West Chicago
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Cranes can fly the coop with help from donorsSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Two sandhill cranes should be moving on up to a swanky new nest at Willowbrook Wildlife Center with little cost to taxpayers. DuPage County Forest Preserve District comm...
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Elgin girl's abuser gets eight yearsSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - A 27-year-old Addison man was sentenced to eight years in prison Tuesday for sexually assaulting a girl in her Elgin home in November 2006. Robert Vinson, who was found ...
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Sex offender charged with abuse in Glen EllynSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - A registered sex offender is being held on a $500,000 bond at the DuPage County jail after being accused of sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl, officials said. On Monda...
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Dist. 303 need air conditioningSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - I am writing in response to the Daily Herald's Saturday Soapbox comment questioning the need for air conditioning in School District 303 schools. As the editor wrote th...
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Dist. 204 condemnation trial likely to start MondaySep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Indian Prairie Unit District 204's court trial to acquire land for Metea Valley High School likely will stay in DuPage County and begin Monday as scheduled. Attorneys fo...
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Villa Park bridge's future uncertainSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Villa Park has placed a 10-ton weight limit on an aging and deteriorating bridge along the North Ardmore Avenue. Village Manager Robert Niemann said that an annual chec...
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Muslim fasts about to get tougher, as Ramadan starts earlySep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Short, easy and breezy fasts that started late and ended early are over for Muslims. For the next decade or so, fasts -- which begin at sunrise, end at sunset and contin...
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Do commissions need photo IDs?Sep 10, 2007 11:00 pm - Picture this: Villa Park issues commission identification cards with photos. The concept coming into focus is one that trustees view as a way to make it more difficult f...
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Condominiums proposed for struggling Addison tractSep 10, 2007 11:00 pm - For several years, 6 acres in Addison filled with floodplains, wetlands and a handful of vacant houses has remained mostly unused. Some village officials admit the area ...
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Lincolnshire board meetings headed for WebSep 10, 2007 11:00 pm - Lincolnshire officials are excited about putting videos of village meetings on the town's Web site starting next month. "It adds access and flexibility," Trustee Dan Ser...