Mick Zawislak
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Libertyville sales taxes to go up after Jan. 1 to pay for municipal facility upgradesSep 15, 2022 1:00 am - Consumers in Libertyville will be paying a bit more for various products beginning Jan. 1 as a result of two special sales taxes enacted by village officials. The non-h...
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A work of art and nature: Prairie Classroom officially dedicated at Libertyville HighSep 14, 2022 5:30 am - An educator's dashed hope for a rooftop garden at Libertyville High School was the spark for a courtyard filled with prairie plants. After Dave Lapish's original idea be...
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'You really get a mall turned inside out': Phase 2 of Hawthorn Mall remake gets green lightSep 12, 2022 1:00 am - A new and improved plan for the second part of the ongoing $252 million remake of Hawthorn Mall in Vernon Hills has the green light from village officials. The revised v...
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Residents in subdivision near Gurnee Mills seek Lake County's help on high-speed internetSep 11, 2022 1:00 am - Residents in the unincorporated Hunt Club Farms subdivision near Gurnee Mills are appealing to Lake County officials for help in making high-speed internet available. Wh...
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Lake County considers allocating $12 million in federal relief fundingSep 07, 2022 1:00 am - Lake County officials are considering allocating $12 million in federal COVID relief funds for several projects, including renovating the Depke juvenile justice complex ...
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Proposed Round Lake ski hill's opponents call it a 'dump,' but mayor says 'it's not a landfill'Sep 06, 2022 5:00 am - Residents and others concerned with a request to annex 94 acres for a fill site that would create a year-round ski hill in Round Lake have stepped up efforts to make the...
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'Everybody hopes it's the start of a good thing': Gages Lake holding centennial celebrationAug 31, 2022 1:00 am - You can easily envision a time when families headed north from Chicago and its nearest suburbs to their cottages in the country, and kids lived for summers along the nor...
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'Ghost signs' to bring a sense of history to downtown AntiochAug 30, 2022 5:30 am - Ghosts will be visiting downtown Antioch this fall, but they won't be the scary type. Painters in coming weeks will be reviving memories of businesses past with “ghost s...
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Lake County forest preserve officials to proceed with Fort Sheridan National Cemetery expansionAug 30, 2022 5:15 am - Many steps remain, but the process to convey 4.7 acres to expand the Fort Sheridan National Cemetery near Lake Forest will go forward. Under the watchful eyes of a roomf...
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Where to pick your own apples and much moreAug 27, 2022 7:00 am - Two years ago the biggest obstacle for suburban orchard operations was the coronavirus pandemic. Last year, drought had its way with apple yields. In 2022, operators acr...