Lake County Lifestyle
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Daily Herald photo contest winners for October 2024Nov 20, 2024 5:11 pm - October was a month of bright colors and vivid scenes for the Daily Herald’s amateur photo contest, with entries featuring a fireworks display, the natural world and a peek at a street in Germany.
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Treatment shows promise for Lake County’s Blanding’s turtlesNov 18, 2024 3:50 pm - Ecologists from the Lake County Forest Preserves are testing an experimental treatment to protect Blanding’s turtles from a dangerous, potentially fatal fungal disease.
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Day of Giving to raise funds for MCC students facing unexpected expensesNov 18, 2024 1:19 pm - Support McHenry County College students and their ability to stay in school during the Friends of McHenry County College Foundation annual Day of Giving, Thursday, Nov. 21.
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PAWS animal shelter eyes Hawthorn Woods for first suburban outpost, but not everyone on boardNov 16, 2024 1:30 pm - PAWS Chicago, known for its commitment to a no-kill policy for homeless dogs and cats, wants to open its first suburban location on a former horse farm in Hawthorn Woods.
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Barrington Hills couple faces uphill battle to keep flower farm open to publicNov 16, 2024 1:15 pm - Barrington Hills residents Chris Yamamoto and his wife Sarah Gul want their Little Ducky Flower Farm open to the public. Their efforts are meeting resistance from the village and some neighbors.
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Neighbors in Need: Daily Herald/Robert R. McCormick Foundation begin annual fundraising campaignNov 14, 2024 6:19 pm - The Daily Herald and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation are kicking off the annual Neighbors in Need fundraising campaign to assist charities that help suburban residents.
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Home & garden calendar Nov. 17-23Nov 12, 2024 11:36 pm - Fall garden cleanup, seasonal centerpieces, holiday public light displays and more.
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How a Mount Prospect man navigated bureaucracy to revive agency that helps veteransNov 10, 2024 9:00 pm - Few veterans in Cook County know about the financial assistance for past-due rent and bills available to them, but more are finding out thanks to the efforts of a Mount Prospect veteran.
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You may see more coyotes this time of year. Here’s why and what you should doNov 09, 2024 1:15 pm - Suburban residents may see more coyotes between now and February as the young leave their parents to find mates and stake out their own territories.
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Buffalo Grove Days surplus benefiting the Buffalo Grove Community FoundationNov 08, 2024 9:06 am - Some of the profits from Buffalo Grove Days, the community’s annual Labor Day weekend festival, will benefit the Buffalo Grove Community Foundation.