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Share your community event in Daily Herald’s 2025 Holiday Happenings guideSep 25, 2025 10:25 pm - Nonprofits and community organizations can submit their Thanksgiving 5Ks, craft fairs, holiday fests, tree lightings, holiday walks, Nutcracker shows, Breakfast with Santa, or other family events for free by Oct. 12 on the Daily Herald's online calendar.
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Come for the food, stay for ax-throwingSep 25, 2025 3:16 pm - Local officials and well wishers Wednesday welcomed Up North Axe & Tap at 547 N. Milwaukee Ave., in downtown Libertyville, a Northwoods-themed restaurant and bar that also features four ax-throwing lanes.
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Pizza Ranch set to open first suburban location in Round Lake BeachSep 19, 2025 1:44 pm - The first Pizza Ranch franchise in the suburbs will open to the public Monday in Round Lake Beach.
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‘Lots of loyal golfers’: Village Green golf course in Mundelein closing after more than 60 yearsSep 13, 2025 5:35 pm - The last public rounds since Village Green golf course opened at Winchester and Midlothian roads in Mundelein in 1962 will be played Sunday.
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Spotlight: Citadel Theatre revives psychological thriller ‘Misery’Sep 09, 2025 6:23 am - In the suburbs, Metropolis revives “Grease” and Citadel stages the thriller “Misery” while Chicago’s Remy Bumppo theatre presents the Chicago premiere of “Wish You Were Here.”
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Wauconda Street Fest offering incentives for a safe ride homeAug 27, 2025 5:07 pm - A designated driver program and $15 Lyft discounts are new features of the annual Wauconda Street Dance.
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Dining out: Piccolo Buco opens in Naperville, secret menu at Portillo’s, Labor Day brunches and moreAug 27, 2025 6:26 am - Cooper’s Hawk has opened its second suburban location of Piccolo Buco, Portillo’s has some new secret menu items, and several suburban restaurants are extending weekend brunch to Monday for Labor Day.
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The next big step for Hawthorn Mall property redevelopment is waiting for green light to proceedAug 26, 2025 6:01 pm - The next big step in the ongoing transformation of the Hawthorn mall property in Vernon Hills appears ready to proceed.
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Rust-Oleum’s public yard sale to benefit Lake County Veterans and Family ServicesAug 25, 2025 5:17 pm - Rust-Oluem Corp. is hosting a public yard sale featuring many transformed furniture pieces from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27 at the company’s development center parking lot, 102 E. Hawthorn Pkwy, Vernon Hills.
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The orchard experience: Where to go for fall apple pickingAug 25, 2025 6:49 am - “Our apple crop is looking great this year,” said Sarah Bell, owner and manager of Royal Oak Orchard in Harvard. Here are some suburban orchards where you can go apple picking.