Island Lake
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Owner of 82-year-old Liberty Theatre in downtown Libertyville seeks demolitionAug 09, 2019 1:00 am - The longtime owner of what opened in 1937 as the Liberty Theatre in downtown Libertyville is seeking village permission to tear it down for green space. The request is m...
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Pritzker signs law letting McHenry County voters dissolve townshipsAug 09, 2019 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker is using McHenry County as a test case for the consolidation of local government. The governor signed into law Friday a bill that will hand taxpayers...
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REI grant benefits forest preservesAug 09, 2019 1:00 am - The Preservation Foundation of the Lake County Forest Preserve recently received a $15,000 Outdoor Places grant from specialty retailer REI. The funds support access imp...
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1 dead, 1 injured in early morning crash near GurneeAug 09, 2019 1:00 am - One man was killed and another suffered serious injuries in an early morning crash on Route 41 in unincorporated Lake County near Gurnee, authorities said Friday. Prelim...
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How Lake County is using software to lower fuel costs and emissionsAug 09, 2019 1:00 am - Lake County is using software in vehicles to reduce fuel costs and carbon emissions. To date, "idle technology" has been installed on 72 vehicles and the county plans to...
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Astronomy nights at Volo BogAug 09, 2019 1:00 am - The Lake County Astronomical Society welcomes people of all ages interested in astronomy to its meetings at 7:30 p.m. the third Friday of each month at Volo Bog State Na...
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CLC student receives $12,000 transfer scholarshipAug 08, 2019 11:00 pm - A College of Lake County student has been awarded a $12,000 Chicagoland Transfer Award scholarship from Columbia College Chicago. Jennifer Pollack, a Buffalo Grove resid...
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Bestselling author of "The Art of Racing in the Rain" to visit WaucondaAug 08, 2019 1:00 am - Garth Stein, author of the bestselling book "The Art of Racing in the Rain," will pay Wauconda a visit this fall. The Wauconda Area Library Foundation and Wauconda Area ...
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Report: Officer who shot, killed Waukegan man acted "reasonably and appropriately"Aug 08, 2019 1:00 am - Six months after a Waukegan Police officer shot and killed a Waukegan man who was attempting to run him over Feb. 3, Lake County State's Attorney Michael G. Nerheim dete...
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Parents accused of AJ Freund's murder appear in court for separate civil caseAug 08, 2019 1:00 am - Andrew Freund and a sobbing JoAnn Cunningham stood side by side before a McHenry County judge Thursday, but the appearance had nothing to do with first-degree murder and...