DuPage County
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High marks for ‘Hiring Our Heroes’ fair in Sugar GroveAug 03, 2012 5:21 pm - Staff Sgt. Jack McClernon got out of the Army in May and had been to two job fairs before dropping in on the “Hiring Our Heroes — Sugar Grove ” job fair at Waubonsee Com...
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Reward offered in Naperville toilet arsonAug 03, 2012 5:10 pm - A reward of up to $1,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest in the arson fire of a portable toilet at Naperville’s Prairie Park, police said Friday. ...
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Lisle man charged with soliciting preteens in parkAug 03, 2012 11:05 am - A Lisle man is accused of approaching two 12-year-old girls in a local park and offering them money for sex, police said Friday. Jorge Castillo, 42, faces misdemeanor c...
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Elgin Community College theater shows ‘You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown’Aug 03, 2012 8:04 am - Submitted by ECC The Peanuts gang of friends popularized by Charles M. Schultz’s comic series comes to life in song during Elgin Community College Musical Theatre’s summ...
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Fire destroys home in AuroraAug 03, 2012 7:40 am - A fire destroyed a two-story home on the 2000 block of Chesterfield Lane in Aurora. Discarded smoking materials ignited some dry brush near the house at about 3 p.m. Th...
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EPA issues air pollution alert for areaAug 03, 2012 7:00 am - State officials have issued an Air Pollution Action Day Alert for Friday for the Chicago metropolitan area. The alert comes from the Illinois Environmental Protection Ag...
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Inmates now learn English in McHenry CountyAug 03, 2012 5:30 am - Case worker: Learning English helps inmates
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Dawn Patrol: FBI joins DuPage forest probe; Tour of Elk Grove beginsAug 03, 2012 5:00 am - FBI joins contract-rigging investigation at DuPage Forest Preserve District Federal investigators have joined a probe into allegations of rigged contracts involvin...
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More than 1,000 competing in 'masters' track meet in LisleAug 02, 2012 7:00 pm - Ruth Welding spun three times before unleashing an explosive hammer throw. Seeing the Elk Grove Village woman's chiseled physique from a distance, nobody could be surpri...
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Lombard boy back home and having fun after heart transplantAug 02, 2012 2:48 pm - Tim Grobart is busy exploring the active side of life. At 5 years old and a month removed from a heart transplant, the Lombard boy’s days are filled with running around ...