Lake County
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Come for the food, stay for ax-throwingSep 25, 2025 3:16 pm - Local officials and well wishers Wednesday welcomed Up North Axe & Tap at 547 N. Milwaukee Ave., in downtown Libertyville, a Northwoods-themed restaurant and bar that also features four ax-throwing lanes.
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Cook County launches grant to support businesses ready for growthSep 25, 2025 3:06 pm - Cook County on Thursday launched a new grant program, offering 88 established businesses in select industries a chance to receive $100,000 to fuel their growth.
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Deer Park Town Center gets new tenantsSep 25, 2025 2:23 pm - Deer Park Town Center is getting a new lineup of restaurants and retailers opening this year. The latest tenants include Toastique, LaserAway, Warby Parker and American Eagle.
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Lake Zurich police offer free child car seat check, adviceSep 25, 2025 2:01 pm - Lake Zurich police will offer free car seat checks at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, at 1025 Old McHenry Road as part of Child Passenger Safety Week.
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American Nightmare Scream Park to offer scares like no other hauntSep 25, 2025 12:02 am - New outdoor haunt "American Nightmare Scream Park" emerges in Spring Grove cornfield, offering intense scares and midway entertainment.
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Girls volleyball: Massow powers Huntley past BarringtonSep 24, 2025 9:37 pm - Wednesday was only the third day of fall but summer has hardly disappeared from Huntley's highly-ranked girls volleyball team. That's Summer Massow, a 6-foot junior middl...
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Girls golf: Jacobs wins 1st FVC championship, CL Central co-op’s Rylee Rud takes medalist honors at conference tourneySep 24, 2025 8:52 pm - Jacobs’ Natalie Zimmerman and Crystal Lake Central co-op’s Rylee Rud first met in 2022 through a McHenry County Junior Golf Association event at Randall Oaks Golf Club in...
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No one hurt in Wheeling house fireSep 24, 2025 3:42 pm - No one was hurt in a house fire Tuesday night in Wheeling, but the home was left uninhabitable, authorities said.
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Long live the queen: Four seasons in a bumble bee colonySep 24, 2025 3:00 pm - The common eastern bumble bee, rusty patched bumble bee and nine other species live in Lake County. Their features differ. But the annual life cycles of their colonies and queens rhyme.
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District 23 schools unveil new Learning Patch that will enhance science explorationSep 24, 2025 2:25 pm - Prospect Heights School District 23 held a ceremony on Sept. 18 to cut a ribbon and unveil the new Ross/Sullivan Learning Patch, an outdoor learning space that is the res...