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If approved by Lake County voters, funds would be used for land acquisition and public access improvements and habitat restoration.
Election Day is November 5.
Election Day is Tuesday. Here is what you need to know before heading out to the polls.
The 30-year-old Gurnee man now faces felony charges.
Here is a roundup of top stories from recent days in the northern Chicago suburbs.
The collision happened on Miller Road near Route 31 in West Dundee.
No one was injured when the canopy collapsed on Halloween night.
McHenry County Judge Mark Gerhardt has sentenced Joshua D. Hachmeister to four years in prison.
Three people died in the head-on collision in unincorporated Woodstock Sunday afternoon.
A 47-year-old woman was among three killed in the crash. The coroner's office has not yet released the identities of the two others killed.
The vehicle hit the bicyclist at Main Street and Walkup Avenue in Crystal Lake Wednesday afternoon.
Scott Copen, 58, Gina Copen, 54, and Cristal Copen, 41, all died in the blaze in Zion Tuesday night, according to the Lake County Coroner.
Will it rain on Halloween? Weather officials are predicting rain early in the day but not during trick-or-treat hours.
Traffic delays are expected in the area of Main Street and Walkup Avenue.
The Lake County Coroner's Office identified the woman who died late Tuesday night in her townhome.
The blaze broke out late Tuesday night at a home in the 2900 block of Enoch Avenue in Zion.
Laura Mack, her husband, David, and son, Jonas, are the masterminds behind Mack Manor at 1100 Algonquin Road in Fox River Grove.
The collision happened Monday afternoon near Antioch.
The collision happened at Miller Road and Route 31 in Dundee Township Tuesday morning.
Early voting dates, how to register and how to vote by mail.
