Yadira Sanchez Olson

Special Valentine's Day sweets will be on sale throughout the weekend at the Lovin Oven cakery shops in Antioch and Round Lake.

Shop owners expecting late rush for Valentine’s flowers, candy and cards despite pandemic; ‘Consumers are committed to celebrating friends and loved ones’

February 14, 2021 at 12:50 p.m.

Carol McMaken has never been the romantic type. Her husband is the one who, from time to time, showers her with gifts as a show of affection. But the Lake...

Day care applicant says Zion choosing cannabis over children as conflict with potential marijuana greenhouse site left in limbo

February 7, 2021 at 2:12 p.m.

The Zion City Council will have to make a decision on whether it will renege on, or stand by a previous vote to allow a child care facility to open...

Mark Fields of Round Lake started shoveling driveways after his wife made his services available on a funny Facebook group post.

Round Lake woman gets her ‘adult-child husband’ off the couch with a tongue-in-cheek snow-shoveling ad

February 5, 2021 at 4:00 p.m.

Like many couples, Round Lake husband and wife Mark Fields and Starr Sekulich-Fields have been navigating their new normal hunkering down at home. Due to the pandemic, Sekulich-Fields has been...

Machine operator Alberto Casillas cleans a new state-of-the-art machine at Fischer Paper Products new facility in Antioch.

Fischer Paper Products looks to expand in new Antioch facility after weathering COVID-19 crisis

January 28, 2021 at 11:27 a.m.

The paper bag in which your bagel or breakfast sandwich is wrapped may very well be a product from an Antioch company that recently opened its new headquarters. Fischer Paper...

CT technician Bryan Lyons works in the CT scan room of the new Northwestern Medicine Gurnee Outpatient Center that opened its doors on Jan. 19, 2021.

Northwestern Medicine Gurnee Outpatient Center opens; ‘an easy-to-access alternative to waiting in an emergency room’

January 19, 2021 at 4:39 p.m.

A new health service facility opened its doors quietly and with no fanfare Tuesday in Gurnee. Due to COVID-19 protocols, no ribbon-cutting ceremony in front of a large crowd was...

The Gardner family of Wauconda regularly visits Lake County Forest Preserves dog exercise areas located throughout the county where their three dogs can be off-leash.

Sale of annual permits starts for Lake County dog parks; ‘Spending time outside improves mental wellness, which is especially important right now’

January 15, 2021 at 5:08 p.m.

It's not uncommon to find Vernon Hills resident Bill Progar and his faithful canine companion Lola at the Lakewood Dog Exercise Area in Wauconda on any given day, any time...

Help Them To Hope ends another successful holiday fundraising campaign. ‘All things considered, people still dug in their pockets.’

January 8, 2021 at 4:16 p.m.

The annual Help Them To Hope holiday fundraising campaign ends this week with a total of $38,427. To HTTH President Rich Ribando, that figure is representative of the charitable heart...

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