Lake Forest
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Rolling Thunder motorcycle parade on May 26 combines POW/MIA remembrance and push to recover and ID the remains of those still missingMay 20, 2024 2:15 pm - It’s one thing to foster remembrance. It’s another to provoke action. Participants in the upcoming Mid-America Rolling Thunder Demonstration Parade will be out to accompl...
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After 100 years, Rondout train robbery still captures the imagination as biggest in U.S. historyMay 17, 2024 9:45 pm - Late on a Thursday 100 years ago at a remote rural crossing near unincorporated Rondout in central Lake County, armed gunmen executed what is considered the largest train...
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Lake County Board approves bird-friendly building design policy to reduce collisionsMay 17, 2024 9:44 pm - While symbolically recognizing World Migratory Bird Day, the Lake County Board this week also advanced a new building design policy to protect birds from colliding with g...
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Woodlands Academy basketball team wins All-State academic honorMay 16, 2024 2:02 pm - Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart’s varsity basketball team members won third-place honors among girls’ teams in Division Two for their achievements in the classroom as determined by their combined grade point average of 3.79 on a non-weighted 4.0 scale.
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Eight new volunteers join CASA Lake County to advocate for the best interest of children in foster careMay 16, 2024 1:39 pm - Eight new volunteers completed their training to become Court Appointed Special Advocates and help advocate for the best interest of children in foster care.
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Area Thrift Store Donates to Two Local OrganizationsMay 16, 2024 12:01 pm - Lake Forest nonprofit thrift store Forest & Found recently made contributions of $20,000 to two area nonprofit organizations. Independence Center of Waukegan provides adults with mental illness the tools they need to achieve their goals of independence.
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Public hearing May 30 in Northbrook on Lake-Cook Road pathMay 16, 2024 10:38 am - The Lake County Division of Transportation is hosting a public meeting from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 30, about for the Lake-Cook Road Path. The meeting will take p...
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A guide to farmers markets in the suburbsMay 16, 2024 6:19 am - As the growing season begins, farmers markets are opening throughout the suburbs. Some start in June or later while others have already begun. Here’s a helpful guide.
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‘It doesn’t matter if he has four legs or two legs’: Statue would honor Lake County sheriff’s canine Dax as one of the fallenMay 16, 2024 6:19 am - A push is on to cap the awards, accolades and recognitions for one of Lake County’s best known crimefighters with a permanent tribute in a public plaza. In recent weeks, ...
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‘So much time and work and imagination’: Improvements at Lake County’s largest forest preserve taking shapeMay 14, 2024 5:00 pm - Work to transform the core of Lake County’s largest forest preserve will accelerate with the pending completion of a net-zero maintenance facility, a key element in a nea...