He saves flags that won’t wave again
Amid the trash and debris that Jeff Olsen collects each day as a garbage truck driver, he also digs deep to find a bit of glory -- Old Glory, that...
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Mundelein Rental property license proposal faces review Mundelein trustees voted Monday night to create a committee to review a proposed rental property license ordinance. The ordinance, which would implement tougher...
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MUNDELEIN Village Board shrinks spending The Mundelein Village Board adopted a budget proposal for fiscal year 2010 this week that officials said should allow it to maintain current staffing levels....
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DEERFIELD Village mulls raises for non-union staff Deerfield is considering a 2 percent increase to staff salaries for fiscal year 2009-10. Introduced at a board meeting this week, the raises...
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CRYSTAL LAKE MCC administrator named interim chief Brian Sager, an administrator at McHenry County College, has been named acting president while the college searches for a replacement for Walt Packard....
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DEERFIELD Police to assist customs agency The Deerfield Village Board voted unanimously this week to help U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The agreement will allow the federal agency to designate...
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DEERFIELD Funds OKd to buy more road salt Deerfield made an emergency allocation of $200,000 this week to restock its rapidly dwindling road salt supply. After starting the season with...
‘Joy riding’ claims 2 teenagers’ lives
Two teenagers lost their lives and three young siblings were seriously injured late Monday in a car wreck on an unlighted, winding country road notorious for attracting fast drivers. About...
‘Reclusive’ family, morbid secret
Maybe the most troubling thing for those who knew Margaret Bernstorff is that they never really knew her at all. In all the years neighbors helped the elderly woman carry...
‘Don’t cry’ leaves sisters in tears
When Charles Linn was an infant, his mother took him to a voter registration drive in Chicago, where she propped him in a stroller next to a sign that read:...