Elisabeth Mistretta
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Snowy owl returns to wild after rehab in DuPageJan 22, 2012 11:00 pm - It was a traumatic start for the young snowy owl. The bird, roughly a year old, was hit by a SUV in late November near Hampshire. She was stuck in the grill of the Ford ...
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Reverse condo conversion raises ire in ItascaJan 18, 2012 11:00 pm - There was a time when “condo conversion” referred to turning apartment buildings into condominiums. But in another sign of a struggling housing market, a proposed conver...
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Willowbrook memorializes slain freshmanJan 17, 2012 11:00 pm - Sixteen-year-old Darnell Holt’s favorite color was red. So on Wednesday, the halls and classrooms at Willowbrook High School in Villa Park were awash in a sea of red out...
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Counselor offers tips for dealing with students’ deathsJan 17, 2012 11:00 pm - The slayings of Darnell Holt and Daniel Nailor were a shock to everyone at their Villa Park schools, Willowbrook High and Albright Junior High. For many students, this m...
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Des Plaines man suspected of stealing $13,000 in tools in Glendale Hts. schoolJan 16, 2012 11:00 pm - A Des Plaines man is accused of trying to steal about $13,000 worth of tools from a technical school in Glendale Heights. Richard Distasio, 22, of the 1100 block of Wolf...
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DuPage forest preserve: How should we use extra $2 million?Jan 16, 2012 11:00 pm - DuPage County Forest Preserve District officials have a chance to save more than $2 million by refinancing some debt. The question they will face this winter, however, i...
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DuPage forest officials consider transparency planJan 16, 2012 11:00 pm - The DuPage County Forest Preserve District board unanimously approved a plan Tuesday that officials say will make its operations more transparent to taxpayers. With the...
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Bloomingdale considers local ban on synthetic potJan 15, 2012 11:00 pm - Bloomingdale village board members on Monday discussed passing a local version of a state law that bans the sale, manufacturing or possession of fake marijuana. The loca...
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Forest preserve: Deer left on trail killed illegallyJan 15, 2012 6:30 am - Marty Adeszko said he was stunned by a discovery he made this month during a hike through Timber Ridge Forest Preserve near West Chicago. For years, the Wheaton man’s jo...
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'Like a bomb went off' — Wheaton woman tells of SUV crash into homeJan 10, 2012 11:00 pm - Angela Lorenzo was watching TV with her parents, George and Joan, in their Wheaton home Tuesday afternoon when suddenly, “it sounded like a bomb went off.” “We rushed to...