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Bald Eagles Spotted in Lake County
Have you seen any bald eagles flying around Lake County lately? If you have, you're not alone. The Lake County Forest Preserves shared a photo on their Facebook page Tuesday of a bald eagle that was...
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Highland Park Considering Food Trucks
The City of Highland Park is considering allowing the operation of food trucks having received more than 25 permit requests in 2012, reports TribLocal. By comparison, the Village of Deerfield reports...
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Tigers Rebound, Dominate Northtown Prep
Jan. 30 The Final Score: Chicagoland Jewish High School 70, CICS Northtown Prep 51 Tigers’ Star Performer: Jake Newlander of Skokie scored 23 points, dished out nine assists, grabbed...
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Freshwater Shrimp Found in Des Plaines River
During stream monitoring this past summer, Nick Huber and other ecologists of the Lake County Forest Preserves discovered several dozen Mississippi grass shrimp, Palaimonetes kadikensis, in a forest...
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Wind Chills Forecast to Reach as Low as -25 Tonight
Get ready for some bitterly cold temperatures tonight.The forecast low tonight is 0 degrees in much of northern Illinois, with wind chills as low as -17, according to the National Weather Service...
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CLC Seeks Volunteers for Martin Luther King Day of Service
To celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the College of Lake County, in partnership with United Way of Lake County, is seeking up to 250 volunteers to work on several service projects on...
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Convicted Killer Mistakingly Released, Sheriff Seeks Public's Help
The Cook County Sheriff’s office is seeking the public’s help apprehending an offender that has been mistakenly released. Steven L. Robbins, 44 years of age, is described as a black male,...
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Blue Cat Cafe Offers Tasty Flatbread Pizza
The Blue Cat Cafe, which recently opened in downtown Highland Park, serves up more than just coffee. In addition to pour-over Intelligentsia, the cafe overs flat bread pizzas made in-house for $6.99....
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Effort Made To Ease Lake Cook Construction Burden
Intervention by Deerfield officials and the local business community will hopefully reduce the inconvenience scheduled to begin in April when Lake Cook and Waukegan Roads go under construction. When...
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Schneider Gun Panel Seeks Education, Action
A realization something can be done to curb gun violence arose from a roundtable organized by Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Deerfield) Thursday at the Wheeling Police Station amid an equal recognition the...
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Highland Park High School Kicks Off Charity Drive
The information below comes from District 113. Highland Park High School kicks off its annual Charity Drive fundraiser on February 1 with an all school opening assembly. This year’s fundraising...
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Will All Highland Park Pay Taxes for Private Clubs?
A property tax appeal by the Onwentsia Club of Lake Forest could have far reaching effects on Lake County taxpayers and those in Highland Park in particular as well as communities throughout the state....
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Highland Park High School Wrestlers to Compete at Lake Zurich Saturday
The Highland Park High School wrestling team will compete in an important meet at Lake Zurich on Saturday, Feb. 2. The top three individuals will advance into sectionals at Barrington next weekend, and...
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Groundhog Day is Feb. 2: How Many More Days of Winter?
Out in Pennsylvania, Punxsutawney Phil steals the show on Feb. 2, but here in Illinois, Woodstock Willie is our number one guy. Feb. 2 marks Groundhog Day in America. It's believed that if it's cloudy...
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Hey Highland Park! Where were You for the Feb. 2011 Blizzard?
At this time two years ago, things looked a lot whiter outside as the Blizzard of 2011 dumped upwards of 20 inches of snow over the Chicago region. The snow storm caused widespread power outages,...
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How Does Your School Measure Up?
Parents, teachers and students are invited to take a statewide survey aimed at identifying strengths and weaknesses at local schools. The Illinois 5Essentials Survey, run by the State Board of...
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Super Bowl Snack Recipes
On Feb. 3, Super Bowl Sunday XLVII will commence. Some people look forward to the game, the funny commercials and the halftime show (Destiny’s Child reunion!). But others are solely there for the...
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One Injured in Atlanta School Shooting: How to Stop the Violence?
Another school shooting took place in Atlanta Thursday, the Huffington Post reports. A student opened fire at Price Middle School, shooting a 14-year-old in the neck before being stopped by an armed...
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New Year’s Resolution: Packing Lightly
It’s the early February, and we all know what that means: it’s time to abandon our New Year’s Resolutions. For the few among us who still think that whatever promises we made to improve ourselves we...
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Regional Police Report: School Bus Hits Six Cars, Cops Searching For Gacy...
Niles Out-of-Control School Bus Hits Six Cars An out-of-control school bus, empty except for the driver, careened down Oakton Street and hit about six other vehicles Tuesday, just before 2:30 p.m. The...
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