Briefs: Roadside safety check

The Lake County sheriff's office will team up with Illinois State Police and the Lakemoor Police Department to conduct a roadside safety check Friday. The check will be 10 p.m. Friday to 3 a.m. Saturday at the Fratello's restaurant parking lot on the northwest corner of routes 12 and 120 in Wauconda Township. Southbound Route 12 vehicles will be randomly stopped for safety inspections, and drivers will be monitored for driving under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol.

Free HIV/AIDS testing

The Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center will provide free confidential HIV testing and counseling Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Belvidere Medical Building, 2400 Belvidere Road, Waukegan. The event is in observance of National HIV Testing Day. STD/HIV counselors will be available all day to offer the tests and information about HIV transmission. No appointments are necessary. The health department's STD/HIV program also will host a free community health fair and barbecue from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at King Park, 301 South Ave., Waukegan. There will be a children's playground and a storyteller sponsored by the YWCA of Lake County. Free rapid HIV testing will be available at the health fair. Results will be available in 20 minutes. The fair is held in collaboration with NICASA, the YWCA of Lake County, Abbott Laboratories, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck Pharmaceuticals, Alexian Brothers The Harbor and Vista Health Systems. For more information, call the STD/HIV program at (847) 377-8450.

Budget draws applause

Hainesville Mayor Ted Mueller told the public that the village has put together a balanced budget, leading to some applause from some residents in the audience at the village board's June 24 meeting. Mueller added the village has only one debt, and that is the new car purchased for the police department. "Other than that, we are debt-free," he said. The public will be given the opportunity to review and discuss the budget with the board at a public hearing at the board's next meeting at 7 p.m. July 8 at village hall.

Cedar Lake Road extension

A Lake County Board committee on Wednesday gave preliminary approval to appropriate $1 million to acquire land to complete the extension of Cedar Lake Road. The county's public works and transportation committee agreed to acquire right-of-way to allow for the extension from Town Line Road to Route 120. Construction on the first part of the project, from Route 60 to Townline Road has been completed. Land acquisition is the last step before construction of the second part, which is about a mile long.