Harry Hitzeman
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Elgin laying off more than a dozen workersNov 01, 2009 10:00 pm - In an effort to balance their 2010 budget, Elgin city leaders are laying off between 15 to 17 union workers, a move that will save about $1.2 million. It's the third bat...
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Counties need to be more organized with vaccinesNov 01, 2009 10:00 pm - Raise your hand if your kids have received the H1N1 immunization. Still holding the paper or that mouse? Yeah, I thought so. The Kane County Health Department last week ...
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Afternoon fire guts Elgin homeOct 29, 2009 11:00 pm - A ranch home in the 800 block of Martin Drive on Elgin's southeast side was rendered uninhabitable after a fire Thursday afternoon, authorities said. No one was injured ...
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Elgin listens, won't expand odd-even parking banOct 28, 2009 11:00 pm - With fall in full swing and winter seemingly around the corner, don't look for Elgin city leaders to expand their odd-even parking area beyond the Gifford Park and South...
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Elgin red-light plan inches forward, but key site ruled outOct 27, 2009 11:00 pm - The state has rejected a request from Elgin city leaders to install red light cameras at Randall Road and Route 72, which in past years was named Kane County's most dang...
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Elgin begins union talksOct 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Elgin city leaders are way beyond trimming the fat from their budget. And after two rounds of layoffs in the past 12 months, early retirements, and cutting other expense...
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Funeral home sets the stage for Haunted House SpooktacularOct 25, 2009 11:00 pm - It sure beats a strip mall. Or a warehouse - if you really think about it. Organizers of an Elgin haunted house to raise money for a long-term care facility for the seve...
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Gail Borden Library offers Food for Fines campaignOct 25, 2009 11:00 pm - If you have overdue fines from the Gail Borden Public Library, you might want to wait til Nov. 1 to pay. Or, actually, not pay. The Elgin library's Food for Fines progra...
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More than burgers for new South Elgin stopOct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Nancy and Tim Blevons hope their new restaurant will stand out among all the eateries along Randall Road for a few reasons. First of all, Nanner's Beef Burgers & Beyond ...
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Cops: Elgin man tried to solicit child outside schoolOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Police are crediting a quick-thinking resident for the arrest of 33-year-old Elgin man outside Channing Elementary School on a charge of attempted indecent solicitation ...