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Annexation last hurdle for park projectOct 31, 2021 4:31 pm - The Carol Stream Park District hired the construction crews Monday to build its latest park project. But parks officials are still waiting on the village to annex Slepic...
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Smokers' drag: State ban signed into lawOct 31, 2021 4:30 pm - Starting Jan. 1, smokers won't be able to light up inside restaurants, bars, offices, shopping malls and other indoor public places in Illinois. Gov. Rod Blagojevich sig...
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Kane County Fair attendance up 16 percentOct 31, 2021 4:31 pm - Attendance at this year's Kane County Fair increased 16 percent over last year, with 141,258 fair goers attending the five-day event that wrapped up Sunday. Mild weathe...
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West Chicago man charged with hate crimesOct 31, 2021 4:33 pm - A West Chicago man was charged Monday with hate crimes for assaulting two Hispanic men. Robert Hindle, 44, of 210 ˆ¨ Geneva Road, is accused of attacking the men last we...
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Hampshire baby alive after falling into waterOct 31, 2021 4:30 pm - A Hampshire baby was alive and still being worked on Monday night after falling into an unknown body of water, said Kane County Coroner Chuck West. The incident occurre...
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Carpentersville settles suit with Kimball Hill homesOct 31, 2021 4:29 pm - Long-awaited repairs to roads and sidewalks in Carpentersville's largest subdivision are expected to begin in the coming months now that the village and a developer have...
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Tests find no cancer in growths removed from Bush's colonOct 31, 2021 4:31 pm - WASHINGTON -- It was the news every patient who undergoes a cancer test hopes to hear, including President Bush: No cancer. Doctors had found five small growths i...
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Lawsuit says VA betrayed veterans
Oct 31, 2021 4:33 pm - WASHINGTON -- Frustrated by delays in health care, injured Iraq war veterans accused VA Secretary Jim Nicholson in a lawsuit of breaking the law by denying them disabili...
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Police stumble onto marijuana operationOct 31, 2021 4:33 pm - Two Round Lake Park men were arrested late last week after police stumbled onto a marijuana distributing operation the men were running. Lake County Sheriff's Departmen...
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Cabela's to open Sept. 21Oct 31, 2021 4:31 pm - Cabela's to open Sept. 21: Cabela's officials say its long-awaited Hoffman Estates store will open Sept. 21. The 185,000-square-foot outdoor sports gear retailer is expe...