Lake County
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Neumann Homes to file bankruptcyOct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - In the largest bankruptcy of a major Chicago-area home builder in recent history, Neumann Homes late Monday said it laid-off most of its workers and intends to file for ...
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Traveling seamstress alters the tailoring business with house callsOct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - A Barrington business owner pinned down an easy way for clients to have their clothes altered. Mindy Trisko operates The Stitch Fairy, a delivery tailor service. Trisko...
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Police, fire stations a tall order for taxpayersOct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Building new fire stations and a new police station would cost Des Plaines taxpayers at least $88 million, officials said Monday. Des Plaines finance officials at a spe...
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Witnesses testify in underage drinking caseOct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - A pair of reluctant witnesses who answered questions only after receiving immunity opened testimony Monday in the trial of a McHenry man accused of supplying beer to a t...
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Radio personality hosting annual auction fundraiserOct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Turning Point, McHenry County's advocate for victims of domestic violence, has announced that radio personality Paula McKay of Star 105.5 will serve as "Celebrity Auctio...
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Both sides protest judge's rulingOct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - A McHenry County judge is overstepping her legal authority by refusing a Lake County man's guilty plea to charges he killed Lakemoor businessman Raul Briseno in 2001, pr...
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Veterans raising money to remove graffiti on memorialOct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Vandals took a black marker to Des Plaines' recently refurbished veterans memorial, forcing officials to raise money to help remove the graffiti before Veterans Day. It ...
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Stroger faces fire after missing special meetingOct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Cook County Board President Todd Stroger called for a special meeting Monday designed to blunt criticism of his tax plan that would raise more money than he can spend in...
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Take 'em down with one punchOct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Achour Esho, 27, wraps his arms around his student's neck and yanks it down. "If I've got him, and I've got him in that position, I'm gonna squeeze like heck," he explai...
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Bond lowered for Crystal Lake driver in crash which killed 4Oct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - A Kane County Judge this morning reduced the bond from $250,000 to $75,000 for a 24-year-old Crystal Lake man accuse of killing four of his friends while driving high on...