Spring Grove
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Famed fireworks Saturday at annual LakemoorFestAug 06, 2008 11:00 pm - LakemoorFest gets another chance this weekend to live up to its reputation for a bang-up fireworks show that attracts visitors from across the region. Action kicks off a...
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McHenry Co. diverts transportation taxAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - McHenry County leaders altered plans Tuesday to dedicate funds from a new quarter-percent sales tax hike solely to transportation projects, choosing instead to add publi...
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Suburban funeral homes see increase in cremationsAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - After 50 years at Antioch's Strang Funeral Home, Dan Dugenske is seeing more customers comparison shopping the big send-off. Yes, times are tough, and like other industr...
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Local officials, politicians assail CN rail studyAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois congressmen, community leaders, regional planners and local transit officials on Tuesday blasted a federal study designed to show the environmental impacts of C...
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Local Chinese on Olympics: 'We are so proud'Aug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Hao Chen won't be in Beijing for the 2008 Summer Games, but he's found a way to help bring the Olympic spirit to Chicago. The 10-year-old Lake Bluff boy competed in a mi...
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Thousands still without power after 3 tornadoes hit the areaAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - ComEd officials said 56,000 customers remain without power early Wednesday after strong storms hit the area late Monday night. That announcement comes after meteorologi...
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Politics shouldn't be a spectator sportAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - At what point did the exercise of politics change from compromise and uniting for the common good to two sides screaming at each other and accomplishing nothing? Politic...
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Seals campaign is far from grassrootsAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Dan Seals likes to talk about his "grassroots support." He crows about his volunteers in the same interview where he, somewhat ironically, brags that he is importing act...
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Ex-McHenry attorney accused of theftAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - A once prominent McHenry County attorney convicted two years ago for possessing child pornography found himself back in criminal court Tuesday morning, accused of steali...
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Lake in the Hills mom pleads not guilty in home alone caseAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - A Lake in the Hills woman pleaded not guilty Tuesday to allegations she left her two young children home alone to go looking for her boyfriend at a local bar and then ki...