Articles filed under Lake County Forest Preserve District
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Website upgrade in progress for Lake County forest preserve districtFeb 01, 2019 12:00 am - The painstaking process of converting the Lake County Forest Preserve District's website to make it more responsive to modern demands continues. "It's a work in progress...
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Tour the Adlai E. Stevenson homeFeb 01, 2019 12:00 am - Public tours of the Adlai E. Stevenson Historic Home in Mettawa will be 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5. Visitors can drop in to celebrate Adlai E. Stevenson II Day i...
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Lake County forest preserves closed until FridayJan 30, 2019 12:00 am - All Lake County forest preserves, trails, offices, programs, and facilities, including the Dunn Museum in Libertyville and dog parks, will be closed through Thursday, Ja...
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20 things you might not know about the Lake County Forest PreservesJan 24, 2019 5:00 am - Having lived in Lake County for pretty much my entire life, I visit the forest preserves often, and thought I knew a lot about them. I am finding there is so much I did ...
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Can there be a suburban ice fishing season now?Jan 23, 2019 12:00 am - The familiar sight of ice fishermen silhouetted on lakes in northern Illinois has been missing this season as mild winter weather kept augers in the garage or sent angle...
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Learn about Civil War drummer boyJan 20, 2019 12:00 am - Explore the life of Civil War drummer boy Orion Howe of Waukegan with author Marlene Brill as she reads from her children's book from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. ...
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22 additions that help museum collect, preserve Lake County's historyJan 14, 2019 4:00 am - A wool blanket made by an early settler family in the 1850s and a tool chest built nearly a century later by a worker at the famous Frank G. Hough Co. are among the 22 n...
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Trails and Tales: How a woman and her curious son started the Lake County Forest PreservesJan 10, 2019 5:00 am - A 33-year-old spontaneous homemaker with drive and determination, coupled with her son's desire to explore nature, sparked the start of the Lake County Forest Preserves ...
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Special Exhibition Opens January 19 at Libertyville's Dunn MuseumJan 09, 2019 10:00 pm - The Booker T. Washington Progressive Club is a special exhibition on display January 19 through February 24 at the Dunn Museum, 1899 W. Winchester Road, Libertyville. Vi...
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Recycle your Christmas tree at Lake County forest preserveDec 31, 2018 12:00 am - The Lake County Forest Preserve District is accepting undecorated, real Christmas trees for recycling through Feb. 1. Donated trees are chipped and used for trails and l...