Lake County
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Suburbs cleaning up after storms roll through areaMay 21, 2014 1:01 am - The heavy storms have moved on and now people are able to see the damage caused by powerful storms Tuesday night. Hail the size of golf balls were recorded in Aurora an...
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Ash tree removal program hits high gear in Vernon HillsMay 21, 2014 1:01 am - Vernon Hills' continuing assault on the emerald ash borer was made in a more visible locale Wednesday as crews removed trees from the decorative planter median on busy B...
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Big trucks on display at public works open houseMay 21, 2014 1:01 am - Two-year-old Gabriel Nieto of Round Lake had a big smile on his face as he first sat behind the steering wheel of a snowplow, then a fire engine during the first Round L...
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Evanston woman guilty of selling fatal heroin dose to Vernon Hills teenMay 21, 2014 1:00 am - A Lake County jury has found an Evanston woman guilty of selling the heroin that led to the overdose death of a 15-year-old Vernon Hills High School girl in 2011. Michel...
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Longtime judge known for wit and intellectMay 21, 2014 1:00 am - Friends and colleagues are mourning longtime Lake County jurist and former Chief Judge David M. Hall, who died Tuesday at his home in Waukegan surrounded by family. Duri...
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Road work, technology a priority for Lake County transportation officialsMay 20, 2014 11:00 pm - Lake County officials recently held a news conference at Rollins Road and Route 83 in Round Lake Beach, the county's largest transportation improvement to date, to kicko...
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Dawn Patrol: Fire at Arlington Hts. home; Elgin teacher wins honorMay 20, 2014 5:01 am - Fire damages Arlington Heights home A fire yesterday morning did $100,000 in damage to an Arlington Heights home. Smoke and heat heavily damaged much of the first f...
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Lindenhurst eighth-grader turning hobby into businessMay 20, 2014 5:00 am - The pencil-on-paper sketch called “Questions” depicts a seemingly forlorn girl sitting alone on a railroad track, her head bowed slightly and face hidden by a wall of ha...
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Large hail falls on suburbs; flood advisory issued especially in DuPageMay 20, 2014 1:01 am - The National Weather Service issued a flood advisory Tuesday night for DuPage and southern Cook counties after storms brought big hail and wind as well as buckets of rai...
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Route 173 to close for track work:May 20, 2014 1:01 am - Weather permitting, Route 173 in the Richmond area will close for nearly a week, beginning June 2, for reconstruction of the Wisconsin & Souther Railroad Company at grad...