Russell Lissau
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Island Lake's legal bills continue to mountJun 13, 2011 12:00 am - Already a matter of local controversy, Island Lake's legal bills are continuing to mount. One of the two law firms representing village leaders recently presented the to...
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Mundelein agrees to settle suit over historic buildingJun 13, 2011 12:00 am - The long, strange legal battle over one of Lake County’s oldest buildings finally is ending. The Mundelein village board on Monday agreed to settle a lawsuit and other l...
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Lake Co. leaders debate future of Winchester House managementJun 11, 2011 12:00 am - Lake County Board members are divided — mostly along party lines — about what to do with the Winchester House nursing home. Commissioners on Tuesday will decide whether ...
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Democrat calls for votes against Lake County map, but party unity is unlikelyJun 10, 2011 12:00 am - A Lake County Board member upset about proposed district boundary changes on Friday called for her fellow Democrats to vote against the plan. But at least two members of...
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County to fight water-rate increase for Forest Lake residentsJun 09, 2011 12:00 am - Lake County officials say they’ll fight a private company’s plan to increase water-service rates for residents in an unincorporated area near Hawthorn Woods. Despite bei...
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Lake County board salary changes moving forwardJun 08, 2011 12:00 am - A plan to set new salaries for Lake County Board members cleared a second hurdle Wednesday. The board’s finance committee approved the plan, which would see nearly all m...
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Lake County panel greenlights new district boundariesJun 07, 2011 12:00 am - Despite some objections, a Lake County Board committee Tuesday approved new district boundaries for the next decade. Democratic board members Audrey Nixon of North Chica...
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Island Lake launches community gardenJun 07, 2011 12:00 am - Joining a growing suburban trend, Island Lake officials have launched a community garden. Dubbed Victory Garden as a reference to the citizen-tended gardens cultivated d...
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Beaubien funeral set for Friday in BarringtonJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - The life of state Rep. Mark H. Beaubien Jr., lauded by friends and colleagues as a man of conviction who unabashedly stood on principle during his 15 years in Springfiel...
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Cops make pot bust in PalatineJun 05, 2011 12:00 am - A Palatine man was jailed after police responding to an emergency call at his home found marijuana plants growing there, authorities said Saturday. David Wasiewicz, 53, ...