Madhu Krishnamurthy
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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...
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Cops: Des Plaines couple attempts burglary with kids in towNov 11, 2009 10:00 pm - When Des Plaines couple Stanley and Sandy Miller put their three kids in the family van and went for a drive Sunday night, authorities said it wasn't a leisurely trip th...
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Des Plaines History Center vows to thrive despite funding cutNov 10, 2009 10:00 pm - Despite losing a huge chunk of its funding from the city, the Des Plaines Historical Society vows to keep marching along, an official said Tuesday. The city council rece...
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Cook County businesses get access to lower-interest loansNov 09, 2009 10:00 pm - Qualifying Cook County businesses may apply for nearly $196 million in facility bonds offered by the federal government to stimulate local economic development and revit...
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Teddy's transplant complete in 9 minutesNov 09, 2009 10:00 pm - Jenny and Brad Christiansen waited three years and 42 days for their son Teddy to have the chance of a normal life. Their hopes now hinge on the success of a nine-minute...