Kim Mikus
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Caterpillar laying off 815 in AuroraMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Caterpillar announced Tuesday that 665 production workers and 150 support and management employees will lose their jobs at the Aurora facility beginning in early June. ...
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Tots through teens can celebrate at the Palace in Des PlainesMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Like many suburban parents, Mark and Shane Dupke were constantly searching for new places to host birthday parties for their three young children. The husband and wife t...
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Woodfield bureau books softball and CEOsMar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - The Woodfield Chicago Northwest Convention Bureau based in Schaumburg has booked three new events to be held in the area this summer. The first event, Senior Softball Mi...
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Ivy restaurant in Wheaton in a league of its ownMar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Previous owners of a Geneva restaurant recently launched a new venture in Wheaton. Ivy restaurant opened at 120 N. Hale St. in a historical building that once housed a ...
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Itasca's Pennant Foods to acquire General Mills divisionMar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Pennant Foods, a provider of specialty bakery products and solutions to the food service and retail industry, announced it is acquiring a frozen bread dough business fro...
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Inviting atmosphere perks up St. Charles shopMar 10, 2009 11:00 pm - At a time when e-mail, Facebook and Blackberries are often main modes of communication, a St. Charles coffee shop is all about getting back to basics. "We've create a w...
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Gurnee Holiday Inn reveals plans to renovateMar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - The Holiday Inn at 6161 Grand Ave. in Gurnee announced that it will soon begin a "comprehensive" remodeling of the three-story hotel. The hotel, which is about 40 years...
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Wheeling's America's Market shop goes retroMar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - America's Market in Wheeling brings customers back to the time of old fashioned root beer, candy buttons and pop rocks. The specialty food store at 9 Huntington Lane fe...
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Personal experiences lead to personal training for busy momsMar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Sherry Hana knew something was wrong shortly after her second son was born. Call it mother's intuition, but things felt different this time around. Hana was told her so...
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Amazing finds at high-end Naperville pawnshopMar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Mike McFarland desperately needed cash to repair his van and earn the license he needed to start a new job selling insurance. The 45-year old Lisle man, scrambling to pa...