Lake County
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‘Everybody’s precious’: Lindenhurst artist celebrates his community through sculpturesJul 29, 2026 5:45 am - Tom Eddy was looking for a way to celebrate the regular people he met passing his Lindenhurst home on a daily basis. The 82-year-old found it by creating miniature copper wire sculptures depicting those community members and displaying them in his front yard.
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Nobody injured when jet leaves runway while landing at Chicago Executive Tuesday eveningJul 28, 2026 8:06 pm - There were no injuries reported Tuesday when an airplane left the taxiway after landing at the Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling.
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Barefoot Bay Water Park lifeguard team earns Outstanding 5-Star Safety AuditJul 28, 2026 5:03 pm - Mundelein Park & Recreation District has announced that the Barefoot Bay Water Park lifeguard team has earned an Outstanding 5-Star Audit from StarGuard ELITE, one of the nation's leading aquatic risk management and lifeguard training organizations.
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Trailer wheel breaks free, strikes e-scooter rider in GurneeJul 28, 2026 4:24 pm - A 60-year-old man riding an e-scooter suffered life-threatening injuries Monday when a wheel broke free from a trailer and struck him in Gurnee, police said.
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‘People need to see that’: Buffalo Grove spending $748,040 on new gateway signsJul 28, 2026 3:59 pm - Buffalo Grove isn’t content with people just knowing it was named the No. 1 best place to live in Illinois by U.S. News & World Report. It wants to reinforce the message with 10 new gateway signs at the village’s key entrances and is willing to dig deep in its pockets to do it.
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Body found in Busse Woods identified as missing Schaumburg manJul 28, 2026 3:51 pm - A body found Saturday evening in the Busse Woods North forest preserve near Elk Grove Village was identified Tuesday as a missing Schaumburg man.
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Libertyville immigration forum to unite community in support of immigrant neighborsJul 28, 2026 3:49 pm - A free public forum titled "From Education to Action: Understanding and Helping Our Immigrant Neighbors" will be held Aug. 8 at the United Methodist Church of Libertyville to educate residents about immigrant families in Lake County.
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Barrington’s Osterhues already a star, but ‘not nearly satisfied’Jul 28, 2026 3:37 pm - Running back Lamar Osterhues was anything but unknown when he enrolled at Barrington two years ago.
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Single-family, townhouse development in Hawthorn Woods to begin later this summerJul 28, 2026 2:58 pm - M/I Homes of Chicago LLC recently announced it closed on the acquisition of 56 acres on Old McHenry Road north of Route 22 for a new community adjacent to the Kemper Lakes Golf Club.
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Woman fatally injured in boating crash on Fox River identifiedJul 28, 2026 1:48 pm - A woman fatally injured when the boat she was riding in Saturday on the Fox River was struck from behind has been identified as Magdalena Jablonska of Des Plaines.