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Butterfly weed, a native Illinois prairie plant, blooms behind a school during a neighborhood exploration.

Column: In the face of coronavirus precautions, become a neighborhood nature explorer

July 23, 2020 at 9:36 a.m.

Humans have explored the world and space –- but so much more remains to be discovered. And exploration, no doubt, will continue into infinity. Staying close to home during the...

Outdoor mini-golf courses open with COVID-19 protocols in place

July 21, 2020 at 1:29 p.m.

Kerry Obis has been working at Aloha Falls Miniature Golf in Libertyville for six summers, since she was a freshman in high school. This summer, the Grayslake resident, who will...

Newly discovered Comet Neowise visible in evening sky: ‘A long brush stroke of white paint on a dark canvas’

July 14, 2020 at 9:20 a.m.

Just above the horizon of an agricultural field in Grayslake, Sunday at 9:30 p.m., a rare celestial object with a long tail and bright, round head glowed in the northwestern...

A wetland in northeastern Lake County provides home for rare plants and animals, and also helps control flooding. Photo by Sheryl DeVore

Column: Fireflies ignite natural fireworks in July

July 9, 2020 at 4:59 p.m.

Many Lake County towns canceled fireworks this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. But nature is putting on its own fireworks show right now and likely in your own back...

Snowmen on display for Antioch chamber’s revival of public art for charity project

July 8, 2020 at 4:12 p.m.

Artist Daisy Perez created a mythical dragon out of a snowman for Antioch's public art program Snowmen on the Chain, which opens July 15. It's Christmas in July in Antioch...

Lake County Preserves virtual nature programs include campfire, time travel, singing insects

July 6, 2020 at 3:49 p.m.

Attending a fishing camp at the Lake County Forest Preserves these days doesn't require being by a lake with a pole in hand. Instead, campers can sit in front of...

State-endangered raptors find new homes on man-made platforms, cell towers

July 5, 2020 at 4:13 p.m.

Doug Reitz has been watching a pair of osprey build a nest out of large sticks. The nest is not in a tree, though. The raptors, considered endangered in Illinois,...

CLC art competition winner influenced by geometry, grandmother’s love of pottery

June 30, 2020 at 2:26 p.m.

When Doug McDowell enrolled in a ceramics class at the College of Lake County 17 years ago, he had one goal — to make a cup. "I did make a...

Virtual July 4th parade to feature creative shoebox floats

June 26, 2020 at 11:37 a.m.

As with most Lake County towns, Waukegan's annual Fourth of July parade has been canceled. But that won't stop the Three Brothers Theatre, the Family Piano Co., other local businesses...

Male ebony jewelwing (Sheryl DeVore/News-Sun)

Column: Early summer dragons and damsels: jewelwings and whitetails

June 25, 2020 at 2:10 p.m.

Every June, an emerald green insect with jet black wings flits along slow-moving streams and creeks in Lake County. I never noticed it until several years ago when someone pointed...

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