McHenry County
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Eyes on the prize: Seniors, teens begin training for Senior OlympicsNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Put a traveling trophy -- and bragging rights -- on the line, and it sure fires up the competition, no matter what the age. That was the case last week, at a ...
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Des Plaines won't front money to open puppet parlorNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Time is running out for a Des Plaines puppeteer. After pleading with city officials for money to stay in its downtown space, Ralph Kipniss still hasn't heard anything. M...
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Neumann Homes files for bankruptcyNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Neumann Homes filed for bankruptcy Thursday, becoming the second-largest such company to seek Chapter 11 protection from creditors as the U.S. housing recession enters i...
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Different but equal; runners build bondNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - As freshmen, Matt Barns and Dan Quarfoot entered Barrington High School separately. Now as seniors, they wind down cross country careers with their names forever connec...
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Holbrook makes welcome returnNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - At the start of his junior year, Brian Holbrook, a midfielder on the Geneva boys soccer team, wanted a change of pace. Holbrook decided to not play soccer with the Vikin...
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Artist says Algonquin censored his paintingNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Algonquin last month was named an Art Friendly Community by the Illinois Municipal League and the Illinois Arts Alliance Foundation. A participant in this year's Public ...
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Daily Herald copy editor to lead Harper College student newspaperNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - There's a new leader for the student newspaper at Harper College, which has been without a sponsor since last May. Kent McDill, a sports copy editor at the Daily Herald,...
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Boys cross country: Northwest state meet previewNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Class 3A boys cross country state meet Where: Detweiller Park, Peoria When: 2 p.m. Saturday Team outlook: Palatine will be attempting to win its first state title after ...
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Horizon's offer amuses Huntley village attorneyNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Last week, I wrote a story about the village of Huntley rejecting Horizon Group Properties' offer to pay off $16 million in bonds. What I didn't mention was Horizon's ap...
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With its defense a year older, better, PR up for rematchNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Three days before Halloween Prairie Ridge defensive lineman Brad Knipfel relaxed at home by watching the football equivalent of a horror movie -- a copy of his team's 56...