Waukegan
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‘Step in the right direction’: Judges recommend Aqua Illinois rate hike be reduced 43% to $10.9 millionOct 11, 2024 6:04 pm - State regulatory judges have recommended a rate hike 43% below that being requested by Aqua Illinois but a consumer watchdog says that isn’t enough.
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Girl Scouts start Lake County Forest Preserves’ first Junior Ranger programOct 10, 2024 7:28 pm - Thanks to the efforts of two best friends, traipsing through the woods and discovering new wildlife can now result in gaining a title and patch. Girl Scout cadettes Maggie Kidd of Hawthorn Woods and Aarna Patel of Kildeer Troop 1897 in Lake Zurich helped create the Lake County Forest Preserves’ new Junior Ranger program.
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Authorities: Man was stealing vases from cemeteries and selling them as scrap metalOct 10, 2024 2:11 pm - A Waukegan man is charged with theft and gravestone vandalism after Lake County sheriff’s detectives say he and an accomplice stole hundreds of metal vases from cemeteries and sold them as scrap metal.
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‘Critical purchase for residents’: Greenbelt Forest Preserve to grow by 13 acres with $3.25 million acquisitionOct 09, 2024 8:06 pm - Lake County forest preserve holdings continue to grow with the pending purchase of a 13-acre addition to the Greenbelt Forest Preserve in North Chicago.
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Endorsement: Schneider for Congress, Dist. 10Oct 09, 2024 4:00 am - For a political newcomer, Republican Lake Forest businessman Jim Carris brings an impressive cooperative spirit and a fairly well honed political vision to the race for C...
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Cashless bail sparks spirited debate between Lake County state’s attorney hopefulsOct 08, 2024 6:41 pm - Incumbent Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart, Democrat, and his Republican challenger Mary Cole, a former Lake County prosecutor sparred over cashless bail during their spirited Daily Herald endorsement interview.
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‘The project I hear most about from residents’: Key contract signed for planned Patriot Path in central Lake CountyOct 08, 2024 6:22 pm - The Patriot Path, an idea raised 20 years ago for a trail to link thousands of residents to multiple destinations in central and eastern Lake County, is steadily advancing toward construction.
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Recent home and property salesOct 08, 2024 1:00 pm - Lake County property transfers for Aug. 7 to Sept. 3, 2024.
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Best Bets: Pumpkins galore at Chicago Botanic’s Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-LanternsOct 08, 2024 1:00 pm - The Chicago Botanic Garden hosts its annual Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-Lanterns, Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes headline Chronic Con in Rosemont and the 60th Chicago International Film Festival will screen more than 120 features and 70 shorts.
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College of Lake County seeking applicants for board seatOct 08, 2024 6:25 am - The College of Lake County is seeking candidates for a board vacancy opened by the resignation of Gerri Songer, whose term expires April 2027. The replacement will serve...