Russell Lissau
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District 128 residents grill board on taxes, school spendingAug 08, 2016 1:00 am - A small group of people frustrated by high property taxes and school spending voiced their displeasure at a Libertyville-Vernon Hills Area High School District 128 finan...
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College student helping Lincolnshire with branding effortAug 05, 2016 1:00 am - Lincolnshire officials have turned to a college student with local ties for help with a municipal marketing project. University of Notre Dame student Erin Rice h...
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American lotuses are blooming again on the Chain O' LakesAug 04, 2016 5:30 am - Jan Bairstow stands on the dock behind his house in northwestern Lake County and gazes reverently at the enormous bloom of American lotus plants floating upon Nippersink...
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Panera to replace Mundelein's vacant Pizza HutAug 02, 2016 1:00 am - A former Pizza Hut on Mundelein's south side will be razed and replaced by the town's first Panera Bread bakery and cafe, officials announced Tuesday. The new, 4,156-squ...
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Eastbound Hawley Street reopens through downtown MundeleinAug 01, 2016 1:00 am - For the first time since construction barricades went up more than three months ago, drivers again are heading east on Hawley Street through downtown Mundelein. A single...
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Should backyard chickens be allowed in Wauconda?Jul 30, 2016 7:20 am - Prompted by residents' inquiries, Wauconda officials are investigating whether to allow people to keep chickens in their backyards. Village boards and city councils acro...
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Ice cream trucks allowed in Mundelein after 53-year banJul 28, 2016 5:00 am - The sisters heard the truck before they saw it. Or, rather, they heard the tune — the jingle-jangle, warbling melody known to generations of Americans as the Song of the...
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Defense secretary renews support of LGBT troops at Great Lakes visitJul 28, 2016 1:00 am - During a visit to the Great Lakes Naval Training Center on Thursday, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter renewed his support of gay, lesbians and transgendered people in t...
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Mundelein High educators critical of block scheduleJul 27, 2016 5:10 am - Educators studying the pros and cons of Mundelein High School's block bell schedule came out strongly against the unusual scheme during a special school board meeting Tu...
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Millions for pool, gym included in proposed District 128 budgetJul 26, 2016 1:00 am - Money for a new swimming pool at Libertyville High School and a second gym at Vernon Hills High is included in District 128's tentatively approved $98.3 million budget, ...