Articles filed under Communities
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City OKs $566,000 in grants for mental health agenciesAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Twenty-three mental health agencies that serve St. Charles residents are getting a $566,000 shot in the arm. St. Charles aldermen this week approved that much in grants...
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St. Charles scraps Wal-Mart planAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - About 20 St. Charles residents cheered Tuesday after officials scrapped plans for a Wal-Mart Supercenter on the city's east side. The 7-0 decision by plan commissioners...
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Briefs: Some Rt. 64 lanes closedAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Some lanes of Route 64 in downtown St. Charles will be closed this week while crews repair curbs between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Street. The work is scheduled to start th...
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Howdy, partner!Aug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Cowboys, country music, gold and gunfights. Where can you hope to find all of them in the same place, especially in Illinois? Donley's Wild West Town, just off Route 20 ...
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ComEd worker killed by power lineAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - A ComEd employee was fatally electrocuted while working on a power line in Lombard Tuesday. The 25-year-old employee was electrocuted around 2:27 p.m. near 135 S. Lodge ...
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Briefs: GOP field narrows in county board raceAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - And then there were two. Naperville attorney David Wentz announced Tuesday he was withdrawing from the Feb. 5 Republican primary race for a DuPage County Board District ...
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Warnings about dangers of flood watersAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - With continuing heavy rains, McHenry County Department of Health cautions residents of the dangers of floodwater contaminated with bacteria, viruses and other organisms....
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Kirk calls for boycott over BP dumpingAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - After outcry over a permit extension that allows oil company BP to continue dumping ammonia and mercury into Lake Michigan, Rep. Mark Kirk urged a boycott of the company...
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Jordan's leader shows compassionAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - This week tens of thousands of Iraqi children whose parents fled to neighboring Jordan to escape the violence in Iraq will be admitted into the Jordanian school system. ...
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Internal crisis hampers IowaAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Iowa's schedule includes neither Ohio State nor Michigan, an undeniable benefit to any Big Ten team. But the Hawkeyes have encountered an unexpected opponent that could ...