News updates from the Lake County News-Sun delivered every Monday and Wednesday.
Tuesday, Jan 1 The 20th annual edition of the Polar Bear Plunge at Waukegan Municipal Beach stepped off into the ice-free but still 38-degree waters of Lake Michigan on New Year's Day. | | |
| A Libertyville couple welcomed a baby girl less than 30 minutes after Lake County rang in the new year. |
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| Metra express trains from Chicago in the morning to stops in Lake Forest and Deerfield will soon be added. |
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| Activist Margaret Carrasco has withdrawn from the Waukegan District 60 school board race to avoid being kicked off the ballot for both races she filed for. |
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| The $25.6 million in new additions and upgrades across Antioch District 34 schools are "on budget and on schedule," the superintendent said. |
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| The longstanding TGI Fridays in Vernon Hills closed earlier this month, while a former Sports Authority it shares a parking lot with continues its transformation into a Chicago Bears-themed fitness center. |
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| Mundelein's eminent domain case against a recycling company is ramping up as several side hearings are scheduled for January, leading up to an April trial. |
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| A last-ditch attempt to attend the final day of Holiday in the Park at Six Flags Great America on Monday was washed out by fickle late-December weather. |
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