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Retailers are hoping for more cha-ching, cheer this holiday season

Michelle DeMarco can’t wait for Halloween to end and for her life to get a lot busier.

Keep it short

When the housing market stagnated, Dennis Erickson didn’t expect that he eventually would find himself hip-deep in weeds.

Local job market worsened in September

The job market appeared to worsen in Kane County and throughout much of the rest of Illinois last month, according to a new round of employment numbers.

Home construction came to a virtual halt in Fox Valley this summer

As recently as three years ago, John Hall Jr. didn’t think he’d be this happy to sell six homes.

Local Reps. working on financial regulations

Although much of the public attention since the summer has focused on the health care debate in Congress, that doesn’t mean the private work on other issues stopped.

Frost a big concern for crops heading into harvest

Joe Wiltse would prefer not to harvest anything while working in a cold rain.
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Geneva girls cross country dethroned

The two-time defending state champion Geneva girls cross country team finished fifth at Saturday's 3A state meet in Peoria.
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All signs pointing North

No more monkeys jumpin' on the bed, or on the back of North coach Mark Gould now that the North Stars have shown they know how to take off their shoes, kick up their feet and stay a while in the playoffs.

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