Christopher Placek
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Truck accident in Des Plaines delays Metra trainsSep 07, 2012 9:02 pm - A 30-foot box truck carrying office furniture overturned on train tracks in Des Plaines Friday night, causing Metra trains to be delayed and traffic in the area to be di...
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Fire damages 35 units at Park City storage facilitySep 07, 2012 6:40 pm - A fire at a self-storage facility in Park City Friday morning left the contents of 35 units damaged, authorities said. The blaze broke out about 9 a.m. in one of the out...
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Carol Stream creek cleanup doublesSep 05, 2012 5:00 pm - Crews will work to remove nearly 300 trees and branches from Klein and Thunderbird creeks in Carol Stream that have fallen in, primarily as the result of this summer’s v...
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Carol Stream OKs sergeants contractSep 05, 2012 4:15 pm - Carol Stream has inked a three-year contract with the six-member police sergeants union — the first contract with the sergeants, who the Illinois Labor Relations Board r...
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West Aurora adding legal help in sex abuse probeSep 05, 2012 1:28 pm - West Aurora Unit District 129 is getting extra legal help to assist in the representation of three district officials involved in a Kane County state’s attorney’s office...
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A dozen human West Nile cases reported in DuPageSep 04, 2012 5:08 pm - A total of 12 human cases of West Nile virus have been reported in DuPage County, health department officials confirmed Tuesday. That’s two more cases since the county’s...
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Superintendent: Dist. 203 community has been supportiveSep 04, 2012 11:53 am - New Naperville Unit District 203 Superintendent Dan Bridges said Tuesday he’s received an overwhelming amount of support from the community, during his first public comm...
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Better late than never, Wheaton holds annual summer paradeSep 03, 2012 10:00 am - Harrowing storms bombarded Wheaton and surrounding communities July 1, leaving behind a path of destruction that required a massive cleanup effort. And even though the c...
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Schaumburg motorcycle accident victim identifiedSep 01, 2012 10:18 am - The identity of a 37-year-old Elk Grove Village man killed Friday afternoon in a fiery motorcycle wreck in Schaumburg was released Saturday morning. Mariusz Zajac was ki...
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Dist. 204 teachers OK contractAug 31, 2012 10:02 pm - Members of the Indian Prairie Education Association voted Friday to approve a two-year contract that would give them raises while also reducing some benefits. The deal w...