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Is Cold Weather a Reasonable Excuse to Cancel School?
Administrators will decide Sunday whether or not to close suburban schools Monday because of possible below-zero temperatures. Is this a good idea?

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Administrators will decide Sunday whether or not to close suburban schools Monday because of possible below-zero temperatures. Is this a good idea?

Administrators will decide Sunday whether or not to close suburban schools Monday because of possible below-zero temperatures. Is this a good idea?
A look at weird crimes from around the Chicago area.
A look at weird crimes from around the Chicago area.
McHenry County is under a Winter Weather Advisory until noon Sunday, Jan. 5. A Wind Chill Warning begins Sunday night.
McHenry County is under a Winter Weather Advisory until noon Sunday, Jan. 5. A Wind Chill Warning begins Sunday night.
McHenry County is under a Winter Weather Advisory until noon Sunday, Jan. 5. A Wind Chill Warning begins Sunday night.
Cold weather needed for this golf game!
Census results reveal more people are working from home than before. The map below shows a snapshot across town of the change in the number of people who worked from home between 2000-2011.
Census results reveal more people are working from home than before. The map below shows a snapshot across town of the change in the number of people who worked from home between 2000-2011.
If you are headed out to open houses this weekend, you may want to download a few apps first.
If you are headed out to open houses this weekend, you may want to download a few apps first.
Amanda Ducat, 28, of Spring Grove, was charged with DUI on Thursday, Jan. 2, after her car hit a parked car on the roadway.
Amanda Ducat, 28, of Spring Grove, was charged with DUI on Thursday, Jan. 2, after her car hit a parked car on the roadway.
A 47-year-old woman is in stable and fair condition after she was hit by a car crossing Route 120 in McHenry on Friday afternoon.
A 47-year-old woman is in fair condition after she was hit by a car crossing Route 120 in McHenry on Friday afternoon.
Jeff Jacobs brings "One Man, One Piano" show to the Raue Center for the Arts in Crystal Lake on Saturday.
Jeff Jacobs brings "One Man, One Piano" show to the Raue Center for the Arts in Crystal Lake on Saturday.
Flu illnesses in Illinois have increased significantly in the past two weeks, and the state is now seeing widespread flu activity, according to the CDC.
Cold weather needed for this golf game!