20, 2009 10:00 pm - In the weeks leading up to his first election challenge in more than a decade, McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren is pinning some of his hopes on just two words: Experi...
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Is someone dropping the ball with PACE paratransit mechanical issues?Dec 19, 2009 10:00 pm - This column is about things that make you go hmmm. In October, I had a conversation with Bob Smith, a driver with MV Transportation Inc., one of several carriers that ha...
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Illinois emerges as one of the country's leaders in wind energyDec 19, 2009 10:00 pm - In the spring of 2002, Gamesa, a global wind energy giant, approached landowners in rural Lee County about building the first commercial-scale wind farm in Illinois. Aft...