Wauconda
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Watch: Candidates for Gurnee mayor debate the issuesFeb 26, 2025 6:51 pm - Incumbent Tom Hood and challenger Quin O’Brien discuss their qualifications and the issues in the race for Gurnee mayor.
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Girls basketball: Cary-Grove overcomes adversity, beats Wauconda in sectional semifinalsFeb 25, 2025 11:07 pm - Cary-Grove’s thrilling 46-41 Class 3A North Chicago sectional semifinal win over Wauconda on Tuesday wasn’t a sure thing until the game’s waning moments. That’s when Troj...
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Milena McConchie, wife of recently resigned state senator Dan McConchie, dies at 51Feb 22, 2025 3:56 pm - Milena McConchie, the wife of recently resigned state senator Dan McConchie of Hawthorn Woods, has died from complications of the cancer she endured since exposure to the radiation of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986.
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‘It is working’: Mobile health care program reduces number of emergency room visits, officials sayFeb 21, 2025 7:47 pm - The sample size is relatively small but those involved with the Mobile Integrated Healthcare program are encouraged by its early results to keep people with chronic conditions out of emergency rooms.
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Darby Hills’ appointment to state Senate on hold as Republicans reopen applications for McConchie’s seatFeb 21, 2025 2:21 pm - Hoping to resolve a legal challenge, a group of suburban Republican leaders on Friday announced it is reopening applications for the vacant 26th Senate District seat.
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Facing lawsuit, Republicans to meet a second time to choose McConchie’s successorFeb 20, 2025 1:27 pm - With their first attempt resulting in a legal challenge, suburban Republican leaders will meet Friday to again choose former state Sen. Dan McConchie’s successor.
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Judge: Victims of Highland Park shooting can be present during testimonyFeb 20, 2025 12:22 pm - A Lake County judge ruled Thursday that victims of the July 4, 2022 mass shooting in Highland Park may be present during the trial of the defendant who’s charged with 21 counts of first-degree murder stemming from the attack.
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‘A good man’: Services set for former Libertyville police Chief Dan McCormickFeb 19, 2025 7:52 pm - As a police officer, Dan McCormick sometimes dealt with the worst elements in town. But you would never know it, say those who knew him. McCormick died Saturday. He was 90.
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Nonprofit to distribute iCARE kits for Illinois schoolsFeb 18, 2025 3:42 pm - This March, in conjunction with National Social Work Month, iCARE4 Adoptive And Foster Families will distribute iCARE Schools Connection Kits to public schools across Illinois.
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Hot bird news: Unusual sightings, loons coming soon and moreFeb 18, 2025 6:14 am - Birding columnist Jeff Reiter recaps recent rare bird sightings in Illinois and neighboring states, advises on best places to see spring migrations, and gives updates on bird conservation efforts and events.