Harry Hitzeman
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10-year-old Elgin boy helps rescue tot from Fox RiverJun 09, 2008 11:00 pm - The next time Peter Hamm picks a fishing spot, you'd better listen up. Over the weekend, the 10-year-old Elgin boy scoped out a special spot on Walton Island during Elgi...
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Panel: Gangs target tweensJun 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Gang prevention programs need to start in elementary school instead of junior high or high school. That's because gangs begin targeting kids as young as 7 and 8, an Elgi...
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Nine holes, 100 years: Wing Park Golf Course still going strongJun 07, 2008 11:00 pm - The Wing Park Golf Course in Elgin plays like it did 100 years ago. And that's exactly what its keepers want. The oldest city-owned 9-hole golf course in Illinois is in ...
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United Way of Elgin organizes community food driveJun 07, 2008 11:00 pm - It's not Thanksgiving or Christmastime yet, when people are traditionally bombarded with pleas to donate food. But a lot of people still won't have anything to put on th...
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Six-vehicle pileup stalls Edens' rush-hour traffic, injures fourJun 04, 2008 11:00 pm - A crash involving four semitractor trailers and two sedans at the Edens Expressway Spur near Northbrook injured four -- at least one seriously -- and snarled evening rus...
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Power outage snarls northern ElginJun 03, 2008 11:00 pm - A failed underground electrical cable in downtown Elgin Tuesday afternoon caused 933 customers to lose power and snarled traffic as police shut down roads, officials sai...
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Price at the pump deflating volunteerismJun 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Ruth Sava takes her volunteerism seriously. "I'm not interested in the fancy dinners," the 77-year-old says. "I'm interested in working with people." So, for seven years...
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S. Elgin residents design new logo, sloganJun 02, 2008 11:00 pm - South Elgin leaders have a new logo and new slogan thanks to two creative residents. Village officials -- aided by Ron Herrmann and Karen Cluchey, two residents who won ...
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Move on over David CookMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - The big weekend isn't until August, but start planning now if you want to compete in the fourth annual South Elgin Idol Here's your chance to replace TV's latest "Ameri...
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A golf tournament that is 100 years in the makingMay 30, 2008 11:00 pm - So you think you've mastered the Wing Park Golf Club? Not afraid of the 571-yard, par-5 at Elgin's nine-hole course? On June 14 and 15, you have a chance to prove it -- ...