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Lead found on properties neighboring Dundee’s Haeger Potteries site

By Gloria Casas
Sep 05, 2026 12:04 pm - The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency says lead-contaminated soil has been found in areas surrounding the former Haeger Potteries site, which is now owned by the village of East Dundee.
Judge orders federal logging project halted in Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest

By Hannah Meisel
Sep 02, 2026 2:29 pm - A federal judge this week ordered the U.S. Forest Service to suspend a commercial logging project in southern Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest, finding the 2024 approval of the project under President Joe Biden violated the Endangered Species Act.
‘A multi-generational project’: Barrington awards $78 million contract for wastewater plant upgrades

By Steve Zalusky
Aug 25, 2026 4:01 pm - An Elgin construction firm will handle upgrades to Barrington’s aging wastewater treatment facility, but it will cost more than two-fifths of a village consultant’s original estimate.
The $6 billion plan that would give the suburbs control over supplying Lake Michigan water

By Marni Pyke
Aug 24, 2026 6:57 pm - DuPage and Cook county leaders announced details of a seismic project Monday that will put control of supplying Lake Michigan water into suburban hands. Not so fast, city officials said.
Newsom returns to a defining California fight: Who pays for wildfire damage?

By SOPHIE AUSTIN
Aug 24, 2026 1:26 pm - The bookends of California Gov. Gavin Newsom's nearly eight years in office have been defined by a crucial question: Who should cover the cost of damage from wildfires caused by utility equipment?
Proposed 8-month moratorium on data centers in unincorporated Lake County easily clears first step

By Mick Zawislak
Aug 18, 2026 5:04 pm - The first approval in a proposed eight-month moratorium on data centers in unincorporated Lake County advanced Tuesday.
‘Could be an uphill battle’: Wauconda drops action to block proposed solar project

By Mick Zawislak
Aug 14, 2026 5:03 pm - Based on advice the village would face an uphill legal battle, Wauconda officials recently dropped action to forcibly annex agricultural property on the north end of town to block a proposed solar project.
County approves application for waste transfer facility to replace Grayslake landfill

By Mick Zawislak
Aug 11, 2026 5:35 pm - A proposed waste transfer station to replace the Countryside landfill in Grayslake when it closes has passed review in Lake County and will move to the state as the final step in the process.
Illinois becomes first state in Great Lakes region to designate industrial plastic pellets as pollution

By MICHAEL HAWTHORNE
Aug 11, 2026 9:20 am - Illinois is requiring polluters to begin reporting spills of industrial plastic pellets known as nurdles, a growing source of contamination in the Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds. Companies that manufacture, use or transport nurdles also must develop plans to limit them in storm runoff, making the state the first in either watershed to officially designate bits of wasted plastic as pollution.
Lake Michigan water project officially underway in Lake Zurich

By Mick Zawislak
Aug 10, 2026 4:29 pm - The first phase of bringing Lake Michigan water to Lake Zurich is about to begin with construction of a pump station and a 1 million-gallon reservoir.

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