Anna Marie Kukec
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Will your local Sports Authority store be closing?Mar 04, 2016 12:00 am - Sports Authority Inc., which filed for bankruptcy reorganization, aims to close about 140 stores, including 11 in Illinois with many of them in the suburbs, accordin...
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Lake Zurich Sears Hardware closing; new tenant on tapMar 04, 2016 12:00 am - Sears Appliance & Hardware store at 832 S. Rand Road in Lake Zurich is expected to close by April 27 and has started liquidation sales. The longtime hardware store t...
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Marianjoy, Northwestern close dealMar 01, 2016 12:00 am - About 1,000 workers from Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital joined Northwestern Memorial HealthCare on Tuesday when Northwestern's acquisition closed on the Wheaton-based...
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Durbin: Abbott Laboratories to lay off 180 workersMar 01, 2016 12:00 am - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin called on Abbott Laboratories CEO Miles White to explain reports that his company plans to lay off 180 workers and replace them with foreign wo...
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Waukegan tech firm owner helps kids with martial arts, pizzaFeb 28, 2016 6:22 am - Jonathan Kness of Waukegan just opened a pizzeria in Gurnee. He also owns a martial arts school in Gurnee and a technology company in Waukegan. While that sounds like an...
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Dist. 131 teachers, staff reject latest proposed contractFeb 27, 2016 12:00 am - Teachers and staff of East Aurora Unit District 131 will return to the negotiating table after they rejected their third proposed contract Friday. The union members and ...
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Student robotics teams compete at Elgin Community CollegeFeb 27, 2016 12:00 am - Challenging a bunch of future engineers can sometimes be a contact sport. About 250 students from around the state sent their custom-built robots into competition during...
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What to do if you have Lumber Liquidators' laminate flooring linked to cancerFeb 25, 2016 4:00 am - Consumers have few options for recourse if they installed certain types of laminate flooring from Lumber Liquidators that could be linked to elevated cancer risks from h...
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Sears cuts 250 workers, many from Hoffman Estates headquartersFeb 25, 2016 12:00 am - Sears Holdings Corp., parent of Sears and Kmart stores, said Thursday it has immediately cut 250 workers and will not fill another 150 open positions, after woeful l...
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Wheaton man turns lifelong love of fishing into a businessFeb 21, 2016 5:42 am - As a child, Javier Guevara loved fishing in his native Ecuador. Now the Wheaton resident has parlayed that sport into a growing business by taking anglers on trips of a ...