Russell Lissau
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Trustee: Island Lake preschool staff taking pay cuts to keep program aliveSep 28, 2011 12:00 am - Employees at Island Lake's village-owned preschool will have their pay temporarily slashed 25 percent in a money-saving move prompted by decreased enrollment, officials ...
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Mundelein High board inks deal for turfSep 27, 2011 12:00 am - After months of planning and study, Mundelein High School officials on Tuesday chose a surface and a vendor for a planned artificial turf football field. Kiefer Specialt...
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College of Lake County gets job-training grantSep 26, 2011 12:00 am - The College of Lake County and 16 other community colleges will share a $19 million federal grant to help develop more career-training programs, officials announced Mond...
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Dist. 128 pools need extensive repairsSep 26, 2011 12:00 am - Despite an in-person sitdown with state health officials, the pools at Libertyville and Vernon Hills high schools likely will close Saturday because of safety issues, Di...
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Island Lake officials hope legal fees will tail off with lawsuit settledSep 25, 2011 12:00 am - The legal fight between Island Lake's mayor and two of the town's trustees ended last month, but the bills from the lawyers representing the town continue to add up. Th...
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Bassi to step down from county board in 2012Sep 23, 2011 12:00 am - Veteran Lake County Board member Anne Flanigan Bassi won’t seek re-election in 2012, she announced in an email to constituents and supporters. Bassi, a Highland Park Dem...
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Dist. 128 officials heading to Springfield about poolsSep 23, 2011 12:00 am - With the swimming pools at Libertyville and Vernon Hills high schools facing closure Oct. 1 because of safety concerns, District 128 Superintendent Prentiss Lea and othe...
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Improvements would come to Walnut Glen under dealSep 22, 2011 12:00 am - Left incomplete when the housing market crashed, the roads and sidewalks in Island Lake's Walnut Glen subdivision could soon be finished. The village board has sent a c...
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District 128 closing pools as it runs late on safety upgradesSep 21, 2011 5:00 am - Libertyville-Vernon Hills Area High School District 128 officials say they'll close the swimming pools at the two campuses because federally mandated repairs won't b...
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Board votes to fix sidewalk at Cook Park LibrarySep 21, 2011 12:00 am - A divided Cook Memorial Public Library District board on Tuesday agreed to tear out and then rebuild a stretch of sidewalk at the Cook Park Library in Libertyville becau...