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Chicago Wolves face Iowa Wild in second-round finals The Central Division champion Chicago Wolves will meet the third-seeded Iowa Wild in the second round of the 2019 Calder Cup Playoffs. The best-of-seven Central Division Finals begins Wednesday, May 1, at Allstate Arena. Head coach Rocky Thompson‘s Wolves, who dispatched the Grand Rapids Griffins during the…
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Goodbye to ‘Mr. Summit’ Memorial Saturday for late fire chief Nemeth By Steve Metsch The man that many around town call “Mister Summit” will be honored on Saturday. John M. Nemeth Jr., former fire chief of Summit, who also worked in public works and was a part-time police officer in the village, died earlier this…
TIF heats up Willow Springs Tempers flare at meeting about ballroom land By Steve Metsch The place to be at 4 p.m. Monday was the Willow Springs Village Hall. Seats in the village board meeting room were filled early. The overflow crowd filled the hallway outside the room, another meeting room and extended up a…
Presidential Inn is shut down Mayor pulls license, court denies appeal By Steve Metsch Just three vehicles were parked in the lot at The Presidential Inn in Lyons on Friday, one day after a Cook County judge denied an emergency motion to stay a business license revocation. The motel, 3922 S. Harlem Ave., long…
Sounded like ‘a door slamming’ Washington principal discusses boy’s suicide By Steve Metsch Two teachers compared the noise to the sound of “a door slamming,” Washington Middle School Principal Don Jones said Monday evening. It was a sound from a day that those teachers and Jones will never forget. The “door slamming” was the sound…
Amy Morton to open new restaurant in Aurora Chicago restauranteur Amy Morton will open a new upscale restaurant in downtown Aurora adjacent to the Paramount Theater The city of Aurora will soon have a new, fine dining restaurant to boast about, right next to Paramount Theatre in Aurora’s downtown theater district, just in time for…
The racism of the people screaming racism Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx claimed that she recused herself from the offensive hoax perpetrated by Jussie Smollett for his own personal benefit. But in truth, she ordered her staff to drop the charges. And when she came under fire from three reputable organizations of police chiefs,…
A comment on Past and Present Veteran behavior By Jerry Field On occasion there are stories and articles that are in keeping with a special day. Memorial Day is one Day that is a special day for all Military and Veterans, and their families and friends. Heidi Anderson of the Novo Group, Inc. in Milwaukee…
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