Kerry Lester
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U-46 considering accounting method switchMay 19, 2009 11:00 pm - After more than a decade of hemming and hawing, Elgin Area School District U-46 may finally change the way it keeps tabs on its finances. Chief Financial Officer John Pr...
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Elgin's vacant Prairie Rock Brewing sustains $11,000 damage from fireMay 18, 2009 11:00 pm - A Monday night fire caused about $11,000 in damage to the shuttered Prairie Rock Brewing Co., officials confirmed Tuesday. Elgin firefighters were called to the former r...
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U-46 board looks for ways to raise revenueMay 18, 2009 11:00 pm - In coming weeks, Elgin Area School District U-46 board members may vote on several proposals to replenish district coffers with the funds needed to pay employees, operat...
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Hillcrest first graders get field trips deliveredMay 16, 2009 11:00 pm - A rise in foreclosures and a lag in state aid payments have forced Elgin Area School District U-46 officials to institute a number of cost-saving measures this year. Alo...
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U-46 teaching couple bring love of hockey to schoolMay 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Home remodeling? An elaborate honeymoon? New furniture, even? Nah. Newlyweds Abbie and Matt Ecklund spent their wedding cash on Blackhawks season tickets. "When we got ...
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Top two percent honored at U-46May 14, 2009 11:00 pm - On Monday night, the Elgin Area School District U-46 school board recognized 62 graduating seniors for being in the top two percent of their class academically. The rece...
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Angel Facio files petition for rape sentence to be reviewedMay 13, 2009 11:00 pm - After a three-week extension, Angel Facio Wednesday filed a request for his sentence in the September 2007 rape of an 8-year-old Elgin girl to be reviewed. Facio, 17, of...
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College Readiness bridge classes back at ECC for a second yearMay 10, 2009 11:00 pm - After a successful pilot program, the Alliance for College Readiness' bridge classes will be back for the second summer in a row. The three-week courses aim to help coll...
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College Readiness bridge classes back at ECC for a second yearMay 07, 2009 11:00 pm - After a successful pilot program, the Alliance for College Readiness' bridge classes will be back for the second summer in a row. The three-week courses aim to help coll...
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Police: Elgin woman used false identity for nearly a decadeMay 07, 2009 11:00 pm - An Elgin woman has been accused of profiting off another's identity for the past decade. Griselda Alvarez, 40, of the 400 block of Sadler Avenue, was arrested Wednesday....