Kane County
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Lost generations, and a lost 4 of 5Nov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Wow, only 1 in 5 graduates college ready. What a headline. However, this is not what should concern the Illinois taxpayer. What should concern our communities and politi...
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Geneva teen's perfect ACT ekes out twin'sNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Jake Tauscher of Geneva received good news recently: He was one of 22 teens, out of 112,000 nationally, to get a perfect score of 36 on an ACT test he took in September....
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Fox Valley sure has the Christmas spiritNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Forgive Dane Willman if he hasn't had time to chat the past few days. The Carpentersville man and friends are feverishly painting and prepping for what will likely be th...
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Vote on term limits unlikely in Des PlainesNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - A move to reverse term limits for Des Plaines officials appears to have fallen a couple thousand signatures short of landing on February primary ballots. A Des Plaines ...
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Hoffman Estates keeps pace with SchaumburgNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Drawing a bye in the first round of the girls bowling season didn't sit well at first with Hoffman Estates coach Dan Pfligler. While the Hawks were practicing as the re...
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Briefs: Tech-Max opens new Itasca facilityNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - ITASCA -- Tech-Max Machine held a grand opening Thursday at 1170 W. Ardmore Ave., Itasca, at its new 40,000-square-foot facility that is more than double the size of its...
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Volunteers transform Schaumburg shelterNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Carol Brown wants her girls to feel safe and comfortable in their new home, however temporary it may be. To do that, the director of development for Shelter Inc. knew th...
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Losses don't sit well with HarperNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - No one likes losing. And that's what first-year Harper College coach Tony Amarino likes about his men's basketball team. "They're playing hard and they want to win," Ama...
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Huntley's Marzejon headed to Michigan StateNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Gerry Marzejon did nothing to influence his daughter Coryn's college decision. He didn't have to. Coryn Marzejon, one of the most celebrated girls track stars in area hi...
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Bandits softball should be easy for Fox Valley to embraceNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Elgin city councilman Mike Powers may have said it best. "Elgin has an incredibly rich sports tradition," was Powers' comment Tuesday at a press conference formally anno...