Waukegan Lifestyle
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Plan your next adventure with the 2025 guide to Summer FunMay 21, 2025 12:06 pm - The Daily Herald's 64-page Summer Fun guide offers ideas for local outings like concerts, festivals, exhibits, and getaways this season across the Chicago area and Illinois.
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‘How do they do it?’: Endangered piping plovers return to the same spot in Waukegan for a second yearMay 14, 2025 6:44 am - A beloved shorebird couple recently reunited at a private beach along Lake Michigan in Waukegan, completing a remarkable journey for a second consecutive year.
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How suburban families can become drive-in influencersApr 28, 2025 12:25 pm - McHenry Outdoor Theater is launching an Influencer Family program to highlight the family-friendly experience of the drive-in through user-generated content shared on social media.
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Despite pause on new biking funds, area projects keep rollingApr 28, 2025 11:37 am - Due to the potential impact of executive orders on biking infrastructure projects, six northeastern Illinois counties are developing separate safety action plans aimed at eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries.
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The wonder of wood ducksApr 21, 2025 10:59 am - Wood ducks have a variety of unusual behaviors and adaptations that make them different from other birds.
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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library launched in Lake County to inspire young readersApr 18, 2025 12:58 pm - A milestone in early childhood education was celebrated this week in Vernon Hills with the official launch of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Lake County.
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Daily Herald photo contest winners for March 2025Apr 17, 2025 7:52 am - The Daily Herald’s amateur photo contest winners for March capture quiet moments in the natural world.
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Area faith groups host #PrayerOnThe100th seeking unity, healingApr 16, 2025 11:05 am - On April 30-May 1, the United Methodist Church of Libertyville is joining #PrayerOnThe100th, a 24-hour collaborative prayer event uniting different faith communities to pray for unity, healing, and a better world.
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A silent crisis: Cradles to Crayons initiative works to close clothing insecurity gap for kidsApr 14, 2025 10:23 am - Suburban nonprofit Cradles to Crayons takes donations of children’s clothing and redistributes them to area providers to help close the inadequate clothing gap for kids.
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Easter egg hunts and events for kids, teens and adults across the suburbsApr 09, 2025 7:04 pm - With Easter on Sunday, April 20, here are some of the egg hunts and other Easter events happening this weekend in the suburbs.