Wasco
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State owes $7.5 million to local community collegesOct 19, 2011 5:45 am - SPRINGFIELD — State government owes suburban community colleges millions of dollars, but officials say the schools have avoided major problems because they rely mostly o...
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Poet Wyn Cooper to speak at ECCOct 17, 2011 12:00 am - Poet, author and lyricist Wyn Cooper is the next guest of the 2011-2012 Writers Center Reading Series on Thursday, Oct. 20. The free event starts at 7:30 p.m. in the ECC...
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ECC students to visit King memorial in D.C.Oct 14, 2011 12:00 am - A group of students and staff from Elgin Community College will travel to Washington D.C. this weekend for the dedication of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memoria...
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Dalton to run for Elgin judge seatOct 10, 2011 1:00 am - Elgin attorney John Dalton, who unsuccessfully ran for 16th Circuit judge last November, is taking another shot at the bench. The 49-year-old Democrat recently announced...
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Suburban colleges try to get kids college-readyOct 10, 2011 12:00 am - Too many students are graduating high school without the skills needed to take on college-level course work, local educators and national statistics say. While community...
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Fox fire department hosts ‘traveling memorial’ to 9/11 firefightersOct 09, 2011 12:00 am - Nick Simonson brought his 7-year-old son to the Fox River & Countryside Fire/Rescue open house on Sunday because he wanted the boy to touch a piece of history. Rescue Un...
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Fox fire dept. to host Rescue 4 from New York CityOct 07, 2011 1:00 am - The Fox River and Countryside Fire/Rescue District will host the Remembrance Rescue Project during its open house and breakfast at Fire Station No. 1 Sunday in Wasco. Th...
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ECC building earns design awardOct 07, 2011 12:00 am - The Itasca architecture firm that transformed two light industrial buildings on Elgin Community College’s campus into one high-tech space earned high marks from the loca...
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Community colleges increasingly rely on foundationsOct 02, 2011 11:00 pm - Funds growing in importance in providing the extras in tight economy
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Two more enter 25th state Senate raceSep 29, 2011 12:00 am - Sugar Grove lawyer Richard Slocum is running for the Republican nomination for the 25th District Illinois Senate seat. He announced his intent in a news release, and wil...