Jake Griffin
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NIU moves on with plans for proton therapy centerOct 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Anticipating a meeting next month with state funding officials, Northern Illinois University is moving ahead with architectural designs of its 115,000-square foot proton...
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DuPage board candidate sued by ex-campaign managerOct 09, 2008 11:00 pm - A Democratic candidate seeking a DuPage County Board seat is being sued by his former campaign manager over alleged unpaid expenses. Jeff Houston filed the small claims ...
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Weary flood victims hook up with FEMA centerOct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - It didn't take Penny Kuchenbecker more than a few minutes to determine that her recently purchased home near Addison was a disaster area. The 13-foot-deep mix of stormwa...
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DuPage deputies, prosecutors could score big raisesOct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - DuPage County Sheriff John Zaruba and State's Attorney Joseph Birkett are pleading for double-digit percentage raises for deputies and assistant prosecutors. The two sai...
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DuPage assessors say your property values haven't droppedOct 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Despite nothing but bad news about the housing market, DuPage County property is more valuable than it was last year. At least in terms of its taxable value. Four of the...
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Raising awareness about domestic abuseOct 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Brenda Spivey called police only twice during a decade of abuse at the hands of her then-husband. "Both times the officer told me to grow up," she recalls. "And the seco...
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Targeted West Chicago strip club owner says his place safeSep 30, 2008 11:00 pm - The West Chicago strip club owner targeted by DuPage County's crackdown on adult businesses said his club is safe, and he's already more than strict about alcohol consum...
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September third-wettest month in 137 yearsSep 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Enough rain fell throughout the Chicago area in September to make it the third-wettest month in 137 years. But it still wasn't the wettest September. Despite a soggy Mon...
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Fracas over fence in DuPage Co. leads to chargesSep 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Nearly a month after a dispute between neighbors over a poorly built fence erupted into a fistfight, the two brothers who put up the fence have been charged with battery...
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Neighbors' fence feud continues near LombardSep 24, 2008 11:00 pm - A fence that has spawned one brawl, three trips to the hospital, one arrest and one lawsuit is two feet too tall. The DuPage County Board this week unanimously denied To...