Spring Grove
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Durbin sees value in changing Cook Co. health systemOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - The drumbeats are getting louder in the push to turn over Cook County's financially strapped and scandal-plagued public health system to an independent board. U.S. Sen....
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Soapbox: Wise cancellationOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Yes, the Air Expo in Lake in the Hills has run for 22 years in celebration and promotion of the village's airport. But no, public officials can't ignore that the celebra...
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Taylor finds doctor to do the surgeryOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Toes and fingers crossed, Laurie Radtke had sat perched in her pajamas on the floor, watching the phone for the bulk of Friday. She'd been up all night, checking and re-...
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Local clown to return ... but not as KlutzoOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Klutzo may be dead, but Jerry Kautz is still a clown. And he even has his laugh back. In the wake of published reports about the woes triggered by another Klutzo the Clo...
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Jacobs kicker shows off girl powerOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Algonquin fifth-graders got a lesson in sports and gender equity Friday from an unexpected teacher -- a teenage girl who plays high school football. Mandy Platt, a 17-ye...
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CTA's cuts would eliminate 82 routesOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Mass-transit agencies waiting for Illinois lawmakers to find more money are piling on proposed fare increases and service cuts for next year. The Chicago Transit Authori...
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Area Hindus mark 10 holy days of festivitiesOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - The annual Hindu festival Navaratri, or nine holy nights, filled with prayer, folk dancing and revelry, starts tonight at the Hindu Mandir (temple) of Lake County near G...
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Former Miss Lake in the Hills dies after illnessOct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - Cyndi Caputo, a former Lake in the Hills beauty queen, was blessed with much more than good looks. "Her personality was one of a kind," her mother, Robbie Baumgartner, s...
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Buses drive 'greener'Oct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - The motor coach industry wants a wider public to know its environmental initiatives amount to more than a thin green patina. From its Canadian factories to it...
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Algonquin's 'Klutzo' retires over name confusionOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Algonquin Village Clerk Jerry Kautz likes nothing better than to turn into Klutzo the Clown and make a child smile. To think another "Klutzo" used his clown identity to ...