Articles filed under Winter Weather
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Coast Guard completes ice breaking on Great LakesMay 16, 2014 1:01 am - SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. - More than five months of ice breaking on the northern Great Lakes has been completed by the U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard said Friday that ...
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Chicago sees more than 3,000 pothole claimsApr 30, 2014 1:01 am - Chicago has hit a pinnacle of pothole claims. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that so far this year 3,100 pothole-related claims have been filed with the city. That's more...
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Snow could make roads slick this morningApr 14, 2014 1:00 am - Snow that slowed Monday night's commute accumulated up to 2 inches in some areas, but it won't stay long, meteorologists say. Snowfall created limited visibility in some...
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Editorial: What we learned for all we sufferedApr 11, 2014 5:00 am - Finally, a pleasantly warm week after a long season that froze into our brains terms like "polar vortex" and "misery index." Suburban residents have emerged weather-wear...
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Editorial: What we learned for all we sufferedApr 10, 2014 11:00 pm - Finally, a pleasantly warm week after a long season that froze into our brains terms like "polar vortex" and "misery index." Suburban residents have emerged weather-wear...
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Des Plaines ready to get tough on snow removalApr 08, 2014 5:30 am - Des Plaines aldermen thinking of winter message to businesses
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Fermi hosts annual seminar on severe weather, climate changeApr 05, 2014 1:01 am - Ideally, there would have been lightning and gale-force winds blowing over the particle accelerator at Fermilab Saturday, but sunny skies didn't deter hundreds of meteor...
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Officially, winter gives way to spring todayMar 20, 2014 5:15 am - When spring officially arrives at 11:57 a.m. today, we should roll out the red carpet, pop the champagne and throw a welcoming party. “Come, gentle Spring! Ethereal mil...
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Couple grateful to wonderful neighborsMar 17, 2014 5:01 am - We don't expect to see this on the front page of the Herald, but we hope we see it in the Fence Post. We want the wonderful neighbors on the 2600 block of North Chestnut...
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Palatine man dies in massive Ohio pileup crashMar 13, 2014 1:01 am - A Palatine man was one of three people who died Wednesday in a winter weather-related chain-reaction crash on the Ohio Turnpike, authorities said Thursday. Grzegorz A....