Man presumed drowned in Fox Lake while water-tubing
A search and rescue call at 10 a.m. Friday for a 28-year-old man lost in Fox Lake while water-tubing with two young children turned to a recovery operation 90 minutes...
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Waukegan Park District opening new recreation area at longtime florist shop site
The Waukegan Park District will open a window to the 1890s over the Labor Day weekend, when it unveils a recreation area beside the city's namesake river in a ravine...
Fox Lake hires North Chicago chief of staff as its next village administrator
The Fox Lake Village Board has ended the search for its next full-time village administrator by selecting Deb Waszak, who is the chief of staff for North Chicago Mayor Leon...
Fox Lake officials hoping improvements will lure shoppers downtown this fall; ‘It’s an exciting time to try this’
The village of Fox Lake is banking that several improvement projects that are underway will lure shoppers to its Grand Avenue downtown area this fall. A massive undertaking along Nippersink...
With resident approval, Spring Grove’s sales tax increase took effect this month
As of July 1, it costs a bit more to go shopping in Spring Grove. The village of Spring Grove passed a sales tax rate increase by referendum last April...
Antioch officials ask for feedback on future of historic downtown: ‘It’s only right to ask residents what they’d like’
Antioch officials are asking residents for their input as they look toward future plans for the town's historic downtown area. The responses collected from residents will be considered an important...
Fox Lake sidewalk improvement project expected to benefit pedestrians, businesses
Fox Lake officials will embark on a project after the Fourth of July holiday weekend putting sidewalks and streetlamps along a one-mile stretch of Route 12. The improvements will run...
Body rashes of swimmers at Bangs Lake in Wauconda are blamed on parasites
Health officials have attributed reported cases of severe body rash on people who swam in Wauconda's Bangs Lake late last week to a parasitic condition known as "swimmer's itch." The...
No spitting, no cursing, no gloves: Chicago-area history and sports buffs gather to play Civil War-era ‘base ball’
We are all aware of baseball. Whether we played it as children, watched it on television or listened to it on the radio, we learned the rules and picked our...
Settlement paves way for Lakemoor development boom; ‘This was a home run, not only for the village but the region’
An agreement to end a lawsuit against the village of Lakemoor over a tax-increment financing district — meant to further its commercial growth — was formally accepted by all the...