DuPage County Business
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DuPage County men indicted in mortgage schemeMay 19, 2014 1:00 am - Two DuPage County men were among six people indicted recently by a federal grand jury on mortgage fraud charges. Prosecutors said the men are accused of causing buyers t...
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DuPage businesses seek repeal of video gambling banMay 14, 2014 5:00 am - Nearly five years after DuPage became the first county in Illinois to prohibit video gambling machines, some businesses and a park district are asking for the ban to be ...
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DuPage County tourism chief to retireMay 02, 2014 1:01 am - DuPage Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Director Skip Strittmatter announced she will retire after leading the organization for the past 20 years. Strittmatter c...
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Puppy mill protesters picket in BataviaApr 19, 2014 1:01 am - Bolstered by recent "puppy mill" bans in Chicago and suburban Cook County, protesters from The Puppy Mill Project picketed along Randall Road in Batavia Saturday. Organi...
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W. Chicago firm honored for twist on snowplowMar 31, 2014 1:00 am - Richard Behan has come a long way since his first attempt to make a snowplow for everyday cars ended more than three decades ago with his vehicle stuck in a Schaumburg s...
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Suburbs hit with flood insurance rate increasesMar 30, 2014 8:00 am - This story has been updated to reflect that Joliet is located near the Des Plaines River. Cheryl Brady has lived in her Wheeling home for the past 15 years, and tho...
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How Medinah’s proposed tax cut could cost schoolsMar 26, 2014 5:15 am - The exclusive Medinah Country Club's lush, rolling greens have played host to celebrities and golfing elites throughout their storied history, including in 2012 when the...
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EPA: Lake Michigan oil spill shouldn't hurt suburbs' drinking waterMar 25, 2014 1:00 am - WHITING, Ind. — Crews for oil giant BP worked Tuesday to clean up an undetermined amount of crude oil that spilled into Lake Michigan and affected about a half-mile sect...
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ComEd's new transmission line to save customers $500 million?Mar 20, 2014 5:15 am - Construction of a 345-kilovolt transmission line in northern Illinois would save ComEd customers about $500 million over the first 15 years, officials from the utility s...
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Office Max to begin move out of Naperville in AprilMar 13, 2014 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Office Max plans to begin moving 1,600 jobs out of Illinois next month, with some positions permanently eliminated — a move that comes months after Illinoi...