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U.S. Air Force veteran Marshall Fox, who works at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago, took this photo of a dragonfly while participating in the At Ease veterans program at Brushwood Center in Riverwoods.

Brushwood Center’s At Ease program combines art, nature to help veterans heal: ‘After the class you can see their inner light is shining’

October 26, 2020 at 9:57 a.m.

The changes are subtle, but U.S. Air Force veteran Michael Kardas has noticed. He teaches photography to veterans through the At Ease program sponsored by Brushwood Center in Riverwoods. "At...

Colored-pencil artist Phil Schorn gets inspiration from leaves

October 20, 2020 at 11:28 a.m.

To find his subject, artist Phil Schorn looks for leaves. The more colorful and intricate-looking they are, the better. That's because, for Schorn, art is in the details. His colored...

Lake County Health Department counselor writes book about hedgehog to help children cope with trauma

October 15, 2020 at 3:19 p.m.

Reggie the hedgehog has a scary memory. Sometimes when he thinks about it, he throws out his quills. But with help from friends, including a fox, turtle, bear and a...

Hazelnut shrub leaves take on an array of colors in autumn.

Outdoors column: Autumn hues appear in leaves, mushrooms, other natural delights

October 15, 2020 at 9:33 a.m.

It's peak time for autumn colors in the northern part of the state, according to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Like many folks, I've been enjoying the spectacle, and...

Colorful wall mural celebrates Lovell Federal Health Care Center’s 10th anniversary

October 19, 2020 at 11:51 a.m.

Since the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center opened a decade ago, nurse and painter Michelle Franklin dreamed of turning what she deemed gray, lifeless walls of the...

‘Darn close’ to living in Mayberry: Grayslake celebrates 125 years with new book of memories

October 8, 2020 at 2:21 p.m.

Since Grayslake's founding 125 years ago, its residents have witnessed a flood in which rowboats were used to get to town, a house mysteriously blowing up and the outpouring of...

The easiest aster to recognize in fall is the native New England aster with its deep purple petals called flower rays and yellow disk rays in the center.

Column: Early fall brings out the beauty of asters and yellow-rumps

October 1, 2020 at 9:19 a.m.

What a difference two weeks makes – it's early autumn and instead of the sea of yellow seen in mid-September, the native world in northern Illinois is full of colorful...

‘It’s been a wild ride’; College of Lake County staging hybrid live/online production of ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’

September 30, 2020 at 10:29 a.m.

Elijah Janssen-Weitz is appearing in his last production at the College of Lake County before earning his theater degree. But for this production, he won't set foot on stage, nor...

Annual Naval Station Great Lakes cemetery tour goes virtual, focusing on 1918 flu

September 28, 2020 at 11:21 a.m.

Just over a century ago, Alice Lea and Emma Kotte spent their waking hours nursing solders at Naval Station Great Lakes who had contracted what was called the Spanish flu....

Ty Kovach plays with his daughter Isla, 2, in the family's Gurnee garden, while daughter Alexia, 3, picks some family heirloom peppers.

Heirloom peppers carry on family tradition for centuries

September 28, 2020 at 8:07 p.m.

Each year in autumn, Ty Kovach picks the largest, reddest peppers from his Gurnee garden and begins the process of saving their seeds. He harvests, dries and stores them in...

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