Christopher Placek
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Des Plaines-based Operation North Pole expanding to help childrenFeb 04, 2016 12:00 am - Operation North Pole, the Des Plaines-based charity that organizes an annual train ride and winter festival for sick children, is throwing a fundraiser next week to help...
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Tax freeze could erase raises for Elk Grove library workersFeb 04, 2016 12:00 am - Elk Grove Village Public Library employees will get salary increases of at least 2 percent over the course of their new four-year contract, though the raises could be in...
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Dawn Patrol: Is Woodstock Willie ever right?Feb 03, 2016 4:00 am - Should we believe Woodstock Willie's prediction? Woodstock Willie the groundhog yesterday predicted an early spring. But no one is quite sure if the animal really p...
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Fire leaves six-unit Rosemont apartment building uninhabitableFeb 03, 2016 12:00 am - A three-story Rosemont apartment building was deemed uninhabitable after a fire there Wednesday morning, authorities said. A resident of the six-unit building at 9591 Ma...
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Mystery behind what's coming to vacant Des Plaines building revealedFeb 03, 2016 12:00 am - The mystery behind what's coming to a long-vacant building in Des Plaines has been revealed. Wolf Road Hot Dogs plans to open in April on the southeast corner of Wolf an...
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Des Plaines aldermen keep taxpayer-funded health careFeb 02, 2016 4:13 am - This story has been updated to reflect that Alderman Don Smith is chairman of the city council's finance and administration committee. Des Plaines aldermen voted Mo...
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Four suburban restaurants affected by credit card data breachFeb 02, 2016 12:00 am - Those who may have dined at four suburban restaurants in 2014 and 2015 should be on the lookout for unauthorized charges due to a credit card data breach, officials said...
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Des Plaines project approved, but not before mayor scolds aldermanFeb 02, 2016 12:00 am - Des Plaines officials have paved the way for construction of a $28 million development on a long-blighted parcel of city-owned land at Mannheim and Higgins roads. But th...
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Driver flees after hitting Fox Lake houseFeb 02, 2016 12:00 am - A car struck a house and its gas meter late Tuesday afternoon in Fox Lake, causing a gas leak, before the driver fled the scene, authorities said. The crash occurred abo...
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Could Islamic center suit against Des Plaines be resolved this year?Jan 31, 2016 12:00 am - Des Plaines officials believe the federal government's suit against the city for refusing to allow a Bosnian Islamic center to open could be resolved this year, and pote...