Russell Lissau
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Lake County Board hires new chief assessment officerMay 14, 2019 1:00 am - A former township assessor is Lake County's new chief assessment officer. Robert S. Glueckert, who briefly served as Avon Township assessor in 2011, was named to the pos...
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Lake County Board pledges to fight effects of climate change, backs Paris AgreementMay 14, 2019 1:00 am - An early version of the story incorrectly reported the vote breakdown on the resolution. Two members voted "no" and one voted "present." Seventeen voted "yes." With...
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Mourners gather to remember people killed in Waukegan factory explosionMay 10, 2019 1:00 am - One week after an explosion reduced a Waukegan factory to rubble, more than 100 people gathered at the site Friday morning to remember the four employees killed by the b...
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Elmhurst Road reopened after tanker rollover leaks chemicalMay 08, 2019 1:00 am - All lanes of a stretch of Elmhurst Road in Des Plaines were blocked by emergency crews for nearly 12 hours Wednesday after a truck hauling a tank of a chemical rolled ov...
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Police: Mundelein man made bogus active shooter call to get out of work earlyMay 07, 2019 1:00 am - An employee at a Mundelein meat processing plant faces a felony charge alleging he called 911 Monday and falsely claimed a gunman was in the building as part of a scheme...
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New trustees take places on Wauconda boardMay 07, 2019 1:00 am - Tom Shaw and Jeff Sode were sworn in as Wauconda's newest village board members during a festive meeting Tuesday night. The duo replaced two-term veterans Ken Arnswald a...
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U.S. senators, representatives ask for air testing in Lake CountyMay 03, 2019 1:00 am - Lawmakers from Illinois have asked a federal agency to monitor air quality at two Lake County business to see if carcinogenic emissions exceed safe levels. The request ...
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Two departing Island Lake trustees had become political foes of the mayorMay 03, 2019 1:00 am - Next week's Island Lake village board meeting will be the last for two trustees who were frequent foes of Mayor Charles Amrich and his allies. Board members Mark Beeson ...
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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...