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Yuliana Manhartsgruber (left) and Oskar Peschetz (right) teach American students a traditional Austrian dance.

For two weeks, Austrian exchange students call Lake Forest home

May 23, 2019 at 9:52 a.m.

During their first week at Woodlands Academy in Lake Forest, a dozen exchange students from Vienna toured Chicago, sat in on classes and taught short lessons on Austrian culture. However,...

Renovation work is set to begin at the downtown train station in Lake Forest.

Downtown Lake Forest train station rehab starts this week

May 23, 2019 at 9:52 a.m.

The downtown train station in Lake Forest is getting a major renovation starting this week, its first in close to 40 years. Exterior work on the station, which is scheduled...

Shout Out: Lisa Connelly, assistant state’s attorney

May 23, 2019 at 9:52 a.m.

Lisa Connelly of Lake Forest started a legal career late, but she pursued it with a passion. She has worked at the Lake County State's Attorney's Office the last two...

The Lake Forest High School Senior Acts during the talent show.

Talent abounds at annual Lake Forest High School show

May 23, 2019 at 9:52 a.m.

Lake Forest High School's annual talent show is big. Really big. The show, which took place March 3-5, recruits 30 outsiders to screen auditions, lasts three hours and involves about...

Lake Forest grocery bagger competes at national competition

May 23, 2019 at 9:52 a.m.

Before you pay the cashier at Sunset Foods in Lake Forest, take a look down the counter at the bagger. He might be one of the best in the nation....

Lake Bluff school looks to spark learning with $9.2 million renovation

May 23, 2019 at 9:52 a.m.

Ground was broken on two new additions at Lake Bluff Middle School on Feb. 29 and administrators hope the upgrades will foster a new learning environment. Five classrooms are being...

Shout Out: Corey Wierema, city forester

May 23, 2019 at 9:52 a.m.

Corey Wierema, 39, was promoted to city forester in Lake Forest in late January after eight years as assistant city forester. Q. Where are you from? A. Fulton, Illinois at...

Susan Kelsey at the Billy Caldwell "Chief Sauganash" historical marker in the St. Joseph Cemetery in Council Bluffs, Iowa, which was dedicated May 11, 2015.

Lake Forester retraces history to follow Chief Sauganash

May 23, 2019 at 9:52 a.m.

It all started one day in 1993, when Susan Kelsey was walking around the Sauganash neighborhood on the Northwest Side of Chicago, where she then lived. "There's a plaque in...

Lissy Blume, 9, during a Tuesday afternoon yoga class at Sheridan Elementary School in Lake Forest. The after-school class is part of the district's Brainstormers program.

Lake Forest school introduces after-school yoga program

May 23, 2019 at 9:52 a.m.

A school library might not be the most natural place for yoga, but there was no shortage of enthusiasm in a Thursday afternoon class filled with giggling third and fourth...

John Strudwick, head of school at Lake Forest Academy, speaks to the Zoning Board of Appeals on Feb. 22 while presenting a new master plan for the school.

Lake Forest Academy master plan leaves some neighbors worried

May 23, 2019 at 9:52 a.m.

Residents who live near Lake Forest Academy voiced their concerns about a proposed master plan that includes new dormitory construction and upgrades to athletic fields. The residents described to Lake...

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