Images: See our best staff photos from the past week.
Lisette Lumsden, of Wheeling, holds 10-week old Kelsi, an English Setter Mix from Hope Pet Rescue in Barrington, at the 23rd Annual Chicagoland Family Pet Expo at Arlington International Racecourse on Friday.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Shannon Klopfenstein watches her son Barrett, a third-grader, get his head shaved during the St. Baldrick's fundraiser at Madison Elementary School in Wheaton on Friday. Shaving his head is Sonia Carriedo from Marquiz Salon in Wheaton.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Dee Dee McDevitt, director of sales and marketing, looks at some of the progress of repairs and renovations at DuPage Children's Museum in Naperville. The facility flooded in January after pipes burst.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Lake County Board Chairman Aaron Lawlor, right, and Lake County State's Attorney Mike Nerheim get ready to race in the Lake County Farm Bureau's 17th annual Race for Hunger at the Piggly Wiggly in Antioch Friday.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Members of Naperville Mayor George Pradel's family, and Dick Locher, the Dick Tracy cartoonist, attend the surprise awarding of the "Dick Tracy Top Cop" award to Mayor Pradel.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Donelle Duvall, left, and Alan Huth, of Geneva, enjoy the weather Wednesday as they take a stroll with their golden retriever, Annie, at Fox River Bluff in St. Charles.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Steve Mores, 57, of Aurora, is back to playing drums in his popular cover band, Prairie Surfers, after a new type of surgery removed a nerve tumor at his brain stem that was causing facial numbness, nausea and difficulty eating. Mores was just the ninth person to have this type of surgery, which is being conducted only at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.
Paul Michna/pmichna@dailyherald.com
District 214 Board of Education member Jim Perkins gets his head shaved by Hersey cosmetology student Jennifer Salgado, during Hersey High School's St. Baldrick's fundraising effort.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Dale Moorhouse, of Elgin, lays on his back as he attaches bunting to the ceiling of a train car Friday in a full-size replica of the funeral train that carried President Abraham Lincoln's body. The 150th anniversary of Lincoln's assassination is in April. Elgin master mechanic Dave Kloke is building the replica and the train will be on display in May in Springfield.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Juong Cho, a parent volunteer at Clow Elementary in Indian Prairie Unit DIstrict 204, paints a tall beanstalk in the school's library media center.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Youth services associate Julie Bachinger reads "What Joe Saw" by Anna Grossnickle Hines to young children Wednesday at the Lake Villa District Library. Children listened to stories and sang songs during the program that is designed to help them with reading, listening and attention skills, in preparation for kindergarten, according to Bachinger.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Director of Student Services Roxanne Peplow takes a picture of student Angel Sanchez getting a Mohawk from Stylist Cornelius Booth of The Bottom Line Barber Shop in Gurnee, during a Saint Baldrick's event held Tuesday at Computer Systems Institute in Gurnee.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
As Winter turns to Spring, the bitterly cold days of late January become a distant memory. After visiting with her husband during an ice fishing derby on Bangs Lake, Kristen Daun of Wauconda and her son, Oliver, 1, head back to shore to warm up. This photo was originally published in the Perspective column in the print edition of the Daily Herald.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Ethan Rakowski, 3, of Barrington Hills, dressed in a very stylist green Irish suit, watches the Thom McNamee Memorial St. Patrick's Day parade roll through East Dundee on Saturday.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Debbie Mossburg, the CEO of Bike Bald, rides high down Mill Street during the West Suburban Irish's annual St. Patrick's Day parade in Naperville.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
There's a reason they call the time just after sunrise and before sunset the Golden Hour. After dropping my daughter off at school last week I was both cursing the blinding sun and admiring the golden glow when I saw this bicyclist and cars stopped at a light. The combination of the sunlight, the exhaust, the fog and the man's breath with the pop of red from the lights came together to add some drama to an otherwise ordinary traffic scene. To comment, please contact Rick West, rwest@dailyherald.com. Follow me on Twitter @dhrickwest or Instagram @rickwest. You like the Facebook? www.facebook.com/rick.west.7393. This photo was originally published in the Perspective column in the print edition of the Daily Herald.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Jaimie Turner, 7, of Hanover Park, eats panckakes with her sisters, Jayda, 4, and Janella, 10, during the 31st annual Sugar Bush Fair at Spring Valley Nature Center in Schaumburg. The Schaumburg Park District hosted the event that featured a pancake breakfast, an 1800's pioneer sugar camp, and demonstrations of maple syrup making.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Ben Reif, 5, of Naperville, tastes the dripping sap from a freshly tapped maple tree at the Naper Settlement.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Michael Echavez, left, and Nicky Marson, both sixth graders from Park School in Round Lake, set their bridge in place while competing in the Science Olympiad hosted by the College of Lake County in Grayslake.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Tommy Okapal waits for the West Suburban Irish's annual St. Patrick's Day parade in Naperville.
Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com
Katie Larson, 12, of Palatine, leaps in the air while marching with co-members of the Palatine Dance Company in the St. Patrick's parade in Palatine.
George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
"St. Patrick" Jim Barnowski marches in the Lake Villa St. Patrick's Day Parade.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Girls in Daisy Troop 41376 were among the most colorful groups marching in the St. Patrick's parade in Palatine.
George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
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