Articles filed under Avon Township
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Food pantry visits surge in Avon TownshipAug 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Visits to Avon Township's food pantry have skyrocketed since May, but residents' financial difficulties may not be the only reason. Statistics released this week by the ...
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New Avon Township leaders reject raisesAug 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Five new Avon Township elected officials who ran together on a political slate have refunded pay raises that were approved by a previous regime before they took office. ...
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New Avon Township supervisor's spending questionedJul 16, 2009 11:00 pm - The tables turned a bit in Avon Township this week, as Supervisor Sam Yingling found himself under fire from opponents over money spent on a new meeting room rostrum. Tr...
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Former bookkeeper admits $438,000 theft from Lake Co. companyJul 14, 2009 11:00 pm - The former bookkeeper for a Prairie View construction company pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing $438,000 from her employers. Robin Creech, 38, faces up to 10 years in p...
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Will dispute over Miami convention cost taxpayers?Jul 14, 2009 11:00 pm - A debate has ensued over whether taxpayers will foot the legal bill in Avon Township Assessor Rick Dishman's fight to use public money for a Miami convention about 90 da...
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Avon Township check dispute escalatesJul 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Controversy over outgoing Avon Township Assessor Rick Dishman's plans to attend a Miami convention escalated at a public meeting Monday when former Supervisor Shirley Ch...
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How did Lake Co. react to Civil War?Jul 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Of the 2 million men who fought for the Union Army in the Civil War (1861-1865), 175,000 were foreign-born soldiers of German descent. Among them was Henry Fiddler. Hen...
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Ex-Avon supervisor says file deletion was done as 'favor' to herJul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - All of the files on former Avon Township supervisor Shirley Christian's government computer were erased by her daughter and a friend before she departed office, accordin...
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Men plead not guilty in Mundelein arson killingJun 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Three men accused of starting a fire inside a Mundelein house that killed 12-year-old Jorge Juarez pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Lake County circuit court. Manuel Flor...
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Local governments need reform, tooJun 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Buffeted for months by allegations of corruption dictating how business is done by our state government, we in Illinois at least have begun to grimly hope that we've hea...