Kane County
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Homeowners play the waiting gameAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Sandbag walls are stacked 3 feet high and sump pumps run continuously. It's all that prevents 2 feet of Chain O' Lakes floodwater from seeping into roughly 15 homes in a...
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Briefs: SuperSibs! founder wins awardAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Melanie Goldish, the founder of SuperSibs!, for children whose siblings have cancer, has won the Energizer Keep Going Hall of Fame Award. Goldish, of Hoffman Estates, wi...
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Library tempers zeal for greenAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Gail Borden Public Library officials say they may have to shut down plans for a geothermal energy system at their new branch library. But officials say they are still co...
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Debbie Macomber visits Elgin to discuss latest bookAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - At her only book signing in Illinois, best-selling author Debbie Macomber will stop by Books at Sunset in Elgin at 7 p.m. today. In her first non-fiction book, "Knit To...
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Geneva Foxes 16U place fifth at seriesAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - The Geneva Foxes 16U Blue team placed fifth at the USSSA 16U "B" World Series held in Salisbury, Md. Competing against 58 teams from 13 states, the Foxes finished 5-4 fo...
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Third defendant testifies at mob trialAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Former Chicago police officer Anthony Doyle took the stand Wednesday to deny he ever helped the mob by passing along sensitive information about a mob murder. Doyle, wh...
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Muir's scores force choice in District 54Aug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - For the first time since the No Child Left Behind Act began, Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 is in the position of having to offer students from one school th...
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High court OKs new judicial post for McHenry CountyAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - McHenry County lost its battle with state legislators last year to win two new judge's posts, but it finally may have won the war. The county's 22nd Judicial Circuit ann...
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Naper excavation privy to a few interesting findsAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Naperville leaders have sometimes been accused of throwing money down the toilet, but somebody at city founder Capt. Joe Naper's home actually did. When archaeologists w...
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Police beatAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Kane County •Items valued at $616 were stolen from a vehicle parked on the 17N200 block of Marney Road in Hampshire Township between 9:20 p.m. Thursday and 6:30 a.m. Fri...