Wheaton
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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...
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Football Preview: Addison Trail at Wheaton NorthAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Addison Trail at Wheaton North Nononference Game time: 7:30 p.m., today. Last year: Addison Trail 23, Wheaton North 9. Outlook: These teams have traded seaso...
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Friday's football resultsAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Friday's results Nonconference Elgin 27, Plainfield Central 18 Larkin 29, McHenry 66 Marmion at South Elgin, 7:30 p.m. Hoffman Estates 20, Woodstock 14 Lake Park 16, Co...
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Naperville native plans to take on BiggertAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - A Naperville native is moving from the ivory tower to the rough and tumble world of politics. Democrat Scott Harper, a doctoral student at Oxford University, is postpo...
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Briefs: Driver hospitalizedAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - A Lake in the Hills man was hospitalized in stable condition Thursday, recovering from injuries suffered in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday near Island Lake. Dennis Lee Wi...
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Bring your flashlight for all-night flea marketAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - It's not unusual for shoppers to show up with miner's lights strapped to their hats. There's no handier way, they say, to find the best bargains when power shopping outd...