Island Lake Business
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Women of Distinction winner Marcy Piekos ‘brings it all together’ at helm of Leadership Greater McHenry CountyJan 06, 2025 11:53 am - Marcy Piekos knows the movers and shakers throughout McHenry County. She’s helped shape them, watched them blossom in confidence and take on leadership opportunities. In...
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COVID-19 in McHenry County back at ‘high’ level along with other respiratory illnessesJan 04, 2025 10:19 am - COVID-19 “illness activity” in McHenry County is now at the high level, according to the McHenry County Department of Health.
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Proposal calls for replacing ‘aging, underutilized’ Regal Lake Zurich theater with apartmentsJan 03, 2025 5:58 pm - Developers are seeking feedback from Lake Zurich officials for what would be the largest residential community in town.
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‘A good, viable option’: More women are choosing to work in the trades for better pay and benefitsJan 02, 2025 1:08 pm - A growing number of women are entering the trades. According to Institute for Women’s Policy Research, in 2023, the number of women working in the trades reached the highest level ever — 363,651 working in construction and extraction occupations.
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Conversion of hotel into Lake County’s first permanent family shelter underwayDec 20, 2024 10:19 am - A Travelodge hotel in Waukegan will be converted into the first permanent shelter in Lake County for families with children experiencing a housing crises.
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A ‘Prime’ opportunity: McHenry County College delivers ESL classes to Amazon employeesDec 19, 2024 10:49 am - The Amazon Fulfillment Center in Huntley is working with McHenry County College in Crystal Lake to find a way to make education more accessible for its employees.
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‘Quite passionate about our mission’: Global provider of lab products builds new headquarters in Vernon HillsDec 15, 2024 5:51 am - Heathrow Scientific, a global provider of laboratory products used in clinical and research labs, consolidates its Vernon Hills operations in a new $20 million facility.
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‘It’s a space for you’: Frontline Care Center offers mental health services to first responders and veteransDec 09, 2024 9:48 pm - Dozens of first responders, caregivers and local officials Monday welcomed what was described as a milestone in providing mental health services to emergency service personnel, veterans and their families.
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Meridian Health to drop Northwestern Medicine from network in 2025Dec 08, 2024 8:41 am - Health insurance provider Meridian Health no longer will accept Northwestern Medicine health system in network beginning Jan. 1, a health system spokesman confirmed.
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‘We’re not impervious’: Lake County’s first-of-its-kind care center for first responders and veterans opensDec 07, 2024 4:00 pm - Frontline Care Center, Lake County’s first outpatient mental health site for current and former first responders and veterans is opening in Round Lake.