Will County
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Citizen scientists asked to track squirrel sightingsMay 04, 2009 11:00 pm - See that squirrel crashing through the tree branches and dive-bombing into the yard? Here's another question: Is it a gray squirrel or a fox squirrel? Got the answer? Co...
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Flu worries close Des Plaines school; W. Chicago high staying openMay 03, 2009 11:00 pm - West Chicago's Community High School has joined the list of schools with a probable case of swine flu, but it will remain open. Principal Moses Cheng announced on the sc...
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Elgin's OK with lack of closure on expresswayMay 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Much to cover this week but I'd like to start with what I call the forgotten part of the Elgin O'Hare Expressway. That would be Elgin. Last month, the state finally narr...
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Do kids need an at-risk label to get extra care?May 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Laksh "Lucky" Kumar clings to his mother on one cool April morning when Kathy Kohlstedt comes to his Hoffman Estates home for their twice-monthly meeting. The 3-year-old...
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Swine flu will keep Batavia schools closed until end of the weekMay 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Two Batavia public schools shuttered because of the swine flu outbreak will remain closed a few days longer than originally planned, officials announced this weekend. Th...
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Should kids accused of crimes be kept out of school?May 02, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Faced with a student accused of rape, Barrington High School officials responded by suspending the student. But in Naperville's Indian Prairie Unit Distri...
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Flu fears to close Larkin High School for a weekMay 02, 2009 11:00 pm - An Elgin high school became the latest suburban school in to cancel classes, as the number of probable cases of the H1N1 flu in Illinois grew to 85 Saturday. The number ...
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Unemployed network, learn at local librariesMay 01, 2009 11:00 pm - The impeccable color-coordinated jacket and skirt with matching stockings, the perfectly coiffed blond hair, the professional business bag toting her laptop, the fancy c...
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Low gas prices fuel Metra's survivalMay 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Low fuel prices will offset depressing sales tax figures, allowing Metra to get through 2009 without a fare increase, officials said. At a Friday meeting, Metra director...
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State backs off on swine flu testing; cases increase but remain mildMay 01, 2009 11:00 pm - No educator likes the idea of shutting a school down, even for one day. But in the cases of recent closures across the suburbs due to swine flu, school administrators sa...