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Wednesday Feb 8 | Daily Herald

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Sat Feb 04, 2012

Daily Herald

Des Plaines man charged in car burglaries

A 46-year-old Des Plaines man with a lengthy criminal record was charged with burglary Saturday after Mount Prospect police spotted him breaking into a car there.

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Fri Feb 03, 2012

Chicago Tribune

Cynic, optimist examine Alvarez' new 'philosophy'

What prompted Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez to announce Thursday a "change in philosophy" and the formation of a special unit in her office to review claims of wrongful convictions? The cynic wonders what took so long.

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Daily Herald

Behind the Scenes at Mitsuwa in Arlington Heights: a Mall of Japana

Mitsuwa Marketplace assistant store manager Atsushi Koike cuts a piece of loup de mer, a type of sea bass for the sashimi department.

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Daily Herald

Three more District 214 schools to get artificial turf

Three more school stadiums in Northwest Suburban High School District 214 will get artificial turf fields this year through cost-sharing partnerships with local park districts and other groups, the school board said on Thursday.

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Patch.com

Color Pesche's business practices savvy as Des Plaines' most enduring flower-garden store

Walk into Pesche's Garden Center at 170 S. River Road, make a quick right turn and you're immediately struck by the display of bright colors - reds, pinks and purples - blazing from a flower-display table in the attached greenhouse.

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Thu Feb 02, 2012

Daily Herald

Two Northwest suburban women fall victim to scams

Arlington Heights and Mount Prospect police reported separate scams Friday and Monday where con artists took advantage of village residents.

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Wed Feb 01, 2012

Daily Herald

Bloomingdale fire chief retiring after 30 years

Fire chiefs from throughout the suburbs gathered for a formal ceremony Wednesday to send off Bloomingdale Fire Chief David Christensen, center, as he retired from his post after more than 30 years with the fire district.

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Chicago Tribune

Man fatally struck in Mount Prospect

A 19-year-old man was struck and killed when he stepped into traffic at a Mount Prospect intersection, authorities said this morning.

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Daily Herald

Mt. Prospect teen struck and killed by car

According to a news release from the Mount Prospect police, Matthew Svedman, 19, of Mount Prospect was struck about 8:25 p.m. near Rand Road and Prospect Manor Avenue.

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Tue Jan 31, 2012

Chicago Tribune

Prosecutors oppose special prosecutor in case involving Daley nephew

Nanci Koschman holds a picture of her son David, then 18, outside her Mount Prospect, Ill., home recently.

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Mon Jan 30, 2012

Daily Herald

Wishes Mark Kirk a very speedy recovery

I am taking some moments to pen these general notes on behalf of the Village of Mount Prospect and on behalf of those of us who know U.S. Sen.

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Glenview Announcements

Former massage parlor owner convicted of human trafficking

A northwest suburban massage parlor owner who forced four foreign women into prostitution - and made them to get tattooed with his moniker to show he owned them - was convicted by a federal jury Monday.

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CBS Local

Driver Backs Into Basement Apartment In Mount Prospect

MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill. - A woman says she was just trying to get out of a parking lot when she slammed into an apartment building in Mount Prospect.

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Chicago Tribune

Woman crashes van into apartment in Mount Prospect

The woman was on her way to work about 7:35 a.m. and was backing out of her parking space outside her home in the 1400 block of Cottonwood Lane when she began to feel dizzy, said Mount Prospect Police Operations Cmddr.

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Fri Jan 27, 2012

Daily Herald

State should back off of wage push

It's not hard to understand the philosophical justification for requiring public bodies to pay a 'prevailing wage' for the contracted public works jobs they undertake.

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Wed Jan 25, 2012

ABC7 Chicago

4 nabbed after burglarizing northwest suburban home

Four Chicago residents in the vehicle were detained: Jose Perez, 24, of the 2800 block of South Drake; Jesus Salmeron, 18, of the 2800 block of South Drake; Cesar Flores, 21, of the 3800 block of West 24th Street; and Celia Barbera, 23, of the 2800 block of South Christiana Avenue.

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Daily Herald

Mount Prospect man charged with abusing two boys

A 21-year-old Mount Prospect man faces domestic battery charges after police said he used a board and belt to repeatedly strike two children.

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Daily Herald

Teens charged in Prospect High School break-in

A pair of Mount Prospect teens face burglary charges alleging they broke into Prospect High School earlier this week and stole numerous computer-related items, police said Wednesday.

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Wilmette police officer gets Northbrook's thanks

A Wilmette police officer who helped Northbrook colleagues close a traffic fatality investigation last summer received their official thanks Tuesday.

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