Waukegan taking applications for Facade Improvement Program: ‘It’s a great facelift’
Waukegan has budgeted $500,000 for the fiscal year ending April 30 to help businesses throughout the city improve the outside of their buildings.
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Waukegan’s Woodland Gourmet celebrates updated facilities: ‘We bring flavor to their offerings’
Besides Waukegan, Woodland Gourmet has plants in Utah, Nebraska, and New Jersey.
Affordability is key as Lake election races enter stretch run: ‘We may have a higher turnout than usual’
Early voting starts Sept. 24 in the lobby of the Lake County Courthouse & Administration Center in Waukegan and expands to 17 other locations on Oct. 19.
ICE activity down in Lake County, but officials remain wary: ‘The fear never goes away’
While arrests are down in Lake County, the presence of ICE agents makes community members uncomfortable.
Part of Waukegan park turned into pollinator prairie: ‘This is a win-win for the environment’
Ben Richards, the Park District’s grants and special projects administrator, said bees, butterflies, birds, and other pollinators ingest the pollen without harming the plant.
Big changes underway at Waukegan’s Lake Plaza: A ‘staple of family entertainment … since 1984’
People’s Choice opened its new location at the west end of Lake Plaza in June, while VASA Fitness and Slick City plan to open by the end of the year...
Dominican restaurant opens in Waukegan: ‘We’re bringing life back to downtown’
El Patio opened on July 10 in the midst of Scoop Waukegan in a historic restaurant building on Genesee Street in downtown Waukegan, making it the only Dominican eatery between...
Y2K-related poem captures Ray Bradbury Summer Writing Contest: ‘An opportunity to celebrate … writers’
Amy Grossman, the library’s assistant director, said the contest is funded by money donated by the Ray Bradbury Experience Museum when it closed and ceased operations just over three years...
Barrington meeting warns about the dangers of social media: ‘It’s really the wild, wild west out there’
AI, grooming children and teens by adults on the internet and being an unknown victim of child abuse were discussed.
Waukegan school board endorses 2 new assistant principals: ‘I’m looking forward to sharing new ideas’
Rafael Roman-Melendez and DyAnnah Butler were promoted to assistant principal positions after receiving a vote of approval from the District 60 Board of Education.