Lake County
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Getting kids off the couch is play day's goalSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - On a typical Saturday morning, 10-year-old Mia Sowers of Elgin says she usually sleeps in until 9 or 10 a.m. and then either watches television or talks to her friends o...
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Lunch bags with lead get pulledSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - A Buffalo Grove company has agreed to stop selling lunch bags that contain lead, according to the Illinois attorney general's office. InGear Corp. also will give refund...
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Movers and shakersSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Robert A. Dodge of Fox River Grove joined Baxter & Woodman Inc., Crystal Lake, as structural and bridge department manager, to oversee all engineering aspects of bridge ...
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Round Lake district plots steady courseSep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Round Lake-area school officials expect the district's financial recovery from the bleak days of just a few years ago to continue through the next few years. With nearly...
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Carmel 35, St. Patrick 14Sep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Learning on the fly can be a difficult endeavor for any high school football team. But Carmel's young squad has picked up valuable lessons along with five consecutive vi...
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BGHS students select crash survivor as their kingSep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Shawn Mitchum threw his own election for Buffalo Grove High School homecoming king. "When I found out Elliott was on the court, I told all my friends to vote for him," M...
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Dreaming of glory at 'Wrigley Field South'Sep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - I was in Shea Stadium on Sept. 25, 2004, visiting our oldest son in New York City. The Cubs seemed to have a playoff spot in their grasp. The place was filled with chant...
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Lake Zurich 55, Zion-Benton 6Sep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Many times this football season, defense has been the story for Lake Zurich. Heading into the Bears' North Suburban Lake tilt with visiting Zion-Benton on Friday, the de...
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Work on new courthouse may start soonSep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Construction of Lake County's newest courthouse could begin this fall, officials said Friday. Plans call for a branch court facility to be built in Park City on the 300 ...
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Two tiger cubs hurt at Brookfield ZooSep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Brookfield Zoo officials said today they are investigating the circumstances surrounding injuries to two baby Amur tigers. Zoo staff members believe one of the 4-month-o...