Articles filed under Severe Weather
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Flooding moves Geneva boat raceAug 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Yet another activity is affected -- but not drowned -- by the Fox River flooding in Geneva. The Sept. 15 Mighty Viking Boat Race, a fundraiser for the Geneva Academic Fo...
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Palatine still cleaning up after stormAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - The storms last week were a burden for everyone, but the Palatine Public Works department experienced something it hasn't in at least 21 years -- their phones went down....
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Schaumburg, residents debate drainage issueAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Up to his chin in a clogged, overflowing drainage culvert during last Thursday's storms, Peter Farris was sure there was a better way to keep his Schaumburg street and n...
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Flood victims can pick up cleaning kitsAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Cleanup kits have been ordered and garbage pickup rescheduled by Fox Lake officials to help people whose homes and businesses were damaged in last week's floods. Ed Les...
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Flooding changes Fox Valley garbage pickupAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Property damage from last week's storms and flooding prompted several Fox Valley towns to loosen their rules for garbage pickup. Elgin designated several residential are...
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Batavia is drying out, cleanup continuesAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Batavia business owners and officials are starting to assess the damage from the storms and rain last week as the Fox River recedes. Clark Island Recreation Area was sog...
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Randhurst a bright spot during area's power outageAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - There are rare occasions when the line blurs between covering the story and being in the story. That happened last Thursday afternoon, when the office police scanner kep...
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500 homes hurt in flood, stormsAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - More than 500 Kane County homes were affected by last week's floods, public health officials said Tuesday. Some 514 single-family homes, 50 mobile homes and 15 apartmen...
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Des Plaines River Road to reopen todayAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Des Plaines River Road between Camp McDonald and Palatine roads will be open for rush hour traffic today, said Mount Prospect Mayor Irvana Wilks. Part of the road last w...
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Cleanup kits coming to Fox LakeAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Cleanup kits have been ordered by Fox Lake officials to help people whose homes and businesses were damaged in this month's floods. Ed Lescher, head of the Fox Lake Eme...