Island Lake Lifestyle
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'Thank you for your service': 2022 Veterans Day events in the suburbsNov 07, 2022 10:00 pm - Friday, Nov. 11, is Veterans Day. It's an opportunity to thank veterans for their service, and to learn more about and honor those who have served our country. Here's a...
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Veterans Day, turkeys and the upcoming holidays dominate November's festsNov 01, 2022 6:00 am - Nov. 2 The Great Pumpkin Roll: 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, at Central Park, 1510 Forest Gate Road, Oak Brook. Bring your pumpkin(s) to roll down the Sled Hill at Central P...
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More staff, extra learning time help McHenry County schools recover from COVID-19Oct 29, 2022 1:00 am - Students at Conley Elementary School in Algonquin may have noticed their classrooms are a little busier nowadays, with more teachers in the room to help them catch up on...
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Where a kid can be a kid: JCC Chicago, Sunrise Association offer day camp for kids battling cancerOct 24, 2022 11:00 pm - For kids battling cancer, the days can be scary, not to mention lonely. Spending days isolated from loved ones, with little to do while cooped up in a hospital room, can...
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Trick-or-treat hours throughout the suburbsOct 23, 2022 11:00 pm - The following is a listing of some of the trick-or-treat hours around the suburbs. All times are for Monday, Oct. 31, unless otherwise noted. Some village websites offer...
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Jeeps invade Lake County for celebration of automotive iconOct 23, 2022 1:00 am - It was a Jeep jamboree in suburbs on Sunday, as dozens of the iconic vehicles made their way Grayslake for the first Lake County Jeep Invasion. Hosted by the Lake County...
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'A horse makes you live in the now': How BraveHearts helps veterans and others heal through equine servicesOct 20, 2022 6:00 am - If someone says you have horse sense, it means you have the ability to make good decisions - common sense, so to speak. But at BraveHearts, a healing horsemanship progra...
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Waucond girl, 9, named a finalist in International Junior Miss PageantOct 18, 2022 11:00 pm - Abbigail Hicks, 9, has qualified as an International Finalist for the International Junior Miss Pageant, which will be held the week of Thanksgiving at the Hyatt Regency...
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'I want to keep outdoing myself,' Huntley Halloween decorator saysOct 14, 2022 6:00 am - Louie and Sherri Molenda like to scare people. “That's what Halloween means to me: it's scary,” Louie Molenda said. “That's it.” For their elaborate haunted house setup ...
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Neighbors in the news: Wauconda deputy chief graduates from FBI academyOct 13, 2022 6:00 am - • Wauconda Deputy Chief of Police John Combs, along with 234 other law enforcement officers, graduated from the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia, Sept. 13. In...