Study: The most popular Christmas tales of the past 200 years

By Tom Parisi NIU Media and Public Relations What’s the most popular Christmas tale of the past two centuries? Emily Kingery, a
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December 19, 2012 | Also published in Local News> News> Regional News | Comments (0)

Blizzard headed for the Midwest

By Alex Sosnowski Expert Senior Meteorologist, AccuWeather.com STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — A blizzard will unfold near the Colorado/Kansas border Wednesday, Dec. 19,
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December 18, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Nation & World> Regional News | Comments (0)

A.J. Bos sells ravaged megadairy site in Jo Daviess County

Staff Report WARREN, Ill. — Dec. 7, lawyers for the partially constructed megadairy near Nora, Ill., filed documents at the Jo
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December 12, 2012 | Also published in News> Regional News | Comments (0)

HOMES wins fight against Bos; still needs your help

Contributed by HOMES HOMES (Helping Others Maintain Environmental Standards) is happy to report that we won our lawsuit Nov. 7,
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December 12, 2012 | Also published in News> Regional News | Comments (0)

A.J. Bos to abandon Traditions megadairy in Jo Daviess County

Staff Report WARREN, Ill. — Nov. 15, the Illinois Pollution Control Board (IPCB) announced a proposed settlement agreement between the Illinois
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November 28, 2012 | Also published in News> Regional News | Comments (0)

Rev. Jesse Jackson to return to Freeport Nov. 28 to meet with Sensata workers

Online Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill. — The Rev. Jesse Jackson will return to Freeport, Ill., Wednesday, Nov. 28, to meet with
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November 27, 2012 | Also published in Bainport Sensata Technologies> Happening Now> Local News> Regional News | 1 Comment

Proposed settlement in water pollution case at unfinished mega-dairy in Jo Daviess County

Online Staff Report CHICAGO — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan (D) announced Nov. 20 the filing of a proposed settlement with
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November 20, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Regional News | Comments (0)

Casting call for ‘The Next Food Network Star’ Nov. 28 in Chicago

Online Staff Report A casting call for the ninth season of Food Network’s The Next Food Network Star will be from
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November 20, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Regional News | Comments (0)

Black Friday brings return of winter weather to Midwest

By Kristina Pydynowski Senior Meteorologist, AccuWeather.com STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — AccuWeather.com reports shoppers across the Midwest will not only be dealing with
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November 19, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Nation & World> Regional News | Comments (0)

Casting call for new NBC series hosted by adventurer Bear Grylls set for Dec. 1 in Chicago

Online Staff Report A casting call for the new NBC series Get Out Alive, hosted by adventurer Bear Grylls, will be
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November 19, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Regional News | Comments (0)

School Supply Closet opens in Sterling

Online Staff Report Crayons continually break, and students run out of glue and paper, Dillon Elementary School Principal Brody Rude
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November 14, 2012 | Also published in Regional News | Comments (0)

Friends of NIU Libraries present ‘Election 2012: The voters get their say’

Online Staff Report The Friends of NIU Libraries invite the public to attend “Election 2012: The voters get their say
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November 14, 2012 | Also published in Regional News | Comments (0)

Trustees begin search for next NIU president

Staff Report DEKALB, Ill. — The Northern Illinois University (NIU) Board of Trustees has authorized the formation of a 28-person Presidential
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November 14, 2012 | Also published in Online Exclusives> Regional News | Comments (0)

NIU initiates disciplinary process for university police officers, selects acting police chief

Online Staff Report DEKALB, Ill. — Acting Director of Public Safety Bill Nicklas announced Nov. 10 that Northern Illinois University (NIU)
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November 12, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Regional News | Comments (0)

‘Bainport’ to be dismantled Nov. 9, although Sensata workers pledge to continue protests

Online Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill. — Despite their best efforts, the “Bainport” encampment set up at Stephenson County Fairgrounds by workers
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November 8, 2012 | Also published in Bainport Sensata Technologies> Happening Now> Local News> Nation & World> Regional News | Comments (0)

Freeport City Council resolution supports efforts of Sensata workers seeking full severance

Online Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill. — Freeport City Council voted 6-2 Nov. 5 in favor of a resolution supporting efforts of
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November 6, 2012 | Also published in Bainport Sensata Technologies> Happening Now> Local News> Nation & World> Regional News | Comments (0)

Sensata workers vow to stay at ‘Bainport’ until they win full severance

Online Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill. — Workers facing outsourcing at the Bain Capital-owned Sensata Technologies plant in Freeport, Ill., vowed to
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November 5, 2012 | Also published in Bainport Sensata Technologies> Happening Now> Local News> Nation & World> Regional News | 3 Comments

NAACP denounces unauthorized use of logo in document that gives impression the group supports Schilling

Online Staff Report ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — Rock Island County NAACP President Elizabeth Sherwin has issued a press release denouncing the
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November 2, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Regional News | Comments (0)

