Will County
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Course changes paying off for Wood Dale schoolsOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - School officials reported Wood Dale Elementary District 7 students making what they consider significant gains on some standardized tests. The school board this week rev...
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Wood Dale classes plan back on tableOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - For the third time in a decade, Wood Dale educators are considering changing the district's two primary schools into grade-level centers. A similar plan was quashed by p...
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Should Bob be more like Todd?Oct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Perhaps Bob Schillerstrom should be more like Todd Stroger. Stroger, the Cook County Board chairman, wants to bail out the county from its financial morass by doubling t...
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Non-profit gets statewide attention for W. Chicago workOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - In its 30th year of work, a groundbreaking DuPage charitable organization is being recognized for its innovative West Chicago after-school program. Earlier this month, B...
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Free circus tickets tumble into AuroraOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - It was a huge ol' bello-bration! Roughly 100 sixth-graders at Aurora's Cowherd Middle School on Thursday celebrated the upcoming Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey "Bell...
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More OT before shootouts in soccer playoffsOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Like an unpleasant in-law at a family party, the shootout in soccer has seemingly always been grudgingly tolerated. "I like them," said Naperville North junior Andrew Me...
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Aurora man gets 70 years for murder of ex-Naperville residentOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - A 32-year-old Aurora man will spend the rest of his life in prison for gunning down an Aurora music store owner in 2006. Kane County Judge Timothy Sheldon sentenced Chri...
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Briefs: Health risks in budget planOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Proposed budget cuts in DuPage County will hurt more than 1,000 women who rely on free screenings for breast and cervical cancer, health department officials warned Thur...
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Girls state volleyball playoffs changedOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - The girls volleyball state playoffs feature a number of significant changes this season. The number of classes has doubled to four, winners will play two matches in one ...
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Stop the next war before it even startsOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Despite the fact that the vast majority of Americans want U.S. troops out of Iraq, the Bush administration is banging the drum for next war, which would target Iran. The...