Portion of Western Avenue temporarily closed in Lake Forest
Part of North Western Avenue in Lake Forest is closed to daytime traffic. The portion of Western Avenue from East Laurel Avenue to Franklin Place East closed July 10 due...
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Lake Bluff walking tour details early village history
In the late 1870s, a Methodist camp meeting was established on the east side of Lake Bluff. "It was hugely important," said Pam Russell, a board member of the Lake...
High rent pushes out Lake Forest McDonald’s, bank could take its place
French fries and hamburgers might soon be replaced by ATMs and bank tellers at Lake Forest's lone McDonald's. The fast food giant is set to close their Lake Forest outpost...
Shout Out: Willard Helander, former county clerk and DAR officer
Willard Helander, who served as the Lake County clerk for 20 years, is the regent of the Lake Forest chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution. She recently took some...
Residents meet Public Works vehicles in Lake Forest
Gee Davis of Lake Forest paused to snap a photo of her husband, their son in his lap, in the driver's seat of a large vehicle used for cleaning out...
Car thefts and burglaries up in Lake Forest and Lake Bluff, police say
Lake Forest and Lake Bluff have seen a marked increase in vehicle thefts and burglaries over the past year, according to police in both towns. From June 2015 to June...
Pilot project to remove invasive buckthorn includes Lake Forest
A pilot project to clear buckthorn from Middlefork Savanna in Lake Forest aims to not just fight back the invasive plant, but to also educate adjacent property owners into doing...
Upscale gun range opens in unincorporated Lake Forest
Walking into NorthShore Sports Club in unincorporated Lake Forest is a bit like walking into a high-end mall. There's a red Ferrari convertible on display on the showroom floor with...
Shout Out: James Buckman, pastor
James Buckman is pastor at Faith Lutheran Church in Lake Forest, a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force Reserve and chaplain for the Lake Forest Police Department. Q. Where are...
Hamilton: the man and the musical
During past talks about Alexander Hamilton, Barry Bradford found that audiences knew little about the founding father. "Most people didn't know anything about him except that he was on the...