Lake County
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Historical Alliance launches oral history project to preserve ‘Mid-Century Memories’Jul 29, 2026 12:34 pm - Lake County Historical Alliance launches "Mid-Century Memories," an oral history project capturing residents' stories from the 1940s-1980s as part of America's 250th commemoration. Local museums and historical societies are conducting interviews about daily life, work, school, and entertainment from this era. (Lake County Historical Alliance)
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Suburban residents compete on national ‘American Ninja Warrior’ TV stageJul 29, 2026 11:19 am - When season 18 of “American Ninja Warrior” premiered on June 8, six suburban Chicago people were among the 240 or so athletes from across the country vying to compete on one of television’s most difficult obstacle courses.
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‘Sunshine wherever she went’: Fundraiser set up to honor Des Plaines woman killed in boat crashJul 29, 2026 9:59 am - A GoFundMe page has been set up to support dog shelters in honor of Magdalena Jablonska, who was killed Saturday after the boat she was in was struck by another on the Fox River.
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Just keep watching: A few ideas to enhance summer birdingJul 29, 2026 9:38 am - July and August are typically a little slow for birding. Here are some ideas to keep your bird on until fall migration revs up around Labor Day.
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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.