Leann Spencer

Army demolitions experts exploded three World War I vintage mortar rounds at Ft. Sheridan on Thursday, according to an Army spokesman. The three rounds, which had to be detonated on...

A new environmental alliance of 19 suburban high schools is planning to study the ecological effects of wetland losses along the Des Plaines River and along the proposed alignment of...

With sunny skies and temperatures in the 70s, it was just the kind of day that boaters love to take advantage of before winter sets in. But for 23-year-old Elizabeth...

Under the terms of an agreement between W.W. Grainger Inc. and the Lake County Forest Preserve District, the Skokie-based firm and Mettawa officials will take a year off in their...

Now that a deal to transfer land at Ft. Sheridan to a private developer appears to be permanently stalled in the U.S. Senate, members of a local planning committee are...

If Congress rejects a plan to turn over much of the Ft. Sheridan Army base to a private developer, the fate of the shuttered facility along Lake Michigan could remain...

County officials voted Friday to move ahead with a road project that critics warn could damage a unique multimillion dollar experiment in wetlands restoration and research. Over the objections of...

Lake County State's Atty. Michael Waller said Thursday he does not believe any laws were broken by the mayor of Mettawa in offering to fund a Forest Preserve District referendum...

The board of commissioners for the Lake County Forest Preserve District met as a committee of the whole Wednesday to consider ideas for a referendum that will be placed on...

The Development Committee of the county Forest Preserve District has recommended asking voters for almost $12 million more in the November referendum. Combined with the $25 million recommended last week...