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From Memorial Day to Labor Day, Lake County beachgoers can access daily information on Lake Michigan beach advisories and swim bans through the Lake County Health Department/Community Health Center's Web site by visiting: http://www.lakecountyil.gov...
Updated: May 24, 2012 at 10:02 AM
Snakes, hamsters, fish, birds and several other animals died early Sunday morning when a massive fire tore through a Beach Park pet store, authorities said.
Firefighters were called at 6:06 a.m. to the Happyland Pet Center, 11432 Wadsworth Road, for...
Updated: May 22, 2012 at 09:43 AM
Suburban cops step up enforcement ahead of NATO summit
As delegates from roughly 60 nations arrive in town and protests begin to gain in magnitude, squads of specially trained suburban police will be staged and ready to react to any NATO-related pr...
Updated: May 18, 2012 at 03:44 PM
A Winthrop Harbor woman is being held on $200,000 bail after police said she hit her 11-year-old niece in the face because she was struggling with homework.
A teacher at Westfield School and the school’s principal noticed the girl’s injuri...
Updated: May 20, 2012 at 04:02 PM
A Winthrop Harbor teenager pleaded not guilty Thursday to sexually abusing three young girls in his mother's licensed at-home day-care business.
Brett A. Degler, 17, is charged with multiple counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and...
Updated: Apr 27, 2012 at 06:54 AM
I wonder if Bigfoot would be upset if he discovered people were being charged money to join the hunt for him.
The National Park Service cited and fined professional big foot hunter Matt Pruitt $525 for leading a 31-person Sasquatch search expedition...
Updated: Mar 29, 2012 at 09:31 PM
Suburbs help Romney take state, gain momentum
Mitt Romney’s victory in Illinois restored much-needed momentum to his campaign, giving him not only most of Illinois’ delegates but bragging rights in President Barack Obama’s home state. Romney sw...
Updated: Mar 21, 2012 at 02:55 PM
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A 17-year-old was charged with sexually abusing three young girls at his mother’s licensed residential day care, Winthrop Harbor Police officials said Tuesday.
Brett A. Degler has been charged as an adult with four coun...
Updated: Mar 20, 2012 at 09:20 PM
From its beginning in 2004, this column has been mostly silent when it comes to gulls. There is a good reason for that. Gulls scare me.
This was true in the literal sense when I was a boy. Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” took care of that. Gulls were...
Updated: Mar 22, 2012 at 12:25 PM
No one was hurt Friday in a fire that caused about $35,000 in damage to a Zion home, authorities said Saturday.
Crews responded at 6:05 p.m. to a 911 call on the 3900 block of Foxglove Drive. Firefighters said heavy smoke and fire were visible from...
Updated: Mar 11, 2012 at 10:34 AM