Lake County
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Itch mites found a feast in cicada eggsSep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - The mysterious case of itch mites that sent scores of suburbanites to doctors with unexplained welts has been cracked. Guess what? Periodical cicadas were to blame. "We ...
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This year, you get a good look at hummingbirdsSep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - In suburban backyards, wild bird supply stores and even among the ornithologically wise, the buzz in recent weeks has been, well, the buzz. The buzz of ruby-t...
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Briefs: Ninth rabid batSep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - A ninth bat has tested positive for rabies, according to the Lake County Health Department. The bat was observed flying around the kitchen area of an Antioch home Sept....
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Police: Student's behavior led to arrestSep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Racially charged comments about blacks by a white teenager at Warren Township High School's upperclassmen campus resulted in his arrest, police said, because he alarmed ...
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Police: Worker used dead woman's credit cardSep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - A hospice worker faces felony charges after she stole a terminally ill woman's credit card and used it after the patient died, police said. Nevockeia Finch, 24, of 1615 ...
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Briefs: RC2 recall present recalled tooSep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - OAK BROOK -- RC2 Corp. on Friday said it is "embarrassed" by the recall of its Toad vehicles sent out to customers to compensate them for the loss from the company's 1.5...
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Lake Zurich surprised by EPA orderSep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered Lake Zurich to stop allowing sediment from Mionske Pond to flow into the village's namesake lake. "We were really su...
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Daily Herald projects win awards from associationSep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Two Daily Herald projects earned awards for excellence Friday night from the Chicago Journalists Association. Writer Sue TerMaat's story "Helping Themselves," about heal...
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Mastodon Camp will return with a vengeance next yearSep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - The DuPage County Forest Preserve District anticipates a mammoth expansion of its popular Mastodon Camp next year. The district partnered with Chicago's Field...
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Couple held in six armed robberies in Lake and McHenry CountiesSep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Two McHenry County residents were ordered held on $1 million bond each in connection with six armed robberies over the past year in Fox Lake, Antioch, Lakemoor, Spring G...