Spring Grove
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I'll go ahead and say it: 'Christmas'Dec 23, 2007 10:00 pm - Warning: If you are politically correct, please skip this column. This is a story about Christmas. I figure it's OK for me to actually write that word Christmas since it...
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Algonquin congregation ready for new homeDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - When it comes to paying for a new building for Light of Christ Lutheran Church in Algonquin, it's all about sacrifice. A 12-year-old boy was the first to pitch in for th...
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'We've been given the best gift ever'Dec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - There won't be much under the tree at Taylor Radtke's house this Christmas morning. There doesn't need to be. "We've been given the best gift ever. How do we top that?" ...
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What's on Fido's holiday wish list?Dec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - Bright red suit. Flowing white beard. Impish smile. Jolly laugh. No wonder Rusty was creeped out. The miniature pinscher did a double take on his first encounter with St...
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High winds knock out power, damage trees in areaDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - High winds knocked out power and damaged tree limbs and branches in the Chicago area overnight. ComEd spokesman Joe Trost says 58,000 customers are still without power S...
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Fox Valley Movers & ShakersDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - Richardson Electronics, LaFox, hired Doug Albregts as vice president and general manager of its display systems group. Albregts, who previously served as vice president,...
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2007: A year of surprising twistsDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - In "The Wizard of Oz," farmhand Zeke, played by Bert Lahr, spots trouble on the horizon and shouts a warning. "It's a twister. It's a twister." Like a twister on an unev...
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Platterpus Records finds fondness for vinyl onlineDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - When a photographer and musician met five years ago, they didn't expect something as common as vinyl would lead them into a business partnership. Peter Kuehl, 40, of Sch...
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Malfunction cuts power to thousandsDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - An extensive power outage Friday evening in Crystal Lake left about 2,400 customers without power for more than an hour, ComEd officials said. The outage, which lasted ...
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Court documents suggest governor knew of fund schemesDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - For the first time since they began indicting members of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's inner circle, federal prosecutors alleged Friday that a witness says the governor intimat...