DuPage County
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Dawn Patrol: Motorola Mobility tax deal gone; barn fire chargesAug 14, 2012 5:00 am - Motorola Mobility losing tax credits over job cuts Libertyville-based Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. is expected to lose its state tax credits after cutting 700 jo...
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Editorial: Turnaround at Lake County Fair encouragingAug 14, 2012 5:00 am - The attendance figures for the 84th annual Lake County Fair, which ended a couple of weeks ago, won’t knock anyone’s socks off. A total of 91,548 visitors, up about 2.8 ...
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Troubled by ECC public safety, truck schoolsAug 14, 2012 4:40 am - The Burlington village board OK’d a conceptual plan for ECC’s vision of a regional public safety and sustainability facility. We the people voted to approve a $178 milli...
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Cronin, Pierotti quietly huddle, then scuttle county-forest mergerAug 13, 2012 6:00 pm - A topic of discussion during a recent secret, top-level meeting was the possible undoing of a decade-old split between the DuPage County Board and forest preserve commis...
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Lawsuit may still undo D303 grade level centersAug 13, 2012 4:34 pm - An appellate court has decided a lawsuit originally filed to stop the transformation of Davis and Richmond elementary schools into St. Charles Unit District 303’s first ...
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Why are suburban schools starting so early?Aug 13, 2012 2:00 pm - If it feels like school is starting even earlier than usual this year, it's not your imagination. For at least 20 years, most suburban schools have opened in August. Thi...
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Villa Park man pleads not guilty to girlfriend's arson murderAug 13, 2012 11:00 am - A Villa Park man pleaded not guilty Monday to setting a July 22 fire in Lombard that killed his former girlfriend. Todd Mandoline, 23, is charged with first-degree murd...
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Dawn Patrol: Arlington Hts. woman killed; woman tried luring boysAug 13, 2012 5:00 am - Arlington Heights woman dies in crash A 68-year-old Arlington Heights woman was killed in a crash in northern McHenry County Saturday, according to police. Sharon L...
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Weekend in Review: Talent winners; Olympics endAug 12, 2012 11:00 pm - Prospect Hts. man's 72-year softball career over At age 82, Ken Black of Prospect Heights has played organized baseball for an amazing 72 years. “He lives, drinks, ...
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Former Chicago fire commissioner now deputy chief — in Carol StreamAug 11, 2012 11:00 pm - Bob Hoff has been a firefighter for more than 35 years. He twice received the Chicago Fire Department’s top award for bravery and rose through the ranks until he eventua...