Lee Filas
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Lake Co. declared disaster area as residents wait for the waterJun 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich declared Lake County a disaster area Saturday, as pounding rain in Wisconsin promised to worsen flooding along the Chain O' Lakes and Fox R...
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Chain levels hit August mark, and the water keeps risingJun 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Water on the Chain O' Lakes rose another inch overnight, pushing it to the same level as the flood of August 2007. And officials said today that the water will continue...
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Blagojevich declares dozens of Illinois counties disaster areasJun 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Officials in Lake County continued to deliver sandbags and monitor water levels Saturday morning, as the Chain O' Lakes rose another inch overnight. "We're delivering a ...
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Phony 911 call lands Ingleside man additional chatgeJun 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Tywon T. Williams was in hot water when he was charged with filing a false police report to try to get his girlfriend out of a traffic ticket. But his legal problems qui...
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Gurnee joins flood watch as Des Plaines River risesJun 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Add the Des Plaines River to the list of waterways in danger of flooding. Officials across Northern Illinois and Wisconsin on Thursday continued to monitor area rivers ...
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Child clinging to life after Fox Lake house fireJun 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Fox Lake fire officials are investigating a fire that left a 2-year-old clinging to life at Loyola University Medical Center with burns over 50 percent of his body. Pol...
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Yet another flooding threat emerges as more storms threatenJun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Add the Des Plaines River to the list of waterways in danger of flooding. The threat of potentially heavy afternoon and evening rain storms is raising fears that floodi...
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Residents along Fox River wait and seeJun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - At Fox River Springs -- ground zero in this latest round of flooding -- resident John Schmidtke said he's become immune to the smell. It's a mix of stale river water an...
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Lake Co. officials anxiously watching strained Wisconsin damJun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois emergency officials are watching a southern Wisconsin dam that is in danger of failing and sending more water south to the already swollen Fox River. Officials ...
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Residents along Chain O' Lakes, Fox brace for floodwatersJun 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Bob Paganucci couldn't contain his frustration Tuesday as he stacked sandbags along his garage to try to hold back rising water from his King's Island subdivision home i...