Kane County
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Kane County Fair attendance up 16 percentJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Attendance at this year's Kane County Fair increased 16 percent over last year, with 141,258 fair goers attending the five-day event that wrapped up Sunday. Mild weathe...
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Critics say 'Oh no' to HaloJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Scores of preteens and teens will compete Sunday in the popular, alien-killing Halo 2 video game tournament at the Mount Prospect Public Library. But their parents may n...
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Suit filed against Schaumburg restaurant charged with serving bleach-tainted waterJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - A Schaumburg restaurant accidentally served a pregnant woman bleach in her drinking water, a lawsuit filed Monday contends. Meena Goel, a dentist, was dining at Moretti'...
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Elgin youth accused in gang shootingJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - A 17-year-old Elgin was arrested at noon Sunday and accused of firing a shot from a .22-caliber revolver into a car occupied by three members of a rival street gang, pol...
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Kane 'barn' will quench water thirstJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - At 38,000 square feet, it could be the largest non-agricultural "barn" in Kane County. By January 2008, though, Geneva leaders hope their barn-shaped water treatment pla...
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Is anything major wrong with Tiger?Jul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - It was on the TV screen for only an instant. But I'm fairly certain I saw Butch Harmon following Tiger Woods this weekend at the British Open, writing down notes along t...
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Village OKs expansionJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Village OKs expansion: The Barrington village board of trustees gave approval Monday for the renovation and expansion of the Champion Dodge/Chrysler Jeep dealership at 4...
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Abbott Labs employee hospitalized with acid burnsJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - An Abbott Laboratory employee is in the burn ward at Loyola Medical Center in Chicago after being doused with acid when a pipe burst early Saturday morning. North Chica...
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Annexation last hurdle for park projectJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - The Carol Stream Park District hired the construction crews Monday to build its latest park project. But parks officials are still waiting on the village to annex Slepic...
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Suspected drunken driver named in wrongful death lawsuitJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - The mother of a pregnant 22-year-old McHenry County woman killed earlier this year is suing the suspected drunken driver blamed for causing their deaths. The wrongful de...