Freeport’s Sensata workers join in urging Romney to disclose investments or divest

Online Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill. — Workers facing outsourcing at Freeport’s Sensata Technologies plant are joining in the effort to urge
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November 1, 2012 | Also published in Bainport Sensata Technologies> Happening Now> Local News> Nation & World> Regional News | Comments (0)

Nov. 1 meeting to address planned closing of Freeport Department of Employment Security office

Online Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill. — A meeting to discuss the impact of the planned closing of the Freeport Illinois Department
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October 31, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News> Regional News | 1 Comment

Beloit College, Kerry hosts Family Discovery Night

Staff Report Beloit, Wis. — Beloit College and Kerry Ingredients & Flavours are teaming up to host the first-ever Family
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October 31, 2012 | Also published in News> Regional News | Comments (0)

Giving Aiden a Voice benefit Nov. 3

Staff Report CLINTON, Wis. — “Striking Back … Giving Aiden a Voice” will be held from 7 p.m. to close
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October 31, 2012 | Also published in News> Regional News | Comments (0)

‘Bainport’ welcomes United Steelworkers president Oct. 31 for rally in support of Sensata workers

Online Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill. — Wednesday, Oct. 31, United Steelworkers (USW) President Leo Gerard will visit Bainport in Freeport, Ill.,
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October 30, 2012 | Also published in Bainport Sensata Technologies> Happening Now> Local News> Nation & World> Regional News | Comments (0)

Service Employees International Union president to visit ‘Bainport’ Oct. 29

Online Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill. — At 4 p.m., Monday, Oct. 29, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) President Mary Kay Henry
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October 29, 2012 | Also published in Bainport Sensata Technologies> Happening Now> Local News> Nation & World> Regional News | Comments (0)

Sensata closes plant for weekend as outsourcing protests against Bain Capital-owned company grow

Online Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill. — Workers facing outsourcing at Freeport’s Sensata Technologies plant were told by management Oct. 26 that
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October 26, 2012 | Also published in Bainport Sensata Technologies> Happening Now> Local News> Nation & World> Regional News | 1 Comment

Workers at Freeport’s Sensata Technologies plant walk off the job in response to threats, harassment from management

Online Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill. — Workers facing outsourcing at Freeport’s Sensata Technologies plant walked off the job Thursday, Oct. 25.
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October 26, 2012 | Also published in Bainport Sensata Technologies> Happening Now> Local News> Nation & World> Regional News | 3 Comments

Workers at Bain-owned Sensata plant to walk out in response to management threats

Online Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill. — Workers facing outsourcing at the Sensata Technologies plant in Freeport, Ill., plan to walk off
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October 25, 2012 | Also published in Bainport Sensata Technologies> Happening Now> Local News> Nation & World> Regional News | 1 Comment

Chicago man indicted on $825,000 in unemployment insurance fraud

Online Staff Report CHICAGO — Jay Rowell, director of the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES), issued the following statement Oct.
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October 25, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Regional News | Comments (0)

Jesse Jackson among 14 arrested as Sensata workers, supporters march onto company property

Online Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill. — The Rev. Jesse Jackson was among 14 who were arrested in Freeport, Ill., Wednesday, Oct.
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October 24, 2012 | Also published in Bainport Sensata Technologies> Happening Now> Local News> Nation & World> Regional News | 1 Comment

‘Religious Obstacles to Democratization in the Middle East’ topic of Oct. 26 lecture

Online Staff Report BELOIT, Wis. — As part of the Fifth Annual Miller Upton Forum at Beloit College, 2012 Upton Scholar
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October 24, 2012 | Also published in Local News> Regional News | Comments (0)

Freeport Sensata workers, supporters to risk arrest Oct. 24 in demanding meeting with plant management

Online Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill. — In the face of threats from Sensata management, at least a dozen activists at the
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October 24, 2012 | Also published in Bainport Sensata Technologies> Happening Now> Local News> Nation & World> Regional News | Comments (0)

Workers at Freeport’s Bain-owned Sensata plant file unfair labor practice charges against company

Online Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill. — Unfair labor practice charges against Sensata Technologies were filed with the National Labor Relations Board
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October 24, 2012 | Also published in Bainport Sensata Technologies> Happening Now> Local News> Nation & World> Regional News | 3 Comments

Jesse Jackson to visit ‘Bainport’ Oct. 22 as Sensata workers continue fight for full severance

Online Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill. — The Rev. Jesse Jackson and members of the Rainbow-PUSH organization will visit “Bainport” at 3
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October 22, 2012 | Also published in Bainport Sensata Technologies> Happening Now> Local News> Regional News | Comments (0)

Freeport Sensata plant shuts down for weekend as protests of the company’s outsourcing grow

