Madhu Krishnamurthy
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Wheeling opts for 7.5 percent tax levy increase, not 15Nov 23, 2009 10:00 pm - Wheeling won't have a Fourth of July parade or fireworks next year. Nor will the village's municipal complex adorn as many holiday lights as it has now. While those ite...
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Maine Twp. District 207 could cut 75 teaching jobsNov 23, 2009 10:00 pm - Maine Township High School District 207 may eliminate 75 teaching jobs as part of cuts to whittle down a projected $17 million deficit next school year, a top official c...
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Palatine police looking for suspect with cop's gun, body armorNov 18, 2009 10:00 pm - A suspect who police said broke into the Palatine home of a part-time auxiliary police officer and stole a gun and body armor remains at large, police said. The officer,...
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Wheeling likely to raise property taxes, and othersNov 18, 2009 10:00 pm - Wheeling officials are considering layoffs and raising taxes and fees to plug a projected $5.3 million deficit next year. Administrators are recommending various cuts an...
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Des Plaines reconsiders two staff cutsNov 17, 2009 10:00 pm - Des Plaines city officials are reconsidering plans to cut two Health and Human Services employees after an outpouring of support from community groups for the department...
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Wheeling seeks to increase 9-1-1 surchargeNov 17, 2009 10:00 pm - Wheeling will ask its residents to support a 70-cents-per-month hike to the 9-1-1 surcharge to help pay for its emergency dispatch services. Officials plan to place a re...
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Des Plaines approves increases in taxes, feesNov 16, 2009 10:00 pm - Des Plaines city officials Monday night gave an early nod to increasing various taxes and fees next year to fund operations with the idea that some of it can be reversed...
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Wheeling to focus on ethnic groups, immigrants in 2010 censusNov 15, 2009 10:00 pm - Wheeling leaders are urging residents, especially people in ethnic and immigrant communities, to step up and be counted in the 2010 census. Population figures dictate ho...
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Des Plaines Library cuts pay raisesNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Des Plaines Public Library officials recently authorized further cuts to the library's 2010 operating budget in response to criticism from city leaders. The library boar...
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Lake County special ed students get H1N1 vaccineNov 12, 2009 10:00 pm - In an unfortunate twist of fate, the day after a 11-year-old Buffalo Grove boy died of complications from H1N1 flu last week, the Special Education District of Lake Coun...