Leann Spencer

The county Stormwater Management Commission is co-sponsoring an all-day workshop to help communities learn how to reduce flood insurance costs. The workshop will illustrate how to develop a community rating...

In an unusual move, the Department of the Army is looking for a manager for the base`s 18-hole golf course. ''This is the first time the Army has attempted to...

The Illinois EPA will answer questions Thursday about its plan to examine a wide area of possible pollution around Waukegan Harbor. The plan, called the Waukegan Remedial Action Plan, Stage...

A pond full of dead fish startled some residents recently at the Tangley Oaks subdivision. But it turned out to be no mystery, it was all in a day`s work...

Motorists need to be wary of deer on the roads from now through December, according to officials of the Lake County Forest Preserve. During the fall breeding season, bucks are...

The Illinois Department of Transportation will measure noise levels over 10 days beginning Wednesday along a variety of existing roadways near the proposed Illinois Highway 53 extension route. IDOT initiated...

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency said it is investigating the dark, smelly slime that oozed into Waukegan Harbor last week. The IEPA is testing water samples for possible sources of...

After two years of study, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has approved a plan for a comprehensive investigation of polluted areas of Waukegan Harbor and the land surrounding it. A...

What would you do if somebody proposed a development on that woodsy field you used to race across every morning on your way to school? Or, what if a tax-hungry...

The county got off relatively easy when Illinois Conservation Director Brent Manning late last week released a list of cuts for state parks. The good news is that Volo Bog...