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Mick Zawislak

Staff Writer
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Mick Zawislak joined the Daily Herald in 2000 and has been based in Lake County since 2002, where his primary areas of responsibility include covering Lake County government, Lake County Forest Preserve District, Libertyville, Vernon Hills and other communities and several school and park districts.

Zawislak is familiar with the nooks and crannies of Lake County and considers the back roads as important as the main drags.

Be it discussions about an expansion of a tollway through Lake County or the establishment of the first Ping-Pong club at an elementary school, Zawislak strives to give readers a personal view. His series of stories regarding the discovery of vinyl chloride in residential wells near Wauconda, for example, helped lead to renewed study of a Superfund landfill site and a multi-million dollar switch of more than 400 homes to municipal water.

Before coming to the Daily Herald, Zawislak worked for the Courier-News in Elgin, one of several suburban Copley Newspapers, now owned by the Sun-Times News Group. While at the Courier-News, he had a range of responsibilities over a broad coverage area focusing on Elgin, one of the largest communities in Illinois outside Chicago. He developed a variety of general interest, news, business and feature stories in the area and helped shape the focus of various projects while participating as a main writer. Those efforts netted several awards, including one from the Illinois Associated Press Editors for an examination of water supplies and the changing face of Elgin, a river town that had seen its traditional industrial and retail base erode.

Zawislak has a particular interest in history and the historical preservation of our communities and neighborhoods and has written several pieces that put our past into perspective.

He is a graduate of Western Illinois University with a bachelor's degree in mass communication. A native South Sider, Zawislak has lived and worked in several communities and counties and has a first-hand perspective of issues throughout the suburbs. Zawislak's personal interests include playing golf erratically and following Major League Baseball. His preference can be summed up in two words: Go Sox.

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Preparations begin for Libertyville road work blitz

May 24 2012 | 10:15 am - The challenging task of "shaving and paving" nearly six miles of Libertyville streets won't begin until next year, but steps to allow legions of construction crews to get a quick start are well under way. Village officials have awarded contracts...

Lake County economy slowly improving local leaders say

May 23 2012 | 5:19 am - The signs are encouraging but the economic thaw is being viewed cautiously by Lake County leaders. Sales tax and hotel stays are up but there is concern about office vacancies and gas prices, local officials said Tuesday during a economic update...

Vernon Hills takes resource sharing to another level

May 20 2012 | 3:08 pm - While resource sharing is becoming more popular among public agencies as a way to save money, Vernon Hills has taken the idea in a somewhat different direction. Instead of trucks or employees, the village will be sharing data access with Lake Bluff...

Spanish Exploratory program dropped in Hawthorn District 73

May 18 2012 | 10:23 am - The Spanish Exploratory program in Hawthorn District 73 will be suspended next year. District officials say teacher time would be better spent on teaching core values. The program is for 40-minutes a week for alll kindergarten through fifth...

Video gambling pitch heard by Vernon Hills trustees

May 17 2012 | 10:20 am - They didn't show their cards but Vernon Hills officials have not rejected the notion of video gambling. The village will research the issue further before determining whether a local ordinance should be changed to allow the activity in town.

District 73 administrators won't get salary increases

May 15 2012 | 6:01 pm - Administrators in Hawthorn Elementary District 73 won't get salary increases in 2012-13. The 13 administrators, who each are covered under separate contracts, will each get $1,750 to cover the cost of insurance increases and taxes on the payment.

Mundelein District 75 teachers get two-year deal

May 15 2012 | 5:55 pm - Teachers in Mundelein Elementary District 75 have a new two-year contract, with wage increases slightly higher than in the current pact. The school board on Monday night approved the agreement with the Mundelein Elementary Education Association for...

End of the road for Lake County transportation leader

May 15 2012 | 11:49 am - Anyone who has traveled the roundabouts in Lake County, breezed past busy Gilmer Road via the Fairfield Road overpass or used information provided by PASSAGE to avoid congestion has been affected by the work of Marty Buehler. In the

Noxious smelling house could be demolished

May 11 2012 | 5:47 pm - Vernon Hills has been granted permission to proceed with demolition of a house that long has been the source of animal-related odor complaints. Village inspectors last August declared the house in the Stone Fence Farm subdivision unihabitatlbe and...

Libertyville to get its own mobile app

May 10 2012 | 4:00 pm - Smart phone users will have another way to communicate with Libertyville officials via a pending mobile application. Within eight to 10 weeks, a Libertyville "app" is expected to be available as another tool in the village's evolution to dispense...

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