Besides picking from a bounty of candidates running for school, village and other local government boards, voters in Lake County this spring also will be deciding issues ranging from a property tax hike for school improvements to the wording on a Se...

As fundraisers go, the spaghetti dinner to benefit the instrumental music program at West Oak Middle School in Mundelein has legs. As always, the annual event from 3:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the school will feature food and a sample of student talen...

Mundelein Elementary District 75 faces extensive building improvements, but it's too soon to tell whether or when taxpayers may be asked to help with an estimated $7.2 million tab. While officials are confident the cost of required life-safety proje...

Mundelein-based Diamond Lake Elementary District 76 will ask taxpayer approval to borrow $11.4 million to fund a variety of improvements at its three schools, but officials stress the referendum request is for needs, not wants. With a 4-1 vote Tuesd...

Immigrants concerned about their futures in the United States in Republican Donald Trump's upcoming presidential administration were urged to stay calm and educate themselves about their rights during a forum Monday night in Mundelein. About 150 peo...

After about a year and a half in negotiation, teachers in Mundelein-based Diamond Lake Elementary District 76 have a new contract. The four-year pact is retroactive to include the 2015-16 school year and the current year. Teachers in the three-schoo...

Lesley Aguilar's eyes light up as she imagines her future, exploring a plethora of career possibilities. The 12-year-old sixth-grader at Lords Park Elementary School in Elgin would like to be an inventor, an adventurer, a soccer player, a photograph...

Addison Memorial Day Observance: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. today, at village hall, 1 Friendship Plaza. Free pancake breakfast from 8 to 10 a.m. and Veterans Resource Fair from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Indian Trail Junior High School, 222 N. Kennedy Drive. Flag ...