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This March 19, 2020, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident.

The coronavirus has caused disruptions to census, but Lake County officials don’t expect participation to decline

March 30, 2020 at 11:11 a.m.

Officials in Lake County who are overseeing the once-in-a-decade census don't anticipate a major drop-off in participation despite the coronavirus pandemic creating disruptions to everyday life and demanding residents to...

An undated photo provided by the National Institutes of Health, a transmission electron microscope image of 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. The coronavirus, which appeared in China in December 2019 and has stricken more than 83,000 people around the world, killing nearly 3,000, has already exposed significant vulnerabilities in the ability of the U.S. to respond to serious health emergencies.

North Shore communities have highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Lake County, new data shows

March 27, 2020 at 12:06 p.m.

Newly released data from the Lake County Health Department shows the North Shore as having the highest concentration of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the county. Both Lake Forest and...

Mundelein Mayor Steve Lentz, as pictured during a village board meeting in October 2018.

Mundelein mayor announces COVID-19 diagnosis

March 25, 2020 at 10:06 a.m.

Mundelein Mayor Steve Lentz announced Monday he has tested positive for the new coronavirus, making him the first local official in the northern suburbs to disclose a diagnosis of COVID-19....

A business in downtown Libertyville promotes its delivery options during the coronavirus pandemic that has forced residents to stay inside their homes.

Free toilet paper with your pizza? North suburban restaurants get creative while worrying about surviving coronavirus pandemic

March 24, 2020 at 1:21 p.m.

As people scrambled at the start of the coronavirus pandemic to gobble up toilet paper and other household items, John Durning was witnessing the action firsthand inside a grocery store...

The owner of Franks for the Memories, 645 E. Hawley St., Mundelein, argued its pole sign has historic value and should be grandfathered in under an ordinance that bans such signage.

Mundelein considers loosening signage restrictions

March 25, 2020 at 11:44 a.m.

With officials estimating about 80% of Mundelein businesses are in compliance with a controversial sign ordinance that gave them until April 2020 to conform, the village now appears willing to...

Staff members at 3 school districts in Libertyville, Vernon Hills test positive for COVID-19

March 23, 2020 at 10:42 a.m.

Numerous school districts in central Lake County recently reported new positive cases of the coronavirus among their respective staffs. Officials at Libertyville High School District 128 and Hawthorn School District...

Mundelein closes village hall; declares state of emergency along with Vernon Hills amid coronavirus outbreak

March 20, 2020 at 10:11 a.m.

Mundelein officials recently closed village hall to the public in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Officials announced the closure after the village declared a state of emergency because of the...

North Shore communities confirm first COVID-19 cases

March 19, 2020 at 11:27 a.m.

Numerous communities along the North Shore have announced some of their first confirmed cases of COVID-19. Highland Park officials announced late Wednesday evening that the patient who was treated by...

In this 2016 file photo, customers decide their orders at The Picnic Basket in downtown Libertyville. A local sales tax proposed in a referendum during the 2020 primary election would apply to dining out purchases in Libertyville, officials have said.

Libertyville voters favor new 1% sales tax in referendum to raise revenue for infrastructure

March 19, 2020 at 4:01 p.m.

Libertyville voters have spoken and appear to have overwhelmingly supported a referendum that asked whether the village should establish a new 1% sales tax on certain purchases. "Voters showed that...

A sign sits outside a Lake County polling place on Election Day in 2019.

Voters in central Lake County put aside coronavirus risks to show up and vote in primary

March 17, 2020 at 8:35 p.m.

As the primary election in Illinois collided with a global pandemic Tuesday, many voters who turned out to polling locations throughout central Lake County said the need to have their...

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