Russell Lissau
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Birthday celebration for Lake County’s oldest residentSep 19, 2012 4:42 pm - Alma Booker can’t explain how her grandmother, Pearlie Young, has lived to be 108 years old. She drank bourbon. She dipped snuff. She didn’t follow a healthy diet. And y...
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Lake Forest teachers strike ends with tentative contract agreementSep 19, 2012 7:21 am - Some 150 Lake Forest High School teachers were back in class Wednesday following a tentative contract agreement that ended a seven-day strike. The proposal must still be...
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Calabresa, Parra talk about Fort Sheridan’s futureSep 18, 2012 10:00 am - The candidates running for the Lake County Board’s 15th District seat have very different visions for the future of the Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve. Republican incumbe...
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Lake Zurich board backs ban on gamblingSep 17, 2012 8:30 pm - Lake Zurich board says it’s not right for the town
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Dimucci shopping center saga continuesSep 17, 2012 4:00 pm - The continuing saga of the Dimucci family land near Hawthorn Woods will gain another chapter this week as public talks on the matter continue. The Lake County zoning boa...
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Island Lake employees get 3% raises under new labor dealSep 14, 2012 12:13 pm - Fourteen Island Lake village employees will get 3-percent salary increases this year under the terms of a new labor agreement, officials said Friday. The two-year deal c...
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Four debates scheduled in 10th congressional districtSep 14, 2012 10:00 am - The candidates running for Congress in the newly reshaped 10th District have scheduled a handful of public and televised debates ahead of the Nov. 6 election. The campai...
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Island Lake Facebook page under scrutiny, but debate delayedSep 13, 2012 12:00 pm - A planned discussion about the operation of Island Lake's Facebook page was postponed Thursday night. The page, primarily maintained by Trustee Shannon Fox, has been cri...
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Could elected clerk’s days be numbered in Mundelein?Sep 12, 2012 10:00 am - Discussions about changing the village clerk from an elected position to a staff job have begun in Mundelein. Mayor Kenneth H. Kessler brought the proposal forward at a ...
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Lake County forest board inks $438,000 land deals to expand Lake Carina, Independence Grove preservesSep 11, 2012 12:33 pm - Two Lake County forest preserves will get some extra acreage under land deals approved Tuesday. One purchase adds 9.5 acres to the Lake Carina Forest Preserve near Gurne...