West Dundee gets closer to finding cheaper electricity LOTTERY

WEST DUNDEE — By July, West Dundee residents could start seeing a decrease in their electric rates. West Dundee likely will award a bid to a prospective electricity supplier June 1 under the “power aggregation” process being used by it and many other cities and villages across northern Illinois. In March, residents approved a referendum allowing the village to negotiate power supply agreements ...
http://couriernews.suntimes.com/12551548-418/west-dundee-gets-closer-to-finding-cheaper-electricity.html

Published: Tue, 15 May 2012 13:00:42 -0700

New challenges await Dundee-Crown Class of 2012

HOFFMAN ESTATES – Dundee-Crown High School valedictorian David Nellessen praised his fellow graduates Saturday for all that they have achieved, but he also posed a challenge.
http://www.nwherald.com/articles/2012/05/19/r_k6vz8xuzr36cnfyuhl0dfg/index.xml

Published: Sat, 19 May 2012 21:51:00 -0700

West Dundee enters ‘economic diet’ mode on expenses

WEST DUNDEE — The unexpected closing of the West Dundee Best Buy has village officials scrambling to make up the anticipated $350,000 loss in sales tax revenue. Last month, Best Buy announced the locations of 50 stores that it is closing this year. Six of those, including the one in West Dundee on Route 72, are in Illinois. “The location closing is obviously a substantial sales tax reducer and ...
http://couriernews.suntimes.com/12547764-418/west-dundee-enters-economic-diet-mode-on-expenses.html

Published: Tue, 15 May 2012 09:58:59 -0700

Woman reported missing in Dundee-Carpentersville area

CARPENTERSVILLE — The Carpentersville Police Department is seeking help in locating an elderly missing person with Alzheimer’s disease. Police Cmdr. Tim Bosshart said that Dorothy Carrigan, 78, was last seen leaving Bethlehem Lutheran Church at 401 W. Main St., West Dundee, on Thursday morning. At the time, she was driving a dark blue 2002 Hyundai four-door vehicle, bearing Illinois registration ...
http://couriernews.suntimes.com/12618259-418/woman-reported-missing-in-dundee-carpentersville-area.html

Published: Fri, 18 May 2012 11:43:29 -0700

D-C names Hall of Fame Class for 2012

Two longtime Dundee-Crown coaches and one of its best teams in history have been selected for the Dundee-Crown Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Class of 2012.
http://www.nwherald.com/articles/2012/05/08/r_bianpdhssqmxvn0wltwi8w/index.xml

Published: Mon, 07 May 2012 21:53:00 -0700

A look at local layers of Illinois government

ELGIN — A move to have voters elect trustees for the Fox River Water Reclamation District instead of having them appointed by local state legislators may be dead in the water. But its chief sponsor, state Rep. Keith Farnham, D-Elgin, says he still wants to look at cutting back on the perks enjoyed by them and others who hold office in some of the hundreds of similar governmental bodies in ...
http://couriernews.suntimes.com/news/12676339-418/a-look-at-local-layers-of-illinois-government.html

Published: Mon, 21 May 2012 07:57:50 -0700

Cancer Society Run/Walk set for Saturday in Elgin

Thousands of walkers, skaters and bicyclists are participating in the American Cancer Society’s 41st annual Walk & Roll. The Fox Valley Walk & Roll will be held Saturday in Festival Park in Elgin. Registration begins at 8 a.m. Walk & Roll is a family-friendly event and one of the Society’s largest annual fundraisers in Illinois. Teams made up of friends, families and co-workers unite to honor or ...
http://couriernews.suntimes.com/lifestyles/12253033-423/cancer-society-runwalk-set-for-saturday-in-elgin.html

Published: Tue, 01 May 2012 12:48:12 -0700

Denise Crosby: Hit-run puts focus on FV motorcycle deaths

I have to think that whoever hit Max Torres on his motorcycle a week ago has been following the news. I hope that driver of the white Chevrolet Traverse SUV now knows the 23-year-old man — who had been on life support at University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago — died early Wednesday evening. The driver also should know that when it was time for Max’s large, close-knit family to let him go ...
http://couriernews.suntimes.com/12601375-418/denise-crosby-hit-run-puts-focus-on-fv-motorcycle-deaths.html

Published: Thu, 17 May 2012 15:03:10 -0700

Spay Illinois to host 
low-cost vaccine clinic

HUNTLEY – Spay Illinois will host a low-cost pet vaccine clinic Sunday at F.Y.D.O. Land, 11221 Dundee Road, Huntley.
http://www.nwherald.com/articles/2012/04/17/r_dmx_oc2atlus9ig2eshhda/index.xml

Published: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:30:00 -0700

OSHA sole investigator on Arlington Heights explosion

OSHA investigators are back today at Arens Controls in Arlington Heights to try to determine what caused the explosion Tuesday that killed one employee and injured 12 other people, including three police officers and two firefighters. "There was nothing criminal, so we turned it over to OSHA," Arlington Heights Police Captain Kenneth Galinski said.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20120522/news/705229865

Published: Tue, 22 May 2012 06:00:00 -0700