Christopher Placek
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Carol Stream's ash borer fight gets more expensiveFeb 07, 2012 10:00 pm - Trees infected with the emerald ash borer throughout Carol Stream are deteriorating faster than officials expected, which has resulted in more money being allocated to f...
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Suburban skater harbors Olympic dreamsFeb 06, 2012 11:00 pm - In figure skating, you have to go to where the coaches are if you want to improve. And 16-year-old Gracie Gold has made quite a journey since having laced up a pair of s...
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Two Waukegan men arrested on drug chargesFeb 02, 2012 11:00 pm - Waukegan police arrested two men on drug charges Thursday after executing search warrants at their residences, authorities said Friday. Officers seized 2.6 grams of hero...
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Elgin man arrested on drug, weapon chargesFeb 02, 2012 11:00 pm - A 40-year-old Elgin man was charged with multiple offenses Friday after authorities say they found crack cocaine and a stolen handgun in his apartment. Deputies from the...
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Man rescued on Gages LakeFeb 02, 2012 11:00 pm - A man who attempted to rescue his dog from a semi-frozen Gages Lake had to be rescued himself by emergency crews on Friday afternoon, authorities said. The man was in hi...
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Car rolls over in Bartlett collisionFeb 02, 2012 11:00 pm - Firefighters had to extract a driver from her car after a rollover accident Friday afternoon in Bartlett, authorities said. The two-vehicle crash occurred about noon on ...
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Glenbard superintendent finalist for Michigan jobFeb 01, 2012 11:00 pm - Glenbard High School District 87 Superintendent Michael Meissen, who plans to step down at the end of the school year, is a finalist for a superintendent job in Michigan...
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Memorial Field lights can go up — but district needs $300,000Jan 30, 2012 11:00 pm - Glenbard High School District 87 officials say lights at Memorial Field in Glen Ellyn could be installed and turned on as soon as August, now that the village board has ...
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Longtime journalism prof stepping down at CODJan 30, 2012 7:30 am - A longtime College of DuPage journalism professor who was removed last summer as faculty adviser to the student newspaper is leaving the school in August. After 25 years...
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After 11 meetings, Glen Ellyn OKs Memorial Field lightsJan 29, 2012 11:00 pm - After 11 Glen Ellyn plan commission hearings and two village board meetings, village trustees Monday unanimously approved a controversial proposal to install lights at a...