Gas leak briefly closes businesses in downtown Lake Forest
A gas leak in downtown Lake Forest Monday morning led to nearby businesses being temporarily evacuated, officials in the city said. The Lake Forest Fire Department got a call at...
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Lake Forest seeks info on grading, parking for development
Plans for the residential development at Laurel and Western avenues in Lake Forest continue to inch forward. During a December meeting, the city plan commission considered two aspects of the...
Lake Forest’s year in review: 2015 in the city
In Lake Forest in 2015, topics in the news included Whole Foods dropping a plan to come to the city and the hiring of a new principal leading to controversy....
Shout Out: Michael Goy, crime prevention officer
Michael Goy is retiring this month from the Lake Forest Police Department after more than 40 years as a police officer, the last 16 with Lake Forest, where he served...
Lake Forest loans land in exchange for snow removal help
When snow falls on Lake Forest this winter, contractor Ditomasso Excavating will assist with its removal – but not for money. Instead, the two-person business will get to use city...
Assistant superintendent: PARCC test goes well at Lake Forest High School
This spring, hundreds of students at Lake Forest High School took the PARCC test, and things went for the most part went smoothly, according to district officials. The PARCC, or...
Shout Out: Michael Di Leo, actor and middle-school student
Michael Di Leo, 13, of Lake Forest will play the part of Roy in "A Christmas Story: The Musical" at the Paramount Theater in Aurora. He balances his acting with...
3rd graders get brainy at neuroscience demonstration
Third graders from Lake Forest Country Day school learned a lot about brains during a Dec. 1 visit to the neuroscience program at Lake Forest College including how brains feel....
Modest tax increase in Lake Bluff, Lake Forest elementary school districts
Homeowners in Lake Bluff and Lake Forest will likely see a modest increase in property taxes they pay to the elementary school districts. Property tax increases in Lake Bluff District...
Bernie’s Book Bank expanding
Though he runs an expanding nonprofit, the founder of Bernie's Book Bank prefers to talk about business concepts such as cost -–per-unit to put books in the hands of children...