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Landscape workers rest in the shade on University Avenue on June 4, 2024. An Oct. letter from the city to residents proposed a five-foot sidewalk with five feet of green space between the curb and sidewalk. (Credit: Chloe Hilles/Lake County News-Sun)

Neighbors divided over potential Highland Park sidewalk project; ‘We want to save the trees’

June 11, 2024 at 2:37 p.m.

Feedback on sidewalks to the city from October 2023 revealed a relatively “even split” from affected residents -- those who reside in the proposed area -- according to a city...

Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering, right, swears in appointee Barisa Bruckman on June 10, 2024 to a vacancy on the City Council made available by the resignation of Jeff Hoobler. (Credit: Chloe Hilles/Lake County News-Sun)

Longtime Highland Park resident appointed to City Council; ‘Let us embrace the opportunities ahead’

June 11, 2024 at 12:51 p.m.

Bruckman will serve on the council until a council member is elected during the April 2025 general municipal election.

Ravinia Festival entrance gate, photographed Friday, July 23, 2021, in Highland Park. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Ravinia Festival files fresh complaint, trademark petition against Ravinia Brewing Co.

June 10, 2024 at 2:40 p.m.

The updated complaint in the federal lawsuit between the non-profit music organization and the microbrewery accuses the brewing company founders of intending to, “trade and infringe on the Ravinia [Festival...

Monica Schroeder will be the next superintendent for Highland Park's elementary and middle school district, North Shore School District 112, following the retirement of current superintendent Michael Lubelfeld in 2026. (Credit: North Shore School District 112)

North Shore D112 promoting next superintendent from within; ‘We eagerly anticipate the positive impact her leadership will bring’

June 3, 2024 at 4:57 p.m.

Monica Schroeder, who has worked as deputy superintendent since 2018, will begin the new role on July 1, 2026, as Lubelfeld indicated he will retire at the end of the...

Guests arrive at a recent fundraising event at The Art Center Highland Park. (Karie Angell Luc/Lake County News-Sun)

The Art Center Highland Park to offer ‘quiet alternative’ to July 4 festivities; ‘The arts have a way to achieve a therapeutic effect’

February 25, 2025 at 10:09 a.m.

On July 4, The Art Center will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The galleries offer plenty of space for those who want to spread a blanket and...

A rendering of the front entrance of the planned Regional Operations and Communications (ROC) Facility. Prospective members of the consolidated dispatch services include 15 fire departments at 22 law enforcement agencies. (Credit: Lake County)

‘A major achievement’: Lake County Board to consider 911 consolidation agreements

May 31, 2024 at 11:41 a.m.

For more than seven years, Lake County has been working towards a regional 911 consolidation in an effort to eliminate call transfers and improve response times.

President Joe Biden speaks in Raleigh, N.C. on Jan. 18, 2024, urging Congress to extend a subsidy program that helps one in six families afford internet. The Affordable Connectivity Program will run out of funds at the end of May. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Officials scramble to find internet-access options as subsidy ends; ‘Every resident … in Lake County should be able to access reliable, high-speed internet’

May 30, 2024 at 8:03 a.m.

Households are at risk of losing their internet access or defaulting on bills they can no longer afford without the subsidy, according to Candace Browdy, executive director for Connect Lake...

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