DuPage County
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Itasca rower headed to OlympicsJul 16, 2012 11:00 am - Sarah Zelenka was 7 years old when she started taking swimming lessons in her hometown of Itasca. She also tried soccer, volleyball and then settled on basketball, w...
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Dawn Patrol: Drownings, fatal crash, Sports updateJul 16, 2012 5:30 am - Police, coroner's office investigating 2 Lake County drownings Police are expected to release more information today regarding the death of a 19-year-old Antioch ma...
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More scorching temperatures invade areaJul 15, 2012 11:00 pm - The suburbs will be scorched by yet another heat wave early this week, with temperatures expected to hit 100 degrees both today and Tuesday, possibly breaking a 125-year...
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DuPage hit hard two weeks ago, but pales compared to '96Jul 15, 2012 5:00 am - The framed, color reprint of the front page of our July 19, 1996, edition still hangs on the wall outside my office. The main story contains one of my all-time favorite ...
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DuPage election panel scrutinizes PR firm contractJul 14, 2012 11:00 pm - Members of the revamped DuPage Board of Election Commissioners are questioning the need to keep a public relations firm hired by their predecessors. The bipartisan panel...
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Lightning possible cause of Wheaton house fireJul 14, 2012 12:06 pm - A fire possibly sparked by lightning during a Friday afternoon thunderstorm rendered a Wheaton home uninhabitable but did not cause any injuries, authorities said Saturd...
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DuPage: Storm cleanup bill hits $3.1 millionJul 14, 2012 8:00 am - But DuPage County’s tally well short of the $17.3 million needed for federal relief
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McHenry 1st, DuPage 3rd in rate of uninsured kids, report saysJul 14, 2012 8:00 am - DuPage also has high rate of children without health coverage
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Judge sets commitment period for mom who killed childJul 13, 2012 5:18 pm - A woman who slashed her 4-year-old daughter’s throat in Bloomingdale can remain involuntarily committed to a secure mental health facility for up to a century, a DuPage ...
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Carjacking suspect plotted to flee country, prosecutors sayJul 13, 2012 3:15 pm - A nuclear engineer awaiting trial on carjacking charges has been confined to his home and ordered to stay away from airports after DuPage County prosecutors alleged he p...