Island Lake
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McHenry County might restrict horse racingJul 30, 2014 1:00 am - Horse racing soon might be allowed only in a few places in McHenry County. The McHenry County Board is expected to vote Tuesday on a proposed unified development ordinan...
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McHenry County Fair crowns a new queenJul 30, 2014 1:00 am - The 66th McHenry County Fair kicked off its five-day run Wednesday with Stephanie Vargas of Algonquin being crowned the fair's queen. Vargas, 18, who was one of 11 conte...
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Shakespeare play coming to Ryerson WoodsJul 29, 2014 11:00 pm - Shakespeare aficionados and neophytes can relax among the lush vegetation and the sound of crickets at Ryerson Woods in Riverwoods 6:30 p.m. Friday-Sunday, Aug. 1-3, whe...
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David Adler Music and Arts Center presents annual Festival of the ArtsJul 29, 2014 11:00 pm - The David Adler Music and Arts Center presents its 34th annual Festival of the Arts at Cook Memorial Park in downtown Libertyville from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. ...
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Lake County trying new technology for traffic light systemJul 29, 2014 5:00 am - A new way to move traffic that reacts to actual conditions rather than estimates is getting a trial in Lake County. Transportation officials say the Adaptive Traffic Sig...
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Dawn Patrol: Man injured outside bar dies; police ID man in fatal crashJul 29, 2014 5:00 am - Palatine man injured outside bar dies A Palatine man injured after being punched in the head outside a bar Friday, July 18, has died from his injuries. Witnesses sa...
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Lake County sees steady boost in tourism spendingJul 29, 2014 1:01 am - Lake County saw a small bump in tourism last year, with travel-related expenditures topping $1.2 billion. That represents a 1.6 percent increase over 2012, tourism offic...
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Dance for a cause:Jul 29, 2014 1:01 am - Forever Fit women's fitness and nutrition club, 1163 W. Park Ave., Libertyville, hosts a zumbathon fundraiser for the Center for Women and Children in Need Growing Stron...
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Milk a cow for $2 as part of 4-H fundraiserJul 29, 2014 1:01 am - Visitors to the McHenry County Fair can experience milking a cow as part of a 4-H club's fundraiser this weekend. At selective times throughout the five-day festival, me...
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Woman gets jail for selling fatal heroin dose to Vernon Hills teenJul 29, 2014 1:00 am - An Evanston woman was sentenced to 18 months of periodic imprisonment and 30 months of intensive probation for selling heroin to a group of teens that resulted in the ov...