Kendall County
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Man with dangerous past escapes mental health centerSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - A man with a history of armed robbery and homicide has escaped from the Elgin Mental Health Center. Tobert Walls, 32, escaped from the center's forensic unit about 8 p.m...
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Water, sewers stuck in limboSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Control of a sanitary district that provides water and sewer service to hundreds of Campton Hills residents appears to be in limbo. The Wasco Sanitary District currentl...
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Wishing modern life was a little less like fakery of the moviesSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Moviemakers call it the suspension of disbelief, and getting us to do it is a primary skill of the best of them. They cajole or shock or entertain us into deciding that ...
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Elburn fire department looks to fill spotsSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Fire fighting techniques have progressed quite a bit since the Elburn and Countryside Fire Protection District was founded in 1882 as the Blackberry Hook and Ladder Co. ...
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Kane County 4-H awardsSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Forty 4-H'ers from throughout Kane County sent their award winning projects from the Kane County Fair to compete in the 4-H division at the 2007 Illinois State Fair. • T...
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Band campSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - None of these teenagers need to be here. Yet something keeps them coming back to suffer with a smile. All summer they've practiced their portions of songs like "Brickhou...
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The briefs: Adult supervision requiredSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - All middle and elementary school students must now be accompanied by an adult when entering high school football games, according to a new policy in Indian Prairie Unit...
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Many small businesses don't have Web sitesSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - When Northfield-based Small Business Research Board surveyed about 550 small businesses, including some in the Chicago suburbs, the group was surprised to learn that abo...
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By the numbers: Deficient bridges in the areaSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Here's a look at the deficient bridges in the counties serviced by the Daily Herald. COOK • 180 of 1,581 bridges structurally deficient (11.4 percent) • 26 toll bridges....
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Will rate hikes leave ComEd asking, 'who turned out the lights?'Sep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Now that the summer news cycle has ended with such vital stories as a vanishing bank robber; a filthy-rich football player crashing his rich-man's ride into a pole and t...