Island Lake Lifestyle
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Service opportunities, virtual events abound for Martin Luther King Jr. DayJan 14, 2021 9:40 am - Monday, Jan. 18, is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This year, due to the pandemic, the civil rights leader will be remembered through online tributes and service opportunit...
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Community Action Partnership of Lake County hosts pop-up food giveaway FridayJan 14, 2021 12:00 am - Community Action Partnership of Lake County will host a pop-up food giveaway from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15, in Waukegan. The drive-through event will be held a...
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Adopt a highway applications available in Lake CountyJan 11, 2021 12:00 am - Applications are being accepted through Jan. 31 for the Lake County Adopt A Highway program, in which volunteers commit to clean a section of the roadside twice a year. ...
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Lake County Preservation Foundation president champions the cause of the forestsJan 08, 2021 5:00 am - Growing up on the west side of Lake Forest, Nels Leutwiler has vivid memories of frequent childhood visits to Captain Daniel Wright Woods Forest Preserve in Mettawa. Lat...
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How biking helped us in 2020 - and a look back at some key trail improvementsJan 07, 2021 5:00 am - As 2020 ends with a universal, "Let's never do that again!" a simple recognition emerged - biking was a physical, if not mental, lifesaver for many. When organized sport...
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Tragedy and turmoil marked suburban crime news in 2020Jan 04, 2021 5:00 am - The heartbreaking story of the short, tragic life of AJ Freund, the Crystal Lake 5-year-old beaten to death in 2019 then buried in a shallow grave in Woodstock, conclude...
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25th annual Misericordia fundraiser to go virtual in 2021Jan 03, 2021 10:00 pm - The annual Misericordia "Heart of Gold" benefit may look a bit different this year, but the dedicated women of the Misericordia Women's League know that the show, and th...
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Lake County mayors look ahead to 2021Jan 01, 2021 5:00 am - The Daily Herald asked Lake County mayors and village presidents to look ahead to 2021 and identify the most important thing they hope their community can accomplish in ...
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Lake County mayors reflect on most important accomplishments in 2020Jan 01, 2021 5:00 am - Not much seemed business as usual in 2020, but one thing that hasn't changed is our annual tradition of reaching out to Lake County mayors and village presidents to ask ...
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Pandemic, pot, BLM protests, corruption among suburbs' top stories in 2020Dec 30, 2020 10:00 pm - It was a traumatic year for the nation, confronted by a virus that killed more than 300,000 people, protests and, at times, riots after video was posted of the slow deat...