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Friday Feb 5 | Morris Daily Herald

Lecture leader ready to dig into uses of Illinois plants

Bill Handel of the Illinois Natural History Survey will present a lecture Thursday, Feb.

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Tue Feb 02, 2010

The Daily Gazette

Know Your Neighbors: Josh Strouda , Plant manager

Josh Stroud, 32, is plant manager at Dana Holding Corp., a drive shaft assembly company in Sterling.

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Sun Jan 31, 2010

Daily Egyptian

From Carbondale to Chicago, St. Louis: What's the best way to get home?

Tom Knox, an Amtrak worker for the last six years, helps Yessenia Olivas, a sophomore from Chicago studying public relations, onto the train.

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Fri Jan 29, 2010

WIFR

HCC Wind Turbine Technology program in Freeport receives donation

" Highland Community College's Wind Turbine Technician students are using high performance hydraulic pumps, wrenches and tools thanks to a $21,000 donation from SPX Hydraulic Technologies.

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Thu Jan 28, 2010

WIFR

Congressman Manzullo, Mayor Gaulrapp React to State of the Union

Local U.S. Congressman Don Manzullo and Freeport Mayor George Gaulrapp tell us what they think on President Obama's State of the Union address.

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Sat Jan 23, 2010

WIFR

Mayors in D.C.

Two Stateline Mayors are in Washington taking part in one of the nation's largest meetings.

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Thu Jan 21, 2010

The Daily Gazette

Student exhibition at area art museum

FREEPORT – The Aspiring Artists Student Exhibition: Earth 3000 will be open Saturday through March 20 at Freeport Art Museum, 121 N. Harlem Ave.

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Tue Jan 19, 2010

WIFR

Volunteers Befriend Seniors

Cindy Dollarhide lives alone with her cat, but thanks to a group of local volunteers she's not lonely.

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Sat Jan 09, 2010

WIFR

Stephenson County Tax Vote

The county's sheriff's department was recently forced to lay off more than 20 law enforcement officials, including several deputies who patrol Freeport streets.

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Thu Jan 07, 2010

WIFR

Stephenson County Public Safety Tax Increase

Cash strapped Stephenson County is preparing to ask voters to fund improvements to public safety.

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Tue Dec 29, 2009

Hotel Online

Swift Hospitality Group Assumes Management of Champaign-Urbana...

Freeport, IL, Dec. 23, 2009: The Swift Hospitality Group, Inc. based in Freeport, Illinois has assumed management of the Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express Champaign/Urbana. The 201-room Holiday Inn and the 74-room Holiday Inn Express bring the company's total number of rooms under management to 1,163, which represents 13 lodging properties in ...

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Sun Dec 27, 2009

Lubbock Avalanche

Winter weather leaves behind flooding concerns

Snow and rain storms that have battered much of the country for days have started subsiding, leaving behind concerns about flooding in some areas.

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Wed Dec 23, 2009

WLS

Police search for missing Ill. teenager

Chicago police are searching for a missing teenager from Freeport, Illinois who has been spotted on Chicago's South Side.

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Mon Dec 21, 2009

WIFR

She Answered Her Calling

Steve Dorsey, Freeport Board of Education President, Sandie Tresemer and Peter Flynn, Freeport School District Superintendent after Tresemer was recognized by the Illinois State Board of Education.

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Sat Dec 19, 2009

The Daily Gazette

1 convicted, 1 pleads guilty to bank fraud: Milledgeville man, Lanark man took $460K a decade ago

570 ROCKFORD – A 56-year-old Milledgeville man was convicted Friday in federal court for defrauding a bank of nearly $460,000. After a 13-day trial, a jury found Marvin Peugh guilty of filing a false loan application and four counts of check kiting.

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Fri Dec 18, 2009

WIFR

City of Freeport Offers Remodeling Help to Homeowners

Residents in the Pretzel City with incomes at or below 80-percent of Stephenson County median income, which is nearly 35,000 thousand a year now qualify for a Rehabilitation Program Grant.

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Mon Dec 14, 2009

The Facts

Let Surfside community weigh in on bar hours

When Freeport bar owners first showed up at City Council in March, looking for them to move closing time to 2 a.m. from midnight, we urged a slow, deliberate approach to the change that would involve a great deal of public input.

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Thu Dec 10, 2009

Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun G...

'Extremely dangerous' blizzards move into Midwest

A fierce winter storm was leaving dangerous ice, heavy snow and vicious winds in its wake as it slogged eastward early Wednesday, threatening to wreak havoc on morning commuters across the Upper Midwest before crawling into New England.

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Tue Dec 08, 2009

WIFR

Freeport Police Department Looks to Hire New Officers

Mayor George Gaulrapp accepted a law enforcement award for the Pretzel City this morning.

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Mon Dec 07, 2009

Action 3 News

Documents say bartender threatened in robbery

According to court documents, a father & son team accused of robbing a Dubuque tavern last week threatened to kill the female bartender.

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