All Stories from September 22, 2016 (Change date)
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Mundelein High School earns three awards for publicationsSep 22, 2016 6:00 am - Three of Mundelein High School's publications have earned awards from the Illinois Chapter of the National School Public Relations Association. The awards were presented...
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Festival celebrates Indian traditionsSep 24, 2016 8:17 am - For anyone who's ever been mystified by how saris are correctly draped and wrapped around the human form, the answer will be revealed Saturday. "We are going to teach pe...
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Harvest Pow Wow returns to NapervilleSep 24, 2016 8:17 am - The feet of intertribal dancers dressed in colorful regalia will thump the ground, echoing the rhythmic pulse of drumbeats this weekend at Naper Settlement as they make ...
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Meet the water strider — an insect that walks on waterSep 23, 2016 6:25 am - Look in any creek on a warm sunny day, and you're likely to see little spider-like creatures scooting on top of the water. These are water striders — not spiders — and t...
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Playful 'Storks' fails to deliver total packageSep 24, 2016 8:17 am - The question of "Where do babies come from?" has been answered, throughout movie history, with some unsavory characters. In the case of "Rosemary's Baby," a demonic neig...
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Nasty 'Dressmaker' opts for style over substanceSep 25, 2016 7:24 am - In "The Dressmaker," Kate Winslet plays Myrtle "Tilly" Dunnage, a seamstress who returns to her tiny Australian hometown, nursing a lifelong grudge against her former ne...
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Students exploring science careers try hand at robotic surgery in Hoffman EstatesSep 23, 2016 9:49 am - Most of the students who got to try their hand at using a surgical robot Wednesday at Amita St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates were female. The technology beh...
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Recess advocates tell Grayslake board, 'please let our children play'Sep 22, 2016 4:19 pm - Parents who want Grayslake Elementary District 46 students to have more recess time made their case to the school board Wednesday night. Led by a representative from a g...
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About 55 percent of high schoolers continue in Harper tuition programSep 23, 2016 5:48 am - Just more than half the 4,625 high school freshmen who entered a program to earn free tuition at Harper College met the first year's requirements to continue in the prog...
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Elgin's public art process draws residents' inputSep 22, 2016 4:20 pm - Elgin residents who attended the first community forum about the creation of a public art plan had a variety of suggestions, from installing artwork along prominent road...