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Great Lakes Gurnee Highland Park
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Ingleside Island Lake Kildeer
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Lake Villa Lake Zurich Libertyville
Lincolnshire Long Grove Mundelein
North Chicago Park City Round Lake
Round Lake Beach Russell South Barrington
Vernon Hills Wadsworth Wauconda
Waukegan Winthrop Harbor Zion
Beach Park Hainesville Hawthorn Woods
Lindenhurst Mettawa North Barrington
Old Mill Creek Riverwoods Round Lake Heights
Round Lake Park Third Lake Gages Lake
Tower Lakes Port Barrington McGaw Park
Fox Rvr Valley Gdns
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Thu, 03 May 2012 14:27:40 -0700
Steve Barg has worked in the world of environmental conservation and education since he was in his 20s. Today he serves as the executive director of Conserve Lake County based in Grayslake.
Panel backs plan to extend Route 53
Sat, 19 May 2012 07:25:32 -0700
Proposal calls for tollway from Lake Cook Road to Highway 120, but lacks funding Illinois Tollway officials now have in hand an in-depth report with recommendations for extending Illinois Highway 53 north into Lake County.
Investigation ordered into Illinois jail deaths
Tue, 15 May 2012 06:51:05 -0700
After two deaths, including that of Mumbai native Lyvita Gomes (India Abroad, January 27), and a hue and cry about the treatment of inmates in the Lake County, Illinois, jail, Sheriff Mark Curran Jr has appointed a private attorney to independently investigate the incidents.
New Suspects Charged In 2 High-Profile Lake County Murder Cases
Wed, 16 May 2012 05:45:56 -0700
Prosecutors in Lake County have lodged charges in two high-profile murder cases, in which other men have been charged or convicted.
Invasive ash borer found in Lake Bluff
Wed, 16 May 2012 07:57:04 -0700
The emerald ash borer continues to munch its way across the Midwest with Lake Bluff officially joining the long list of Lake County municipalities and cities that have the invasive bug. The Illinois Department of Agriculture confirmed and documented the pest within the southwest quadrant of the village of Lake Bluff, basically south of Route 176 and west of Green Bay Road. According to the ...
LaPorte County man gets prison for large marijuana growing operation
Sat, 19 May 2012 17:30:00 -0700
LAPORTE COUNTY | A Hudson Lake man has been given a 25-month sentence in federal prison for running a large indoor marijuana growing operation.
Teen bicyclist struck by car, killed in Lake Worth
Sat, 19 May 2012 11:16:48 -0700
A Lake Worth teenager died after he was struck by a car while crossing the street on his bicycle early Saturday morning. Ariel Strutin, 17, was crossing Hypoluxo Road west on the sidewalk when he rode into the path of a Cadillac driven by Travis Masquelier, 21, of Lake Worth, about 12:40 a.m., the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said. Masquelier was not injured in the crash. The incident was ...
Getting high-speed passenger rail on track
Fri, 18 May 2012 13:30:00 -0700
GARY | The Indiana Gateway, or Porter Junction, rail line through Lake County is the final piece of the puzzle to get high-speed passenger rail service from Chicago to Detroit on track.
Waltonville community misses longtime lake
Tue, 08 May 2012 10:51:44 -0700
WALTONVILLE — A community in southern Illinois' Jefferson County faces a summer without its lake for the first time in more than a century.
Rape charges dropped against Illinois man who spent 2 decades in prison
Wed, 16 May 2012 09:31:48 -0700
CHICAGO (MCT) — Lake County, Ill., prosecutors have dropped rape charges against Bennie Starks, who spent 20 years in prison before DNA pointed away from him.