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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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Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:31:05 -0800
When the animals of Lake County become lost, abandoned or involved in other animal-related incidents, the Lake County Health Department’s Animal Care and Control center is there to help.
Fox Lake queen takes Illinois county fair title
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:20:01 -0800
Miss Lake County Fair beat 69 other county queens to take the state Miss Illinois County Fair Queen title.Brittani Schisler, 21, of Fox Lake said her victory still hasn’t “set in yet at all.”Her duties as 2012 Miss Illinois County Fair include hosting the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, the Du Quoin State Fair north of Carbondale and addressing the state Senate and House to advocate for the ...
Creole music Jan. 29 at Alek’s Restaurant in Lake Bluff
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:34:22 -0800
Lake County Folk Club will present Dennis Stroughmatt et L’Esprit Creole in concert Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. at Aleks’ Restaurant, 525 Rockland Road. Stroughmatt, a featured speaker on the Missouri Humanities Council “Program Bureau,” and a touring master artist on the Mid-America Arts Alliance Artist Tour and Illinois Artist Tour, is an Illinois native who was first introduced to American French ...
Community Digest
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:44:00 -0800
Lake CountyTollway work: The Illinois Tollway has approved the award of a construction contract award of $432,071 to Allied Landscaping Corp., Joliet, for landscaping and improvements on the Tri-State Tollway between Roosevelt Road and Sanders Road, and between Lake-Cook Road and the Wisconsin state line.Training grant: The College of Lake County has received a $119,700 grant from the Illinois ...
Lake County State’s Attorney GOP Candidate Mike Nerheim Launches It's Time Tour
Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:01:50 -0800
Candidate vows to meet with voters throughout Lake County, Illinois so they can understand why he is the best and most qualified Republican candidate for the State's Attorney's Office. (PRWeb January 09, 2012) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/1/prweb9091081.htm
Two human skulls found in McHenry County
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:30:25 -0800
BULL VALLEY — Lake County authorities have joined the investigation into the discovery of two human skulls.Authorities said the skulls appear to have been dumped there, and the community need not be worried about any imminent danger. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office and Bannockburn police have joined Crystal Lake police, McHenry police, Illinois and Wisconsin Search and Rescue Dogs, and the ...
Two girls, deputy injured when school bus, squad car crash in Lake County
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:05:50 -0800
An 11-year-old girl bumped her head and 12-year-old girl suffered a cut above her eye when a sheriff’s squad car collided with a school bus with 42 kids aboard near Round Lake this afternoon.
Lake County Briefs: Audubon dramatization at CLC to honor anniversary
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:42:28 -0800
Dramatization to honor Audubon milestone The Lake County Audubon Society and the Lake/Cook Chapter of the Illinois Audubon Society will co-sponsor a dramatization by well-known performer, author, and educator, Brian “Fox” Ellis in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the visit to Illinois of the famous naturalist and wildlife artist, John James Audubon. The event will be held at 7 p.m. Feb. 7 ...
Grandwood Park Park District state’s first tobacco-free district
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:12:00 -0800
The Grandwood Park Park District is now tobacco and smoke-free, becoming the first park district in Illinois to do so.The district joins one other park district in Illinois, the Round Lake Area Park District, with a tobacco-free policy — with the exception of its golf course.Several Lake County communities that have already made their parks smoke-free include Beach Park, Buffalo Grove, Deerfield ...
Sheriff's assocation scholarships:
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:10:00 -0800
The Illinois Sheriffs' Association will award more than $53,000 in college scholarships in the state during the 2012--2013 academic year.