DuPage County Business
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Windy storm beat, didn't kill, corn cropJul 13, 2011 12:00 am - Monday's storm, with its 60-plus mph winds, didn't just fell trees and power lines. It also did a number on some cornfields, flattening stalks. But local sweet corn grow...
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Long cleanup ahead for tree cuttersJul 13, 2011 12:00 am - The damage from the storm that tore through northern Illinois Monday morning is the worst Andrew Keppel has seen in about five years. The tree care manager at McGinty Br...
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Longtime Itasca restaurant changing handsJul 13, 2011 12:00 am - Itasca residents must say goodbye to the signature green awnings and palatial, white building that houses Truffles Grove restaurant, which has been a staple in the villa...
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Rivers Casino clearing final hurdles to openingJul 12, 2011 12:00 am - Representatives of the Illinois Gaming Board conducted a mock practice session at the Rivers Casino in Des Plaines Tuesday, gambling with monopoly money to test whether ...
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Architect wants to turn W. Dundee hardware store into theaterJul 12, 2011 12:00 am - A local architect with ambitious plans to turn an abandoned West Dundee hardware store into a regional cultural arts theater hopes the project would breathe new life int...
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Walgreens wants larger downtown Batavia storeJul 12, 2011 12:00 am - Walgreens would like to replace its 20-year-old downtown Batavia store, now located in the Batavia Plaza strip shopping center, with a larger, free-standing store with a...
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Weather-related outages wreaking havoc on small businessesJul 12, 2011 12:00 am - After seven years of owning Beans & Leaves Coffee & Tea Cafe in Long Grove, Karen Krahn has faced her toughest year so far: a blizzard, a tornado and now another major s...
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Will suburbs eat up food trucks?Jul 11, 2011 12:00 am - The pink and white Cruisin’ Cupcakes truck pulled up to a busy Schaumburg ballfield one weeknight, slid open its large side window and slapped up a magnetic menu. Within...
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Grocery giveaway puts local farming in the spotlightJul 11, 2011 12:00 am - It’s the in thing nowadays to know more about where your food comes from (other than the supermarket). And there is much criticism of the way food is produced in the Uni...
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Northwest suburbs struggle with more outagesJul 11, 2011 12:00 am - Driving down the 300 block of South Pine Street in Mount Prospect was a bit bumpy Monday evening, as Jill Burgos and her neighbors made an effort to share electricity by...