Lake Forest
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Home & garden calendar, Oct. 19-25Oct 14, 2025 5:32 pm - Upcoming meetings for various garden clubs in the Chicago suburbs, with presentations on topics like bonsai, houseplants, and gardening as you age.
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CLC to hold regional college fair Oct. 16Oct 13, 2025 9:52 am - High school students looking to begin or continue their college search will have the opportunity to meet with representatives from more than 150 colleges and universities at the Illinois Regional College Fair.
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‘A place of innovation and opportunity’: Work underway for data center campus in GrayslakeOct 11, 2025 1:54 pm - A huge project Grayslake officials say represents one of the largest private investments in Lake County history and a major step for the village’s long-term economic growth is underway.
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Unexpected finding will delay completion of Route 83/Winchester Road projectOct 11, 2025 8:11 am - The reopening of a segment of Route 83 in central Lake County has been delayed due to unforeseen conditions.
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Registration open for 19th Judicial Circuit’s Veterans History ProjectOct 10, 2025 5:23 pm - Registration is open through Oct. 28 for the 19th Judicial Circuit’s annual Veterans History Project.
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Fox Lake and Libertyville partner in regional Halloween Express pumpkin jubileeOct 10, 2025 5:22 pm - Fox Lake and Libertyville are partnering for the “Holiday Express” pumpkin jubilee from 12 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12 at Lakefront Park, 10 Riverview Ave. in Fox Lake.
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Illinois establishes Governor’s Blue Ribbon Schools programOct 10, 2025 1:18 pm - Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and the state education board joined school leaders, teachers, and students Friday to launch the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Schools program and celebrate the 2025 recipients of the discontinued National Blue Ribbon School Award.
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Program providing food to children gets big boost with $250K check from AbbottOct 09, 2025 5:20 pm - Volunteers stuffed backpacks with food Thursday for the BackPack Program, which aims to help children with food insecurity, at the Northern Illinois Food Bank facility in Lake Forest. The program also received a $250,000 grant from Abbott.
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Daily Herald photo contest winners for September 2025Oct 09, 2025 9:16 am - The winning entries in the Daily Herald’s amateur photo contest for September range from graceful egrets to tenacious porcupines.
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Officials identify man who drowned Monday in Fox LakeOct 08, 2025 8:54 pm - A 51-year-old man who drowned Monday evening in Fox Lake near Antioch has been identified, officials said.