Harry Hitzeman
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Elgin raises flags at new veterans memorialNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Eugene Banke has undoubtedly raised Old Glory and the Army flag before. But when he hoisted the U.S. Army flag in Elgin Tuesday morning, it took on a bit more meaning fo...
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Dinner planned to help offset man's heart transplant costsNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - If the saying that a person gets a new lease on life is true, then Tim Fraas has long-term, fixed-rate mortgage on it. The lifelong Elginite recently received a heart tr...
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Woman jumps into Fox River, saved by firefighterNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - An Elgin woman jumped from the Kimball Street bridge into the Fox River in downtown Elgin Tuesday afternoon and was pulled to safety by firefighters. Her condition and w...
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New cancer center on horizon for St. Joseph HospitalNov 10, 2008 10:00 pm - The nurses at Provena St. Joseph Hospital in Elgin haven't used a pedometer to measure the distance between their two outpatient cancer treatment areas, but it's a decen...
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Federal dollars to help Elgin neighborhoods hit by foreclosuresNov 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Elgin leaders are mulling how to use some $2.2 million in federal funds to help neighborhoods that have been hit hard by clusters of foreclosures. The money comes from a...
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Elgin trimming 54 positions to balance budgetNov 07, 2008 10:00 pm - One desire of taxpayers is that they want government to function more like a business. The city of Elgin took one step toward that end this week, laying off 16 nonunion ...
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150 in Elgin meet on Halloween violenceNov 06, 2008 10:00 pm - More than 150 Elgin residents and community leaders gathered Thursday night in response to gang violence over Halloween that left a 16-year-old dead and a 20-year-old cr...
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Former South Elgin Mayor Rolando loses cancer fightNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - It was not out of the ordinary for Tom Rolando to walk to his South Elgin pharmacy in the wee hours of the night to fill a prescription for the child of an anxious paren...
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Totals are in: Munson loses in 43rd House DistrictNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Ruth Munson, who on Tuesday lost the 43rd State Representative District seat she held since December 2002, said she has no regrets about her campaign and that she was hu...
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Villa Olivia plan OK'd by Elgin officials, now in court's handsNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Elgin city leaders Wednesday voted 5-1 in favor of the controversial plan to redevelop the 139-acre Villa Olivia golf course, but the real decision probably won't come u...