Midwest Banc Holdings, Inc. has completed its previously-announced acquisition of Northwest Suburban Bancorp, Inc. and merger of Mount Prospect National Bank into Midwest Bank and Trust Company, creating a 29-branch bank with more than $3.5 billion in assets.

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MELROSE PARK, IL - Nick Mitrovich rejoins the Chicago Storm as the teams’ public address announcer for the upcoming 2007-08 season. Nick held the same position with the Storm in 2004-05 and 2005-06.

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Midwest Banc Holdings, Inc. announced that it will release third quarter 2007 earnings after the market closes on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 and conduct a conference call to discuss these results the following morning, October 24, 2007, at 11:00 A.M. eastern/10:00 A.M. central.

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Lyons Township Dog Training Club’s next Correction Clinic will begin at 7 p.m. Monday at The Odeum, 1033 Villa Ave., Villa Park. The entry deadline is today. If you haven’t registered, call David at (630) 238-9493 to find out if entries are still available.

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MELROSE PARK, IL - Saturday, October 20th, at 7pm the Chicago Storm plays their annual Yellow and Black inter-squad game on Soccer City’s brand new artificial polyethylene indoor soccer turf (SOF-STEP-200).

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IN THE old city of Kabul an upheaval is under way - buildings are being rebuilt, streets are being cleaned and jobs created.

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Midwest Banc Holdings, Inc. announced that the stockholders of Northwest Suburban Bancorp, Inc. (”Northwest Suburban”) voted to approve the sale of their company to Midwest Banc Holdings in a stock and cash transaction.

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