Local
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Baseball training center may expandOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - A popular suburban athletic facility would expand to Mundelein under a plan before village officials. Owners of the Joy of the Game Baseball and Softball Academy, 1455 B...
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Area professor pens companion novel to first taleOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Like a good cup of joe, McHenry County College instructor Theodore Erski's first book about the world of coffee left readers hankering for more. A refill is brewing. "A ...
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Village explores water optionsOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - The Hawthorn Woods village board Monday night agreed to find out if Lake Michigan water could be an option for its residents. Mayor Keith Hunt said the village's depende...
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ECC bumps up pay for its non-union employeesOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Elgin Community College trustees have approved across-the-board 5.5 percent pay raises for non-union employees. The increase applies to about 125 employees, including cl...
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You can delve into Elgin's spooky pastOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Stir up something eerie this month with Elgin's fifth annual Supernatural Tour. Beginning mid-October, adults can join Books at Sunset in Elgin and board a Victorian tra...
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Elgin man charged in home invasionOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - A 32-year-old Elgin man could face prison time after, authorities said, he broke open the door to a pregnant woman's apartment Saturday and bloodied her nose. Jessie D. ...
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Dist. 211 teachers reject contract offer, authorize strike papersOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - The Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 teachers union Monday rejected a one-year contract offer and voted to file intent-to-strike documents. "Not many people ...
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No word yet on Big Hollow cash requestOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Big Hollow board officials said it would be about a month before they can make a final decision on how much money they are seeking from taxpayers on the Feb. 5 ballot. ...
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Batavia postpones tax area voteOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - The Batavia City Council pushed back discussion of a controversial special taxing area downtown on Monday night. For the aldermen in favor of it, it was a chance to have...
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Drunken driver asks for work releaseOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - A Kane County judge will decide Wednesday whether Randall Visor -- who killed three Waubonsie Valley High School students and his passenger while driving drunk in 1997 -...