Lake County
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‘Pretty wild’: Air quality forces late start of West Dundee opener of the 14th Chicago Grit bicycle racing seriesJul 17, 2026 5:52 pm - The 14th Chicago Grit bicycle racing series was postponed for hours Friday due to poor air quality at its first stop, the West Dundee River Challenge.
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Algae-Palooza celebrates lake stewardship effortsJul 17, 2026 5:20 pm - Lake Lovers, a nonprofit stewardship organization in Lake County, is hosting Algae-Palooza from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday at Parkway on the Lake banquets, 25212 Lake Shore Drive on the north side of Long Lake in Ingleside.
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Village, park district host first concert held at Hunt Club Park in GurneeJul 17, 2026 3:05 pm - The inaugural concert held at Hunt Club Park will be hosted by Gurnee Park District in collaboration with the village of Gurnee from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, July 23.
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Vintage cars and more at car show in downtown Round LakeJul 17, 2026 1:49 pm - The annual village of Round Lake car show rolls into downtown from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, July 23.
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‘Nature is so healing’: PAWS Chicago breaks ground for Rescue Ranch in Hawthorn WoodsJul 17, 2026 12:14 pm - PAWS Chicago breaks ground on Rescue Ranch, a 20-acre homeless pet adoption, enrichment and education facility in Hawthorn Woods.
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At Lake Forest event, stadium property taxes and World Cup on Bears president’s mindJul 17, 2026 9:38 am - Chicago Bears President/CEO Kevin Warren said the NFL club is performing due diligence for a potential stadium in Northwest Indiana, but at an event in Lake Forest Thursday night, he didn’t close the door on Arlington Heights either.
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Transportation projects on tap in Lake County will link regional trails and address ‘near misses’Jul 16, 2026 8:18 pm - Impactful transportation projects in the Libetyville, Vernon Hills and Gurnee areas are set to get underway.
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Countdown to prep football: Six stellar season openersJul 16, 2026 7:53 pm - Kevin Schmit: Our countdown to high school football continues this week with six of the top season openers in 2026.
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Aurora tops again in state for DUI enforcementJul 16, 2026 5:50 pm - The Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists published its annual survey of DUI arrests in Illinois last week, and once again Aurora is at the top of the list. But also impressive is the work of its much-smaller neighbor West Chicago, which is eighth on the list.
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Mount Prospect hires outside firm to handle data center permittingJul 16, 2026 5:29 pm - Dealing with the departure of the village’s longtime building inspector, and sagging under the weight of reams of permit paperwork related to the CloudHQ data center campus, Mount Prospect is finding relief from an outside firm.