LFHS board seeks committee volunteers
The Board of Education at Lake Forest Community High School District 115 is seeking volunteers to serve on two committees. Volunteers serving on the Education Committee provide oversight to district...
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Shout Out: Abigail Toohey, college student
Abigail Toohey, 21, a student from Lake Forest College, spent time in late May on a research ship in the Bahamas as part of the Shedd Aquarium Marine and Island...
Summer library programs abound in Lake Forest and Lake Bluff
There will be plenty to keep kids busy this summer at the Lake Forest Library, which will offer four programs or activities a week. "We have a very active children's...
Services held for Virginia Dean Steele Taylor, descendant of early Lake Forest family
A funeral for Virginia "Virgie" Dean Steele Taylor, a descendant of one of the earliest families in Lake Forest, was held on June 11. Taylor was born Nov. 5, 1923....
Lake Forest Preservation Foundation celebrates 40 years: ‘There is a comfort to the beautiful old buildings’
For 40 years, the Lake Forest Preservation Foundation has advocated that stakeholders take a closer look at a site's historic significance, and in many cases their work has paid off....
Lake Forest’s ‘reluctant chief’ retires
When James Held was first hired by the Lake Forest Police Department, career advancement wasn't the first thing on his mind. "The best day of my professional life was getting...
2 men charged in residential burglary near Lake Bluff
Two men have been charged in connection with a residential burglary in an unincorporated area near Lake Bluff. On May 18, a firearm and other items were taken during a...
Lake Forest H.S. entrepreneurs pitch ideas, earn investors
High school students Gwen Driscoll and Jenelle Frevert had a busy week but it paid off – literally. Driscoll and Frevert were awarded a total of $20,000 to develop and...
Lake Forest American Legion helps honor those who served
A couple dozen people left Fort Sheridan Post Cemetery damp but satisfied on May 27 after placing about1,400 flags on the graves of veterans. Members of American Legion Post 264,...
LFHS grad to screen Lake Forest-set film
Two years, nine drafts and a 200-pound alligator named Bubba later, Lain Kienzle is ready to show her 16-minute film. Kienzle, 23, who now lives in Brooklyn, will be back...