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Dec 27, 2023 | 
shawlocal.com | Kevin Chlum |KYCheesy Ham
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Dec 27, 2023 | 
shawlocal.com | Janelle Walker |KYCheesy Ham |MOBlack-Eyed Peas
McHenry city officials had been working on an ordinance to try to prevent bus companies from dropping immigrant individuals coming from the Texas border in the city, McHenry Mayor Wayne Jett said. After a busload of 38 individuals were taken to the Fox River Grove Metra station on Dec. 23, the need for a new ordinance became more immediate. “The chief of police and I worked on it for the last three days,” Jett said Tuesday.
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Dec 27, 2023 | 
shawlocal.com | INOld-Fashioned Ham |NCChristmas Reindeer |KYCheesy Ham
DeKALB – The DeKalb Township will host a Department of Motor Vehicles mobile event in January for residents to complete certain services such as obtaining a driver’s license, state or Real ID, or registering their vehicle or to vote. The township, 2323 S. Fourth St., DeKalb, will host the mobile unit from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 23, according to a news release. The mobile unit offers vehicle registration stickers, driver’s license issuance, voter registration.
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Dec 27, 2023 | 
post-gazette.com | KYCheesy Ham |MOBlack-Eyed Peas
Anyone who has ever moved away from their hometown or home country can probably relate to the impetus behind cookbook author Rie McClenny’s “Make It Japanese.”McClenny, best known for her popular BuzzFeed food videos, moved away from Hiroshima in southwestern Japan as a young woman, eventually landing in the United States, where she got her culinary degree and began cooking in restaurants.
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Dec 26, 2023 | 
shawlocal.com | Marty Maciaszek |KYCheesy Ham
ALGONQUIN – Grayslake Central had the “X” factor to overcome the major challenges posed by Cary-Grove during Tuesday night’s Hinkle Holiday Classic second-round game. The Rams’ hopes of defending their tournament title didn’t look so hot with deficits of 11 points in the third quarter and seven with 1:24 to play in regulation. But having a player like 6-foot-4 junior Xavi Granville certainly made it easier to believe it was possible at the Eagles’ Nest.
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Dec 26, 2023 | 
shawlocal.com | Joe Stevenson |KYCheesy Ham |NCChristmas Reindeer
ALGONQUIN – Crystal Lake South boys basketball coach Matt LePage said it would take his team’s best effort of the season to beat Barrington in their second-round Tuesday in the Jacobs’ Hinkle Holiday Classic. Mission accomplished. The Gators jumped ahead early and defensively clamped down on Barrington in the second half on their way to a 72-47 victory at the Eagles’ Nest. South (13-1) has won 10 consecutive games and is in the semifinals for the second straight year.
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Dec 26, 2023 | 
shawlocal.com | MOBlack-Eyed Peas |KYCheesy Ham |NCChristmas Reindeer |INOld-Fashioned Ham
The Village Christian Church announced Patrick Ugolini as the new Seneca community pastor effective Jan. 1. Ugolini has served on staff for the past two years as the worship leader at the Village Christian Church, Seneca campus, 104 N. Main St. He has a proven track record of fostering spiritual growth, community engagement and outreach, according to a news release issued by the congregation. He was born and raised in Seneca and resides in town with his wife, Alyssa, and their three children.
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Dec 26, 2023 | 
shawlocal.com | Kathleen A. Schultz |KYCheesy Ham
DIXON – A Dixon man accused of trying to sexually assault a woman was ordered to undergo a mental fitness evaluation before his case proceeds. Donald J. Smith, 37, is charged in Lee County Court with attempted criminal sexual assault, aggravated battery and criminal sexual abuse, punishable by three to seven, two to five and one to three years, respectively. According to Dixon police, on Oct.
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Dec 26, 2023 | 
shawlocal.com | INOld-Fashioned Ham |KYCheesy Ham
MP Automotive & Repair won first place commercial entry in the Oglesby Christmas lighting contest. Albert Kleczewski, Dusty and Kelli Shan and Dan and Cindy Rolando took top honors in the residential contest. Those addresses are first place 623 Haven Ave.; second place tie 840 N. Columbia Ave. and 344 W. Walnut St.Winners will receive a credit on their January utility bill.
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Dec 26, 2023 | 
shawlocal.com | Janelle Walker |KYCheesy Ham
Writing and English class wasn’t something Aleksy Fernandez put a lot of focus on during his first year of high school. “I didn’t like writing for school,” Aleksy said, though the 15-year-old sophomore added that he did tend to write his class notes by hand, rather than type them. But writing for fun wasn’t something he did. “We were lazy as freshmen,” Fernandez said. This year, the teachers in his English lab class offered students like Aleksy a new way to write that is not formal classwork.
