Will County Schools
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Cougars' stadium offerings kicked up a notchNov 10, 2009 10:00 pm - Phil Elfstrom was a visionary. But the former county forest preserve president couldn't have envisioned chomping on prime rib and mostaccioli in a luxury suite at the st...
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Kaneland High to stage play it helped author writeNov 10, 2009 10:00 pm - Kaneland High School will present the play, "Reaching Outpost" at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13 and Saturday, Nov. 14, and 2 p.m. Sunday Nov. 15 at the school,47W326 Keslinger ...
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WAVES helped changed the role of women in the militaryNov 10, 2009 10:00 pm - It's been 63 years since Betty Butler served as a flight trainer during World War II, yet she remembers the experience as if it were yesterday. "I was proud to do my pa...
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St. Charles North's defense awaits Glenbard West challengeNov 10, 2009 10:00 pm - Going up against an 11-0 Glenbard West team in the Class 7A quarterfinals certainly could make some teams nervous. Especially when you start trying to gameplan how to sl...
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Veterans honored throughout Fox ValleyNov 10, 2009 10:00 pm - Dale Dopkins likes to think he might have had something to do with the fact Community Unit District 300 is now holding classes on Veterans Day. The Navy veteran, past co...
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Batavia girl traces her ancestry to Civil War veteranNov 10, 2009 10:00 pm - On this day we remember all who have served our country, fighting for our freedom. We speak of World War I and II and of the Vietnam War and the Gulf War. We pray for t...
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Students get a chance to appreciate vets - firsthandNov 10, 2009 10:00 pm - As Robert Stack sat in an Italian cafe in 1993, he heard word that two U.S. military helicopters had gone down in Somalia. He knew immediately his time in the Marines wa...
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West Chicago native helps bust urban legend for 'Mythbusters'Nov 09, 2009 10:00 pm - The daughter of a deputy fire chief, West Chicago native Heidi Lakics might have been apprehensive about going on a television show that routinely blows up stuff for fun...
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Kaneland teachers asked to renegotiate raisesNov 09, 2009 10:00 pm - Kaneland school board member Diane Piazza said she feels "solidified" in her vote last year against a teacher's contract. At the time, she said the district shouldn't do...
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Medic hurt in Fort Hood attack has local connectionsNov 09, 2009 10:00 pm - An Army medic from DeKalb was among the dozens of people wounded in Thursday's attack on the Army base in Fort Hood, Texas. Army Staff Sgt. Miguel Angel Valdivia, 36, wa...