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Teacher at Lake Forest Country Day School gets Golden Apple Award

May 23, 2019 at 10:01 a.m.

Scott Baeseman was presented the Golden Apple Award for teaching on Friday in a surprise morning ceremony at Lake Forest Country Day School. "I can't believe this day," Baeseman, a...

Two run for village clerk in Lake Bluff

May 23, 2019 at 10:00 a.m.

Two people are running for the position of village clerk in Lake Bluff, each hoping to take over the seat that current village clerk Aaron Towle is vacating to run...

Robert Lansing poised to return to Lake Forest government for top spot

May 23, 2019 at 10:01 a.m.

After years of running his investment firm, Robert Lansing is returning to Lake Forest government, this time poised to become mayor. Lansing, who is the only registered candidate for mayor,...

House fire in Lake Forest causes estimated $40,000 in damage

May 23, 2019 at 10:01 a.m.

A house fire in Lake Forest on Thursday caused an estimated $40,000 in damage, according to the Lake Forest Fire Department. A construction crew working on the house, located in...

Eight running for four seats on District 115 school board

May 23, 2019 at 10:01 a.m.

The District 115 Board of Education race is the most contested in Lake Forest or Lake Bluff, with eight candidates running for four seats. Four candidates received an endorsement from...

Elawa Farm in Lake Forest turns 100

May 23, 2019 at 10:01 a.m.

Elawa Farm, which turns 100 years old this year, is the home of the Wildlife Discovery Center. Elawa Farm was started by a branch of the Armour family, which made...

Lake Forest Country Day School first grader Ruby Moore talks with art teacher Mark DeBernardi at The Gallery in Lake Forest on March 11, 2017. The work of student artists from several area schools is being featured at the 10th annual Emerging Artists exhibit, presented by The Deer Path Art League.

Art exhibit displays work of local students

May 23, 2019 at 10:01 a.m.

Students from 12 schools in Lake Forest and Lake Bluff are having their artwork displayed at the annual Emerging Artists exhibit, organized by the Deer Path Art League. The exhibit...

Brenna Hornsey, 11, right, shows Aiden Koeppen, 5, a bull rat snake during the "Reptile Rampage," a fundraiser for the Wildlife Discovery Center, at the Lake Forest Recreation Center on March 12, 2017.

Wildlife Discovery Center in Lake Forest turns 20

May 23, 2019 at 10:01 a.m.

The Wildlife Discovery Center in Lake Forest, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary, started as the dream of a former minor league baseball player. Rob Carmichael grew up in Lake...

Shout Out: Maeve Anger, singer

May 23, 2019 at 10:00 a.m.

Maeve Anger, a sophomore at Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart in Lake Forest, sang in a choir at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Feb. 5 as part...

Lake Forest College associate professor traveling the world to photograph wildflowers

May 10, 2019 at 11:44 p.m.

During a visit to the Johannesburg Botanical Garden in January, Glenn Adelson found a surprising lack of botanists. "There was only someone there selling hot dogs," said Adelson, an associate...

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