Church work trip repairs houses, builds bonds
For 40 years, teens from Lake Forest have devoted some of their summer to help repair or improve houses in low-income counties. While the teens initially go to help people,...
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Upgrades, addition planned for Lake Bluff Middle School
Lake Bluff Middle School will get a multi-million dollar upgrade in 2016. The Lake Bluff District 65 Board of Education has approved four projects at an estimated $6.5 to 9.1...
Outdoor market broadens offerings in fifth year
The farmers market in Lake Forest has a new name, electric cars and music as it heads into its fifth year. Instead of the Lake Forest Farmers Market, it will...
Baseball coach hopes to show rivalries can end in teamwork
Michael Nilles hopes to show younger baseball players how older players can work together — despite old rivalries. Nilles, coach of the Lake Forest Titans baseball team, sponsored by the...
Residents criticize latest plan for Laurel & Western; commission split
After Lake Forest residents roundly criticized a proposed development at Laurel and Western avenues, a split vote by the Plan Commission will send the proposal to City Council. Twenty people...
LFHS students pitch businesses, get $16K investment
Jaxon Mills pulls out a business card from his suit pocket, which describes him as chief executive officer of Safe Technologies. The moment would be unremarkable, except it took place...
Argument leads to drunk driving, drug charges
A drunk driving arrest led to a second arrest for felony drug possession in Lake Bluff on May 24. An officer assigned to investigate a domestic argument on the 600...
Enhancement is one aim of new Cherokee principal
What do you get for the school that already has everything? If you're the soon-to-be principal of Cherokee elementary in Lake Forest, the answer is: add to what is already...
300 flags seek a good home in Lake Forest
Wanted: a home near downtown Lake Forest for two trailers filled with 300 American flags. American Legion Post 264 installs flags in a roughly 16-block area during seven holidays: Flag...
Police: Dog dispute inspires neighbor to take up shotgun
A Lake Forest man with a shotgun aiming to scare the owner of a defecating dog found himself under arrest the evening of May 19, police said. John J. Zajac,...