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Students to take stage Tuesday in U-46 TalentFestMar 16, 2017 11:00 pm - Talented high school students throughout Elgin Area School District U-46 will take the stage Tuesday, March 21, in the seventh annual TalentFest. The competition starts ...
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Eastern newt slithers along at LeRoy OakesMar 16, 2017 11:00 pm - This year, of course, spring came in February. That's when Kane County Forest Preserve District Naturalist Josh Libman was hiking at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. C...
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Staying strong 10 years after brain tumor diagnosisMar 14, 2017 11:00 pm - It's not often a note comes to me with a positive update about a person dealing with a brain tumor whom I wrote about 10 years ago. Next month, it will be a decade since...
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It's 1-2-3 for Heartland Voices' 10th galaMar 13, 2017 11:00 pm - Band and chorus leaders often have started out a song by counting out "a 1 and a 2 and a 3." But surprisingly often, numbers also appear in the lyrics of a song. Some of...
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Individuality comes out in 'This is Not What I Ordered'Mar 13, 2017 11:00 pm - The Geneva Park District's Playhouse 38 will present "This is Not What I Ordered," a comedy by Stephen Fife, Thursday to Sunday, March 16-19, at 321 Stevens St., Suite P...
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Winning images of our weekly photo contestMar 10, 2017 12:00 am - ...
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Algonquin community members to shave heads for a good causeMar 08, 2017 12:00 am - Greg Freund has been a frequent participant and volunteer in the annual Shamrock Shave since St. Margaret Mary Parish started the event nearly a decade ago. But this yea...
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Positive outlook key to successful livingMar 07, 2017 10:00 pm - For as he thinks in his heart so is he …" - Proverbs 23:7 (AMP) "I'll never amount to anything. I am a nobody. Nobody likes me. I'm just born to be this way." We often...
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Ron Onesti to lead St. Patrick's Day parade in St. CharlesMar 05, 2017 10:00 pm - St. Charles will honor Irish heritage this Saturday with the city's annual St. Patrick's Day parade, but it will be a man more known for his Italian heritage leading the...
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Winning images of our weekly photo contestMar 03, 2017 12:00 am - Each week you submit your favorite photo. We pick the best of the bunch and select the finalists. Here are the finalists for the week of February 27. ...