Island Lake Lifestyle
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Top teacher: After a long career, former P.E. teacher finds joy in special educationOct 11, 2022 6:00 am - In the adaptive physical education class at Woodland Intermediate school in Gurnee, equipment and activities are modified to give students the best chance to succeed. Ou...
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District 21 seeks to expand language services for newcomersOct 10, 2022 5:30 am - Ania Figueroa knows firsthand the struggles of being a student whose first home language isn't English. Figueroa's family moved from Chile to the United States just shy ...
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Good News Sunday: District 211 bus driver helps save man in drive-through laneOct 02, 2022 7:30 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: A veteran school bus driver who'd just ...
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Jurassic Quest touring the suburbs this month, stops first in GrayslakeOct 02, 2022 1:00 am - Replicas of dinosaurs, ranging from a baby triceratops to a life-size T. rex, will arrive in the suburbs this month as part of the country's largest touring dino exhibit...
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Feathered flyways: When, what birds to look for during fall migrationSep 29, 2022 6:00 am - • This column by Environmental Communications Specialist Brett Peto is reprinted from "Horizons," the quarterly publication of the Lake County Forest Preserves. You can ...
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Allendale Association in Lake Villa celebrates 125 years of helping children in crisisSep 22, 2022 6:00 am - This year, Allendale Association - a Lake Villa not-for-profit that serves kids and families in crisis - celebrates its 125th anniversary. Over the decades, thousands o...
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Sound check: Soulful Joan Osborne; plus Allister's return; Keith Urban; Shinedown at WIIL Rock FestSep 21, 2022 6:00 am - Folk-rock with Dan Tedesco St. Charles native Dan Tedesco brings folk-rock to Arlington Heights as the now-Iowa-resident plays a homecoming show at Hey Nonny this weeken...
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Local Girl Wins BigSep 20, 2022 11:00 pm - Miss Abbigail Hicks, age 9, has qualified as an International Finalist for the International Junior Miss Pageant to be held the week of Thanksgiving at the beautiful Hya...
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Festivals Sept. 23-29: Oktoberfests, Long Grove Apple Fest, Art in the Barn & moreSep 19, 2022 11:00 pm - Starts before Friday Didier Farms Pumpkinfest: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Sunday, Oct. 30, at Didier Farms, 16678 W. Aptakisic Road, Lincolnshire. Hayrides, cor...
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Free Guitars for Future Stars names its first Ed Hall Memorial Music Scholarship recipientSep 07, 2022 11:00 pm - Free Guitars for Future Stars recently announced Anthony Mrkvicka as its first recipient of their Ed Hall Memorial Music Scholarship. The $1,000 scholarship honors the ...