Lake Forest News

Adam Kalinowski, 93, of Gurnee died in a car crash Wednesday night on Washington Street at Cemetery Road.

Erin Poss loves the sheer simplicity of running. The Antioch High School senior is the Pioneer Press Lake Shore Runner of the Year.

By LINDA BLASER lblaser@pioneerlocal.com The Lake Forest Plan Commission voted to approve the plan for the White Stable Farm Vineyard subdivision -- which will replace the last working farm in Lake Forest -- on Wednesday night, with the provisions that signage should be included to prevent traffic cut-through and that no construction or other heavy ...

As the post-Matt Vogrich era begins, the role of No. 1 scorer will likely fall on Mitch Hopfinger.

Sale Price: $5.2 million List Price: $5.795 million Nancy L. Hughes, the widow of the director John Hughes , has paid $5.2 million for the Lake Forest mansion owned by the developer Robert Shaw.

When your college choices are Stanford, Harvard, Northwestern, Michigan and the University of California, it's hard to go wrong.

Sore, exhausted, tired of water, achy. Lake Forest team members were all of the above during Saturday's NSC meet at Vernon Hills.

The last thing "Retz" wanted to do this fall was rest. But Lake Forest standout Julia Retzky, a senior with NCAA Division-I talent, had to do just that for several weeks after suffering a hairline fracture in her left wrist in the Scouts' sixth game.

Part of what makes Lake Forest and the entire upper Midwest of the United States so special is the remarkable collection of lakes that we appropriately call the Great Lakes.

MEN'S HOCKEY -- Lake Forest College won twice at Finlandia University in their Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association debut, prevailing 7-6 Friday night and 3-0 on Saturday.

Purchases of land to expand three forest preserves were approved Thursday by a Lake County Forest Preserve Board committee.

The Illinois State Board of Education officially released the 2009 report cards for school districts in Lake Forest and Lake Bluff Oct.

Just call him Mr. National. Lake Forest High School sailor Will Howard placed seventh in the national championships for one-person sailboats in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Residents have until Dec. 18 to comment on public transit options in the city. Besides residents, input is being sought from employees of local businesses and students attending Lake Forest schools for the study.

The village of Chiddingstone lies off highway B2027 between Penshurst and Edensbridge in Kent, England.

Citadel Theatre's seventh season opens Nov. 6 with the production of "Murder in Green Meadows" by Douglas Post.

On Mawman Avenue near Route 176 in Lake Bluff, two white buildings stand nestled among prairie grass and nearby ravines.

Is it because Lake Forest setter Heidi Sierks has so many balanced hitters that she's become a gifted setter? Or is because the sophomore is such a good setter that she feed so many different players? Maybe it's a combination of both.

Parking lot reconstruction at the Metra, Lake Forest commuter rail station. Lake Forest Illinois USA.

Grammar Girl, the online persona that has rocked iTunes and podcasts to make grammar fun, is appearing in Lake Forest -- the only Chicago appearance for her second book, "The Grammar Devotional" -- on Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Lovell's, 915 S. Waukegan Road, Lake Forest.