Vernon Hills
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‘Beyond the music room’: Vernon Hills High director of bands to retire after 26 yearsMay 12, 2025 12:23 pm - As the only director of bands at Vernon Hills High School since it opened in 1999, Randy Sundell has influenced generations of young musicians and snared numerous awards and honors for himself and the program.
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‘Not our typical audience’: CLC’s Urban Farm Center envisioned as community assetMay 11, 2025 9:00 pm - Construction of a modern growing operation is about to get underway in downtown Waukegan with a mission beyond food production.
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Vernon Hills residents displaced after car crashes into townhousesMay 10, 2025 7:13 pm - Residents of two townhouses in Vernon Hills were displaced this morning after a car crashed into their homes.
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‘Education and enforcement’: Why you can expect to see more police on Route 59 todayMay 09, 2025 5:30 am - Police departments across the suburbs — from Wauconda up north to Naperville down south and nearly everywhere in between — are teaming up for a regional traffic safety initiative all day Friday along the Route 59 corridor.
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Northern Illinois Food Bank names new chief philanthropy officerMay 08, 2025 11:03 pm - Colleen Ahearn was appointed as chief philanthropy officer at Northern Illinois Food Bank, leading fundraising, marketing, and volunteer engagement efforts across a 13-county service area.
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A record-breaking day at Northern Illinois Food Bank’s 12th annual Fight Hunger Run/WalkMay 08, 2025 6:37 pm - Over 1,600 participants gathered at Cantigny Park in Wheaton for Northern Illinois Food Bank's 12th annual Fight Hunger 10K, 5K, and 1-mile run/walk on May 3.
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Daily Herald photo contest winners for April 2025May 08, 2025 7:57 am - The Daily Herald’s amateur photo contest winners for April capture the beauty of the natural world, from the Arizona desert, all the way to a remote South Atlantic island.
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‘One of our biggest challenges’: Modernizing Wildwood water system includes replacing old linesMay 07, 2025 6:33 pm - Water-related improvements in the unincorporated Wildwood and Gages Lake areas near Grayslake will continue this year.
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Wadsworth Road to close at Canadian Pacific Railroad crossing May 8May 07, 2025 2:05 pm - Wadsworth Road between Route 41 and Kilbourne Road east of the Des Plaines River in northeastern Lake County will be closed Thursday, May 8 for rail crossing repairs.
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Tunnel to Towers 9/11 mobile exhibit coming to Gurnee MillsMay 07, 2025 2:03 pm - A welcome procession for the Tunnel to Towers 9/11 NEVER FORGET mobile exhibit will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. May 16 at Gurnee Mills, in parking lot E at 6170 W. Grand Ave.