North High School students knight selves with mascot choice
Ninja pandas, fire ants and pretzels were among some of the more unusual suggestions that students at Grayslake North High School came up with when asked to recommend a mascot...
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In search of legend’s car
Volo Auto Museum officials say they're still waiting for someone to claim the $1 million reward offered for the missing 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder that James Dean drove to his...
Pooch lives for the thrill of the hunt, and meatballs
The sweet smell of success equals meatballs to Brandy, one of 14 Rottweilers nationwide to win the American Kennel Club's Champion Tracker title during the last decade. The 5-year-old Grayslake...
Fest to highlight fancy footwork
Borrowing from this summer's hit TV show "Dancing with the Stars," the first-ever HainesvilleFest will feature dance contests for kids and adults with music provided by the Navy Rock Band....
Factory plans to clear the air
Lake Villa residents soon may be able to stop holding their noses. The owners of a local sausage factory, C&F Enterprises at Park Place Business Center on Illinois Highway 83,...
Board members may be looking less `green’
Local environmental activists such as Susan Zingle of Wadsworth thought they had won the war after several "green" candidates won election to the Lake County Board over the last decade....
Seniors jazz up show for recorder of deeds
Lake County Recorder of Deeds Mary Ellen Vanderventer would be the first to admit that her job keeping records of deeds, mortgages, liens and other real estate documents doesn't lend...
Officials say trip to Hawaii not just a day at the beach
Lake County Board member Angelo Kyle (D-Waukegan) may have come up with the best defense yet for the taxpayer-funded Hawaiian trip he and several other board members recently took. "Studies...
Village untangles Web after contract dispute
After being lost in cyberspace for nearly two weeks, the Internet site for the village of Round Lake Park is back online. For how long is up in the air....
Democrats want internal memos on hot-button issues
Confronted with a Supreme Court nominee they believe to be deeply conservative--but with little evidence to prove it--Senate Democrats have begun laying the groundwork for a battle with the Bush...