Russell Lissau
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Vernon Area Library staff connecting with families through online story timesMar 20, 2020 1:00 am - Even though Lincolnshire's Vernon Area Public Library is shut down because of the COVID-19 pandemic, staffers are connecting with patrons - especially young ones - via t...
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Curran knows he's an underdog against Durbin - but voters "like the underdog"Mar 18, 2020 1:00 am - Newly minted Republican U.S. Senate nominee Mark Curran knows taking on veteran incumbent Dick Durbin - the second-most powerful Democrat in the chamber - is an uphill b...
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Martinez leading in race for court clerkMar 17, 2020 7:00 pm - State Sen. Iris Y. Martinez was leading late Tuesday in the race for the Democratic nomination for Cook County circuit court clerk. But votes from a few precincts and th...
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Curran easily outdistances 5-person field to win GOP race to challenge DurbinMar 17, 2020 7:00 pm - Former Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran claimed the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate late Tuesday, setting up showdown with longtime Democratic incumbent Dick Durbin...
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Seven Lake County polling places to change due to pandemicMar 16, 2020 1:00 am - The continuing spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted the closure of seven Lake County polling places for Tuesday's primary election - but alternate sites have bee...
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Remains of Grayslake sailor killed in Pearl Harbor attack identifiedMar 16, 2020 1:00 am - Seventy-eight years after his death, the remains of a sailor from Grayslake who was killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor have been identified, a Defense Department a...
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Teen charged in fatal shooting of Aurora girlMar 13, 2020 1:00 am - Nearly four months after 15-year-old Jasmine Noble was fatally shot in Aurora, police have arrested another teenager with her death. The 17-year-old Rockford boy, whose ...
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Island Lake enacts ban on new video gambling licensesMar 13, 2020 1:00 am - After repeated discussions and repeated delays, the Island Lake village board has re-established a moratorium on new video gambling licenses in town. The ban, approved T...
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District 103 crafting e-learning program in response to pandemicMar 12, 2020 1:00 am - As the number of COVID-19 virus cases grows in the suburbs, Lincolnshire-Prairie View Elementary District 103 officials are hastily developing an electronic learning pro...
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Sears Centre to keep hosting Libertyville High graduations under planMar 11, 2020 1:00 am - Libertyville High School's annual commencement exercises would be held at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates for two more years under a deal before the District 128...