Kim Mikus
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Manufacturer opens 'green' headquarters in AuroraSep 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Freudenberg Household Products, an international manufacturer of cleaning and laundry products, is moving into its new North American headquarters in Aurora. About 300 e...
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Longtime candy maker sticks to basicsSep 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Kay Giglio started making hand-dipped chocolate nearly 60 years ago to give as gifts to family and friends at Christmas time. Now 82, she's still making chocolate -- an...
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Store with 1,000 cheeses comes to Lake CountySep 14, 2009 11:00 pm - After Sunday night's Bears game against Green Bay, cheese may not be what suburbanites want to think about. But a new store that opened in Lake County could make them f...
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Barrington festival, run to support troops and veteransSep 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Wearing an army green T-shirt with "Marines" across the front, Melissa Papke wiped away tears with the back of her hand as she thought about her little brother who was d...
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Wine shop uses sampling to help buyers selectSep 11, 2009 11:00 pm - If shoppers taste a sample while grocery shopping, it's proven that they're more likely to buy the product. The same may be true at a new Libertyville wine and spirits ...
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New sandwich concept coming to NapervilleSep 09, 2009 11:00 pm - The way customers place their orders at a new sandwich chain hitting the area has its origins in the way the founder's mother made school lunches when he was growing up....
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Des Plaines blogger helps Muslims follow halal without giving up tasteSep 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Yvonne Maffei of Des Plaines has made many changes in her life. She left her job as a college prep school English teacher to become a writer and converted from Catholici...
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Where the jobs are -- or where they will be in the suburbsSep 06, 2009 11:00 pm - The computer revolution drove us out of the recession in the early '90s. The burst in the housing market pushed us through the faltering economy in 2001. Experts believe...
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Sonic brings boom to Lake ZurichAug 31, 2009 11:00 pm - Mike Wise of Round Lake Beach took the day off work so he could be among the first to dine at the newest Sonic drive-through eatery to open in the area. A native of Texa...
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European style center-stage at new Grayslake deliAug 28, 2009 11:00 pm - An Italian family recently opened an authentic European deli in Grayslake. Highlighting old family recipes, Mamma D's Deli & Pizzeria operates at 15 Commerce Drive, Sui...