Spring Grove
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State says mental heath check system ready to goMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- State agencies argue a newly expanded system to crosscheck mental health records against gun card applications will be up and running by its deadline toda...
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Finally feels like summerMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - For about a dozen Lake in the Hills families Saturday, life really was a day at the beach. Opening day at Indian Trail beach -- which sits on Woods Creek Lake -- saw som...
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Good start toward better health careMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - It was extremely encouraging last week to hear one of the members named to a board overseeing Cook County public health care telling commissioners directly that, in ess...
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Rescuing birds from Chicago's urban jungleMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - The heap of mangled feathers is so tiny, most people would walk by without a backward glance. Annette Prince hones in on it immediately. "There's a bird," she says, dart...
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Two days, 39.3 miles to cover in fight against cancerMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Coming into the 20-mile marker of the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, Jill Weinberger of Buffalo Grove lifted her arms in celebration as volunteers at the rest stop cheered...
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Flying cheaper than driving? Who knew?May 31, 2008 11:00 pm - It sure seemed a good idea at the time. An enticingly cheap car rental special made flying to Jacksonville, Fla., and driving back to the lovely northern Fox Valley seem...
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Lawmakers approve helping Lake in the Hills with runway land disputeMay 30, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- State lawmakers are trying to make it easier for Lake in the Hills to move ahead with a runway construction project despite a lingering dispute with a nei...
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McHenry man mistakes tracks for road, hit by trainMay 30, 2008 11:00 pm - An 80-year-old man suffered non-life-threatening injuries after mistakenly turning his car onto railroad tracks instead of Route 83, and getting hit by a train in Graysl...
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Cary settles suit with fired officialMay 30, 2008 11:00 pm - A former Cary public works official has settled his federal lawsuit against the village, ending 16 months of litigation over claims he was fired for complaints about vil...
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Winds cut power to thousands in Lake CountyMay 30, 2008 11:00 pm - High winds knocked down trees, snapped power lines and generally wreaked havoc in Lake County on Friday. Communities in the center of the county -- particularly Libertyv...