Harry Hitzeman
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South Elgin shuts down business linked to illegal river dumpingMay 21, 2010 11:00 pm - Authorities have determined that a substance that killed dozens of a fish in a creek near the Fox River in South Elgin last weekend was a component of laundry detergent....
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Charges dropped against Elgin library board memberMay 21, 2010 11:00 pm - Charges that Randy Hopp, a Gail Borden Public Library trustee, threatened a bank manager in 2005 have been dropped. A Kane County state's attorney's office spokesman sai...
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South Elgin man flips for grand pinball tournamentMay 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Keith Johnson's affair with pinball began as a computer science major at Virginia Tech in the early 1990s. "I just wasn't into video games. I started playing pinball and...
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Gilberts names new trusteeMay 18, 2010 11:00 pm - The Gilberts village board is now whole again, as trustees have appointed an attorney and former chairman of the village's plan commission to fill a vacancy. Peter D. Cu...
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Report: Men tried to hide South Elgin chemical dumpMay 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Authorities are waiting for lab tests to determine if criminal charges will be levied against two men caught pouring chemicals into a storm sewer in a South Elgin indust...
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Probe continues into chemical dumping in S. Elgin creekMay 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Ben Culos spent part of Saturday afternoon watching carp swim and spawn in a creek near his South Elgin home. What he didn't expect to see were big white suds that resem...
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Ten-minute plays cater to impatient audiencesMay 16, 2010 11:00 pm - I've been known to say that we live in a "microwave society." People want stuff - news, TV shows, movies, relationships, dinner - instantly and like yesterday. I mean, o...
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Elgin's senior property tax rebate remains, for nowMay 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Senior citizens and mobile home owners in Elgin will still get their $200 property tax rebate this summer - courtesy of a long-standing program using profits from the Gr...
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Elgin mayor touts city's financial shape in speechMay 12, 2010 11:00 pm - Elgin Mayor Ed Schock said Wednesday night crime is down, downtown revitalization is moving forward, the city is working to train tomorrow's work force, and the city is ...
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Fire destroys Elgin's historic Westenfeld homeMay 12, 2010 11:00 pm - An overnight fire destroyed a historic east side Elgin home that was built in 1891 for an employee of Thomas Edison, and set to undergo the final steps this summer of a ...