Online Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill. — Sensata Technologies employees in Freeport, Ill., on the plant’s second and weekend shift received
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October 19, 2012 | Also published in Bainport Sensata Technologies> Happening Now> Local News> Regional News | 16 Comments

76-year-old woman, passenger die in two-vehicle crash in Stephenson County

Online Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill. — The Winnebago County Coroner’s Office has released the name of the driver of a fatal
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October 18, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News> Regional News | Comments (0)

Six arrested at Sensata sit-in in Freeport

Online Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill. — Six community supporters were arrested during a sit-in at the Freeport Sensata Technologies plant
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October 17, 2012 | Also published in Bainport Sensata Technologies> Happening Now> Local News> Nation & World> Regional News | 2 Comments

Marijuana use decriminalized in some areas of the country

By Susan Johnson Copy Editor While more serious and violent crimes make the headlines, the constant debate of whether to legalize
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October 17, 2012 | Also published in Local News> Nation & World> News> Regional News | Comments (0)

‘Bainport’ gains national prominence as race for White House remains close

• Workers facing outsourcing at Freeport’s Sensata Technologies plant welcome Al Sharpton Oct. 20 Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill. — “Bainport” — the encampment
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October 17, 2012 | Also published in Bainport Sensata Technologies> Local News> Nation & World> News> Regional News | 3 Comments

Clean air and water issues

By Karen L. Hudson Farmer, Board Member, Illinois Citizens for Clean Air & Water (ICCAW), Socially Responsible Agricultural Project consultant www.sraproject.org Editor’s
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October 17, 2012 | Also published in News> Regional News | Comments (0)

NIU president to step aside June 30, 2013

Staff Report DEKALB, Ill. — Northern Illinois University (NIU) President John G. Peters announced Oct. 11 that he will step down
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October 17, 2012 | Also published in Online Exclusives> Regional News | Comments (0)

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin to visit ‘Bainport’ Oct. 16, Al Sharpton to visit Oct. 20

Online Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill. — U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., will visit “Bainport” in Freeport, Ill., at 9:45 a.m., Tuesday,
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October 15, 2012 | Also published in Bainport Sensata Technologies> Happening Now> Local News> Regional News | 1 Comment

French Samsonite employees laid off by Bain join Sensata workers at ‘Bainport’ Oct. 13

Online Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill. — French Samsonite workers who were laid off and robbed of their severance pay by Bain
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October 12, 2012 | Also published in Bainport Sensata Technologies> Happening Now> Local News> Regional News | 17 Comments

Visit from civil rights leader, three arrests highlight busy week at ‘Bainport’

• Workers at Freeport’s Sensata Technologies plant continue to rally against the November outsourcing of their jobs Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill. — Workers
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October 10, 2012 | Also published in Bainport Sensata Technologies> Gas Prices> Local News> News> Regional News | Comments (0)

Three arrested for blocking equipment removal at Freeport Sensata plant

Online Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill. — With Election Day on the horizon, Bain-owned Sensata is moving out equipment as it
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October 8, 2012 | Also published in Bainport Sensata Technologies> Happening Now> Local News> Regional News | Comments (0)

Manager refuses Freeport Sensata workers’ petition for severance pay

Online Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill., — Friday, Oct. 5, Sensata Technologies workers Tom Gaulrapp, Dot Turner and Joanne Penniston delivered
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October 8, 2012 | Also published in Bainport Sensata Technologies> Happening Now> Local News> Regional News | 3 Comments

Former NAACP chairman to join Freeport Sensata workers for Oct. 6 rally

Online Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill. — Civil rights leader and former NAACP Chairman Julian Bond will join Sensata workers in
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October 4, 2012 | Also published in Bainport Sensata Technologies> Happening Now> Local News> Regional News | Comments (0)

Housing for homeless veterans from the Rockford area

Staff Report JANESVILLE, Wis. — Rock Valley Community Programs, Inc., with headquarts in Janesville, Wis., is a nonprofit organization
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October 3, 2012 | Also published in News> Regional News | 1 Comment

Sensata workers attack Romney’s profit ‘harvest’ comments, begin efforts to regain severance

Online Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill. — Workers facing outsourcing at Freeport’s Sensata Technologies plant and community supporters held an “Outsourcing
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October 1, 2012 | Also published in Bainport Sensata Technologies> Happening Now> Local News> Regional News | 3 Comments

Photos: Rock River Trail in Beloit and Rock Falls receives trail markers

From the Sept. 26-Oct. 2, 2012, issue Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share
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September 26, 2012 | Also published in News> Photo Galleries> Regional News | Comments (0)

Freeport’s Sensata Technologies workers to join Bain Worker Bus Tour Sept. 22

Online Staff Report FREEPORT, Ill. — Saturday, Sept. 22, the Bain Worker Bus Tour will make its first stop in
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September 21, 2012 | Also published in Bainport Sensata Technologies> Happening Now> Local News> Regional News | 2 Comments


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