Justin Kmitch
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Unheralded Crime Stoppers program gets resultsJun 25, 2012 5:30 am - Crime Stoppers. It's no “America's Most Wanted.” It's better. The reward-based program that relies on anonymous tipsters might lack the pizazz of TV's “Most Wanted,” bu...
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DuPage Children's Museum celebrates 25 yearsJun 22, 2012 6:00 pm - Twenty five years ago, the DuPage Children's Museum was stuffed into a box that had held a Thanksgiving turkey. That's where Louise Beem and Dorothy Carpenter stored the...
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Naperville denies McDonald's downtown planJun 20, 2012 12:00 am - Naperville City Council members weren't clowning around Tuesday night when they unanimously denied a plan for the city's sixth McDonald's restaurant. Council members sai...
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Naperville closer to adding electric car charging stationJun 19, 2012 7:00 pm - Electric car owners can soon get a charge out of downtown Naperville, literally. Council members Tuesday approved the installation of an electric vehicle charging statio...
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Wheaton principal moves to Naperville schoolJun 19, 2012 4:12 pm - Longtime Wheaton principal David Kanne just shortened his commute by a few miles. Naperville Unit District 203 board members Monday announced Kanne, who lives in the dis...
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4-year-old dies after being pulled from Glenview poolJun 15, 2012 10:19 pm - A 4-year-old boy died Friday afternoon shortly after being removed from a Glenview Park District pool. According to Glenview police, who are investigating the death, the...
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Community journalist was passionate about Winfield, West ChicagoJun 15, 2012 9:32 pm - Friends may have called Alyce Bartlett “Scoop,” but community journalism was her middle name. The longtime Winfield resident and journalist died Tuesday after a brief il...
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Propane grill heat ignites Streamwood homeJun 15, 2012 6:29 pm - Streamwood fire officials say heat from a nearby propane grill is to blame for a Friday afternoon fire that severely damaged a single-family home. Firefighters arrived a...
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Runway extension begins at DuPage AirportJun 14, 2012 5:29 pm - The DuPage Airport is expected by October to have not one, but two runways capable of accommodating the largest corporate jets. Construction has begun to extend the West...
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LaHood praises Navistar fuel efficiency effortsJun 11, 2012 2:00 pm - Lisle's Navistar International Corp. put its shiniest and most fuel-efficient foot forward Monday for U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood. LaHood, making his fir...