Sugar Grove
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Amputee golfer helps others show they can playAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - The epiphany for Dennis Ithal came the first time he played golf after losing his left arm in a saw mill accident. He and his brother were about to tee off on a 125-yard...
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What do you save first when the storm hits?Aug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Medicine, golf clubs, collector trains and ferrets. Suburban homeowners grabbed these and other valuables as rain struck, electricity failed and flooding loomed late th...
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Flooding in Tri-Cities: 'This is a disaster'Aug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Rob Metzger - "This came up so fast" (Audio MP3) The water came fast to the residents of Grove Avenue in Valley View. First it was up to their ankles. Then their kne...
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Power outages create demand on merchantsAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - After storms cut power, uprooted trees and flooded streets, some local businesses Friday found gold at the end of the rainbow. But it was a frustrating way to earn a li...
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Update: 4 counties declared disaster areasAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Emergency state resources are now available to suburbs in Cook, Lake, Kane and McHenry counties to help repair damage caused by mass flooding and violent storms that pum...
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Navigating ins, outs of flood insuranceAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Standing in front of a waterline in your basement, flood damage may seem like an insurmountable problem. But Federal Emergency Management Agency officials say those who ...
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Is transit system running on empty?Aug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Two transit officials - one the former state treasurer - are challenging the purported size of Metra's budget shortfall as the agency pushes for a quarter-cent sales tax...
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RTA: Cuts, fare hikes imminentAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Metra, Pace and CTA officials drew a budget line in the sand Thursday. After pressing for nearly a year for tax hikes to fill a collective $240 million budget hole, tra...
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Governor declares 4-county disaster areaAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich today declared Cook, Lake, Kane and McHenry counties to be state disaster areas. The governor toured the floodwaters of the Des Plaines Riv...
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Projects facing the ax in state budgetAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Millions of dollars for everything from a Sicilian delegation's suburban visit to new police cars were stricken from the state budget Thursday by Gov. Rod...