Water rates increasing in Lake Forest
Lake Forest residents will see their water rates increase starting May 1. The City Council approved an increase of 13 cents per 1,000 gallons of water at its Feb. 16...
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Hip-hop celebrated at Lake Forest College
Hip-hop took center stage at Lake Forest College on Feb. 22 during the start of the college's first Hip-Hop Week. The week's events originated while brainstorming at a meeting of...
Shout Out: Michelle Greeneway, college athlete
Michelle Greeneway, 22, is a double-threat athlete at Lake Forest College where she has scored 103 career goals in hockey and 104 career goals in soccer, according to the school's...
Leadership program moving to Lake Forest Academy after $2.4 million donation
An alum of Lake Forest Academy has pledged $2.4 million to move a leadership program to the school. Jim Stuart, 74, of Winnetka, has pledged $2 million to endow the...
Horizon Pharma moves to Lake Forest from Deerfield
Horizon Pharma moved its U.S. headquarters to Lake Forest last month as the eight-year-old company continues to expand. "We started off in my house in Park Ridge and a Starbucks...
Neighbors oppose splitting Lake Forest lot to make room for more houses
Plans to split a property and replace one house with three had neighbors speaking out at a recent meeting of the Lake Forest Plan Commission. Marlin Ventures of Highwood is...
Beer or wine could be options at Lake Forest Starbucks
The Lake Forest City Council took the first step toward approving a beer and wine license for a downtown Starbucks. By a vote of 7-1, the council approved increasing the...
Downtown development proposal draws big crowd in Lake Bluff
Potential developers of a downtown block in Lake Bluff got an earful from village residents when they unveiled an initial presentation of plans. Uppercross Development Group of Downers Grove has...
Lake Forest reaches turning point with ash trees
Lake Forest will soon turn from cutting down infested ash trees to planting new trees. First identified in Illinois in 2006, the emerald ash borer was detected in Lake Forest...
Shout Out: Katherine Grace Hale, composer
Katherine Grace Hale, 17, who goes by Grace, is a senior at Lake Forest Academy. She has composed several works for the school orchestra, including a musical score for the...