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‘We’re going to learn together’: Teacher, Gurnee mom turns to schooling pod to help motivate her fourth grader

September 2, 2020 at 11:27 a.m.

Amy Infanzon has roughly 100 young students to fret over this school year, including her own two children. The Lake Forest School District 67 teacher and Gurnee mom faces a...

United Conveyor Corp. celebrates 100th anniversary

August 25, 2020 at 9:37 a.m.

The celebration was a century in the making. When it came, the band had to be canceled, the venue booking was scrapped and the guest list significantly narrowed. Nonetheless, Aug....

Residents speak out against Waukegan police funding, call for 50% cut to department budget

August 20, 2020 at 6:58 a.m.

Dozens of Waukegan residents registered opposition this week to a recent decision by the City Council to spend $30,000 to purchase protective equipment described as riot gear for police. The...

Waukegan Mayor Sam Cunningham, right, pictured during a July appearance, said the city will shut down businesses that do not comply with coronavirus safety guidelines.

Waukegan mayor to bars: ‘If we need to, we will shut you down’

August 19, 2020 at 7:38 a.m.

Waukegan Mayor Sam Cunningham said the city is prepared to take action against local establishments that have been lax in implementing public safety guidelines geared at slowing the spread of...

Waukegan D60 schools begin new school year remotely

August 17, 2020 at 5:04 p.m.

With the click of a mouse, students and teachers of Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 began a school year unlike any other. Remote learning got underway for the student...

Zion Benton Township High School exterior/front entrance.

Zion-Benton locks in nine more weeks of remote learning

July 22, 2020 at 12:47 p.m.

Audio lags muddled the conversation and complicated the vote, but eventually the outcome was clear: Zion-Benton Township High School District 126 will implement an "interactive remote learning plan" this fall....

Census-takers to go door-to-door next month in Lake County

July 20, 2020 at 1:07 p.m.

Starting Aug. 11, Lake County residents who have yet to respond to the 2020 Census can expect a knock on the door. For those who want to avoid an in-person...

Habitat for Humanity in Lake County works around coronavirus concerns

July 17, 2020 at 9:54 a.m.

Jasmine Jackson was in constant motion amid the coronavirus lockdown, working two jobs as a dialysis technician and essentially a third as a single mother of two. The 32-year-old North...

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