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updated: Tue Jul 08, 2008 02:09 pm

Gurnee News

Local news for Gurnee, IL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

11 hrs ago | Chicago Tribune

Tourism spending tops $1 billion in Lake County

Tourists spent more than $1 billion in Lake County last year, a record high that marked a 6-percent increase over the prior year - possibly because of higher hotel occupancy rates and tax revenue, officials ...

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Related Topix: Travel

19 hrs ago | Daily Herald

Gurnee to front cash to help ebb flooding

Gurnee will chip in $10,000 toward a project designed to stem occasional flooding known to shut Washington Street at the village's southeastern border.

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Related Topix: Waukegan, IL, Lake County, IL, Skokie, IL, Park City, IL, Weather

Mon Jul 07, 2008

Suburban Chicago News

Area athlete hurt in Mo. accident

Former College of Lake County baseball player and Warren Township High School athlete Nathan Hartman was seriously injured Friday when the Gurnee man struck his head while riding a personal watercraft on Lake ...

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Related Topix: Lake County, IL

Sun Jul 06, 2008

News-Sun

County fireworks stands dry up

Those in search of a nearby fireworks stand for a few last minute Fourth of July explosives will likely need to extend the borders of their search.

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Related Topix: Round Lake Beach, IL, Lake County, IL

Fri Jul 04, 2008

Sun-Times News Group

Dates & deadlines

Oak Leaves and Forest Leaves welcome items for Dates & Deadlines, as well as for columns including Business Briefs, Campus News, Community Briefs, School Digest and Out and About.

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Related Topix: Chicago Metro

Wed Jul 02, 2008

News-Sun

: Lower bond denied for ex-cop accused in rape

A Lake County judge denied a motion to lower the bond of the former Waukegan police officer accused of raping a woman while on duty.

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Related Topix: Lake County, IL, Waukegan, IL, Zion, IL

Tue Jul 01, 2008

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Lawyer charged with DUI

A Fox Lake lawyer is charged with felony driving under the influence after a Sunday morning crash that injured four people.

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Suburban Chicago News

'We've seen it all' Gurnee police guide parents through basics of child seats at Community Safety Day

Marilyn Weinger said her interest in keeping kids safe from harm dates back to the early 1990s when a friend's child went missing.

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Related Topix: Highland Park, IL, Park City, IL, Kids, Family

Mon Jun 30, 2008

News-Sun

Gurnee woman pushes 'cozy books'

If the typical Stephen King novel leaves you too petrified to go to bed at night, Gurnee's Diana Vickery is hoping her Web site dedicated to "cozy books" will help people find some tame, yet enthralling, ...

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Related Topix: Libraries

Sun Jun 29, 2008

News-Sun

Retiring accountant in IT has seen a lot of changes

After years of planning retirement parties for other people, Diana Knoble got her own send-off Friday.

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Fri Jun 27, 2008

News-Sun

Waukegan schools speed up test results

In order to measure how well students are doing in reading and math, Waukegan Public Schools will begin using a new assessment system in the fall.

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing, Education, Waukegan, IL, Education Etc., Zion, IL

Wed Jun 25, 2008

News-Sun

Trustee says Gurnee lacks employee diversity

Is this "Community of Opportunity" really living up to its motto in hiring a diversified village work force? Trustee Greg Garner, who chairs the village's Diversity Committee, thinks it can do much better.

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Tue Jun 24, 2008

The Grayslake Review

Updated 6/24: Waukegan bicyclist killed in Gurnee crash

An 18-year-old Waukegan man riding a bicycle in the fast lane of Route 41 near Milwaukee Avenue in north suburban Gurnee was struck and killed by a car early Saturday morning.

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Related Topix: Waukegan, IL

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Gurnee man accused of approaching boys, alarming neighborhood

Gurnee police say a man has been charged after driving to a school bus stop and attempting to talk to boys at least twice last week, alarming a neighborhood in the process.

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Sun Jun 22, 2008

News Sun

Runners sought for cancer Relay For Life

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Gurnee/Wadsworth is looking for people who want to make a difference in the fight against cancer.

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Related Topix: Wadsworth, IL, Events, Lake County, IL

Fri Jun 20, 2008

Sun-Times News Group

Updated 6/20: 2-year-old found safe

A 2-year-old girl allegedly abducted by her mother from her home in Gurnee was found safe and sound by authorities Friday afternoon in Skokie.

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Related Topix: Wheeling, IL

Free Republic

Larry Sinclair Press Conference: Sinclair Arrested, Led Away in Handcuffs-

Larry Sinclair-the gay man who's accused Senator Barack Obama of sharing gay sex and drugs with him in a Gurnee, IL hotel room in 1999-held a press conference at the National Press Club today.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Barack Obama, US News, US Senate, Democrat

Wed Jun 18, 2008

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Gurnee joins flood watch as Des Plaines River rises

Add the Des Plaines River to the list of waterways in danger of flooding. Gilbert R. Boucher II Kris Minyard of Fox Lake wades into water that surrounds his home in the Kings Landing area.

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Related Topix: Weather

Tue Jun 17, 2008

Fox Valley Shopping News

Bond cut denied for Gurnee cop

Stating that no one is entitled to special treatment because of their occupation, a judge denied a request to reduce the bond for the Gurnee cop accused of sexually assaulting two young girls.

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Related Topix: Lake County, IL, Round Lake Park, IL

Wed Jun 11, 2008

Chicago Sun-Times

Waukegan sets family fun day with festival

A day of music, dance and comedy is set for Saturday in Waukegan as the ninth annual Dandelion Wine Fine Arts Festival is held at Bowen Park.

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Related Topix: Waukegan, IL, Sports, Entertainment

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