Russell Lissau
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Aspen Drive Library expansion is going up fast, and patrons are excitedMay 02, 2019 1:00 am - A $6.8 million expansion that will nearly double the size of the Aspen Drive Library in Vernon Hills is well underway - and patron Nichelle Walford is excited. When Walf...
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$85,901 and still counting: What investigation of Island Lake cops has cost the villageMay 01, 2019 5:28 am - Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect newly obtained documents showing Island Lake has paid the Clark Baird Smith law firm more than $85,901 since la...
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Carmel Catholic High robotics team wins international prizeMay 01, 2019 1:00 am - A team from Mundelein's Carmel Catholic High School partnered with two other clubs to win an international robotics title last weekend. Carmel's NYAN Robotics squad - it...
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Wright Junior High Science Bowl team places third in nationMay 01, 2019 1:00 am - The Academic Science Bowl team from Wright Junior High School in Lincolnshire seized third place in a national tournament - the best finish in school history. Sponsored ...
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Lincolnshire's Kona Grill restaurant closes as chain faces possible sale, bankruptcyApr 29, 2019 1:00 am - With the company reportedly facing financial problems and bankruptcy, the Kona Grill restaurant in Lincolnshire abruptly closed this weekend. The Asian fusion restaurant...
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The suburbs' last drive-in theater opens for the season tonightApr 26, 2019 5:30 am - The Chicago area's only remaining drive-in movie theater opens for the season in McHenry tonight - and if you want to see the show, you'd better get there early. The McH...
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New contracts - and raises - for Mundelein High's superintendent and principalApr 26, 2019 1:00 am - In addition to approving the five-year labor pact with support workers, the Mundelein High School board approved new one-year contracts with about 40 nonunionized employ...
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Deputies hailed as heroes after helping victims of Beach Park chemical leakApr 26, 2019 1:00 am - The police officers and firefighters who were injured while responding to a poisonous chemical leak in Beach Park Thursday are being hailed as heroes. "This type of even...
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New contract for Mundelein High School support workersApr 26, 2019 1:00 am - Secretaries, instructional aides, security personnel and other employees at Mundelein High School will receive pay raises under a new, 5-year labor agreement. The Mundel...
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Why Mundelein officials now have more money to attend eventsApr 24, 2019 1:00 am - Mundelein's elected officials now have a greater taxpayer-funded budget for attending functions as village representatives - but not all of them support the financial bo...