Daily Herald's week in photos
Santa greets kids and their parents as he arrives for the annual holiday tree lighting at the Bloomingdale Public Library.
Bev Horne | Staff Photographer
A ladder is wedged upon a "keep of the ice" sign along the lake shoreline of the Independence Grove Dog Exercise Area north of Libertyville.
Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
Sophia Cobos, 3, of Rolling Meadows visits with Santa prior to the Rolling Meadows tree lighting ceremony Thursday.
Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer
Steve Little of Gurnee walks his dog C.J. in the Independence Grove Dog Exercise Area north of Libertyville.
Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
Brian Bennett, left, of Montgomery and Doug Ranney of Batavia go for a lunchtime run through Fabyan Forest Preserve in Geneva Thursday as light snow flurries fall. Both men work in Geneva.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
Kidsworks Theatre actors Tusiime Jackson and Andrea Salloum use their production of Global Warming! What's a Kid to Do? to educate students on the dangers of deforestation in the rainforest.
Christopher Hankins | Staff Photographer
Teresa Cortez of Bloomingdale and her granddaughter Isabella Henning, 3, enjoy the lights at the annual holiday tree lighting at the Bloomingdale Public Library.
Bev Horne | Staff Photographer
Andrew Pierce, 9 of Harvard uses a hand saw to take down the family Christmas tree at Oney's Tree Farm on Route 14 north of Woodstock Wednesday. He was with his father Bryan and mother Nikki and sisters Faith, 6, and Ashlynn, 3.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
Wheaton Warrenville South football team members Mack Tracy,left, and Tom Labelle show off their state football championship trophy Tuesday at the school in Wheaton.
Tanit Jarusan | Staff Photographer
Todd Zimmerman, of Wheaton, lines up a closeup at the Shades of Crimson poinsettia display at Cantigny Tuesday as his wife Susan watches.
Scott Sanders | Staff Photographer
Kidsworks Theatre actor Tusiime Jackson entertains students with his tales of polar bear woe during the Global Warming! What's a Kid to Do? production Monday at Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin.
Christopher Hankins | Staff Photographer
Courtroom deputy Michael Wing handcuffs third grader Brian Wilterdink during a demonstration by U.S. District judge Samuel Der-Yeghiayan who talked to third grade students Monday at Butterfield School in Libertyville.
Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer
A member of the Kane County Forest Preserve controlled burn team watches as flames rip through a prairie at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve Tuesday in St. Charles.
Christopher Hankins | Staff Photographer
Jan Drevline of Arlington Heights stands beside Guy Fieri as the Food Network show host signs books at the Rolling Meadows Walmart store Thursday.
Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer
Guy Fieri of the Food Network signs a book for Christy O'Dea of Lake in the Hills, who is holding her daughter, Caoimhelo, age 10 months, at the Rolling Meadows Walmart store Thursday.
Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer
Family members are escorted out after the body of U.S. Army Sgt. Jason McLeod from Crystal Lake arrived at DuPage County Airport in West Chicago.
Bev Horne | Staff Photographer
Jimmy Cannos, chef/owner of the Heaven on Seven restaurants digs into the big Brat Burger during the finals of the ECC/Grand Victoria burger contest at the casino in Elgin Wednesday.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
A cyclist pedals across the bridge over the Fox River Thursday in Elgin beneath the Jane Addams Tollway, and surrounded by the first real snow flurry of the year. Although the snow didn't amount to much it provided a reminder that winter is near.
Christopher Hankins | Staff Photographer
Patrick Geenen of Harvard, playing to role of octopus, attacks fellow student and lobster Elizabeth Rodriguez of Elgin during a production of Global Warming! What's a Kid to Do? Monday at the Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin.
Christopher Hankins | Staff Photographer
Brian Critchlow of Lake Bluff plays with his bull mastiff named Tacoma at the Independence Grove Dog Exercise Area north of Libertyville.
Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
Rebecca Rissman of Elburn works on her chocolate hazelnut ganache burger during the finals of the ECC/Grand Victoria burger contest at the casino in Elgin Wednesday.
Rick West | Staff Photographer
Ironworker Jeremy Keene, right, guides a steel beam in place as construction crews continue work at the Cook Memorial Library expansion project.
Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
Students from North Elementary School and Bernotas Middle School line Woodstock Street in Crystal Lake Wednesday morning as a procession passes with the remains of US Army Sgt. Jason McLeod. Sgt. McLeod attended school in Crystal Lake.
John Starks | Staff Photographer
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