Lake County Lifestyle
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Constable: Veteran from Schaumburg who specialized in 'art' of war to receive medalFeb 08, 2022 4:30 am - As a 22-year-old artist assigned to the U.S. Ghost Army during World War II, Bernie Bluestein helped make inflatable rubber tanks, burlap planes and canvas buildings acc...
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African Safaris with a Social Mission: When tourism is more than just travelFeb 07, 2022 10:00 pm - When the pandemic closed travel world-wide in March of 2020, one might have supposed that a tourism company like Access 2 Tanzania would be negatively impacted long-term...
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Suburban mosques prepare for new wave of Afghan refugeesFeb 07, 2022 4:30 am - Classrooms that have been dormant since the start of the pandemic at Masjid Rahmah Great America Islamic Center in Lake Villa soon will serve as temporary shelter for re...
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'A piece of art with a lot of history': Frank Lloyd Wright Jr. house in Grayslake sells for $2.3 millionFeb 07, 2022 4:30 am - Gabby Sloan and Brian Thompson were interested in the star-shaped house in Grayslake because it stood on 30 acres of land overlooking a pond, woods and a prairie. The ma...
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Heritage Oaks Golf Club offers full season of golf opportunitiesFeb 06, 2022 10:00 pm - The Northbrook Park District is excited to offer an entire year of golf at Heritage Oaks Golf Club to the Northbrook community in 2022. This full season follows the faci...
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Good News Sunday: Courtney Kiolbassa named 2021 Advocate Good Shepherd Nurse of the YearFeb 06, 2022 6:00 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: In middle school, Courtney Kiolbassa saw...
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Hadley launches 'Braille for Everyday Use;' new interactive workshop makes learning Braille easy, practicalFeb 05, 2022 10:00 pm - Since introduced more than 200 years ago, there have been many misperceptions about braille, including it can take years to learn and is exclusively a language for the b...
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Suburban Skyview: American mastodon replica stands tall at Lakewood Forest PreserveFeb 05, 2022 12:00 am - It's been more than 10,000 years since an American mastodon walked the land in Lake County. Mastodons grew to 10 feet tall at the shoulders and fossils have been found ...
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Northbrook Park District receives IACA Arts Grant third year in a rowFeb 04, 2022 10:00 pm - The generous grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency has helped Northbrook Park District present high-quality productions and programming for the community every yea...
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Keeping up the workouts — at homeFeb 04, 2022 8:00 am - Before the pandemic, Chicagoland gyms would be flooded with patrons looking to attack their New Year's resolutions at this time of the year. But the new climate is leadi...