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New LGBTQ Center in Lake County offers support, education: ‘There’s a misconception that … we don’t have to fight anymore’

June 22, 2021 at 7:07 a.m.

Before Kaelyn Bear came out as transgender in 2020, she searched for a place in Lake County where she could socialize with those who understood what she was going through....

Tempel Farms resumes summer performances

June 17, 2021 at 12:01 p.m.

Because of the pandemic, it's been 18 months since the public has been able to visit the stallion stables at Tempel Farms near Wadsworth to see the Lipizzan horses up...

Waukegan hosts PrideDrive, after-party June 5

June 16, 2021 at 4:10 p.m.

Nikki Michele said her blue Honda Odyssey will "be rainbowed out the wazoo," for the second annual PrideDrive to be held on June 5 in downtown Waukegan. Michele, executive director...

The non-native multiflora rose was introduced to Illinois in the 1950s and has become invasive.

Outdoors column: Stop and smell the native roses that bloom in June

June 10, 2021 at 8:58 a.m.

In June, cultivated roses of many colors are blooming in parks and in yards, beckoning people to stop and inhale the fragrance. But if you look a little farther —...

Folk singer/songwriter goes with old standards for Folk Club show

June 8, 2021 at 12:54 p.m.

For Mark Dvorak, variety is the spice of folk music life. When he performs virtually on June 20 for the Lake County Folk Club, he'll strum his banjo or acoustic...

Sailor museum reopens with new exhibits on tattoos, the Navy’s early years

June 1, 2021 at 3:39 p.m.

After being closed for more than a year due to the pandemic, The National Museum of the American Sailor has reopened with two new exhibits. One exhibit brings visitors inside...

Diana L. Dretske, curator of the Bess Bower Dunn Museum of Lake County, has written a book about five Lake County men who enlisted to fight for the Union during the Civil War. The book, "The Bonds of War," was published in May by Southern Illinois University Press.

Old portrait leads curator to write book on Lake County’s Civil War heroes

May 28, 2021 at 1:25 p.m.

Growing up in Waukegan, Margie Queen often heard stories about her great-great grandfather, William B. Lewin, who left his Lake County home in 1862 to fight for the Union in...

A pair of mallards squeeze into a tiny pond in the author's suburban yard.

Outdoors column: Antics of Mr. and Mrs. Mallard a reminder to be careful about humanizing wildlife

May 27, 2021 at 8:17 a.m.

Nearly every May, a pair of mallard ducks waddles over to our yard to nibble on spilled bird seed and sometimes huddle in our very, very, very tiny manmade pond....

Folk musician plays his own way for six decades

May 13, 2021 at 10:03 a.m.

Jack Williams might have once become a well-known Nashville songwriter and performer — indeed, he said he had two record label offers in his early years. But he said he...

An ornamental crabapple tree with white blooms grows in northern Illinois.

Outdoors column: Crabapple trees have become a favorite for gardens

May 13, 2021 at 7:27 a.m.

In May, medium-tall trees bear prolific small blooms of various shades of white, red and pink that elicit a smile even from the crabbiest of humans. They're called crabapple trees, and...

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