Lake Zurich News

Areas outside Cook Memorial Library in downtown Libertyville were torn apart this morning, with dirt and other evidence scattered in the parking lot and sidewalks.

Crews work to clean up a Fox River Grove home that was gutted by fire FOX RIVER GROVE – Michael and Audra Smith fled their Fox River Grove home after a neighbor called and told them the garage was on fire.

Tennis in No Time uses a progression of three balls. From left, the oversized foam ball bounces at 25 percent the speed of a regular ball, and the orange low compression ball at 50 percent.

Two firefighters were hurt battling a house fire Sunday at 906 Shambliss Lane. The two were injured and treated at the scene.

Three people were killed and another injured in a head-on crash between a taxi cab and a Lexus in Kildeer early today, police said.

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Professional model, photographer and musician Sarah VonderHaar appeared on "America's Next Top Model" in 2007.

Several dozen people showed up at 7 a.m. to get their pre-ordered new iPhones at the A.T.&T. store in Wheaton .

Trustees have approved a five-year renewal of the village's refuse, recycling and landscape waste program with Waste Management.

A combination of alcohol and speed were contributing factors in a Lake Zurich man's motorcyclist crashing into a tree early Thursday morning, authorities said.

Vanessa Lal, 32, of Lake Zurich, Ill., said she considers herself fortunate that both of her children -- a 2-and-a-half-year-old daughter and a 9-month-old son -- took to the family's rear-facing child car seat well.

Lake Zurich Village President Suzanne Branding's appointment of Judi Thode as chairwoman of the park and recreation advisory board Monday night is not sitting well with some former park board members.

Ahh, multi-tasking. What a great world, where you can gab on the phone and grab a Starbucks - all from the convenience of the car.

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Charles Quentin School PTO president Lisa Warren enjoys the school's closing ceremonies Friday.

Rejecting accusations of nepotism, Kildeer's next village administrator on Wednesday said he didn't get the job just because the mayor is his sister-in-law. "It's not who I know, it's what I know," said appointee Michael Talbett, a Lake Zurich resident and Lake County Board member who was named to the Kildeer post Tuesday night.

In less than a month, the Lake County Board's Republican majority has learned it will lose two of its veteran members.

Two Community Unit School District 95 music teachers will still have their jobs next year, Assistant Superintendent for Business and Operations Mary Kalou confirmed Monday.

Tiny Kildeer was looking a bit like Springfield Tuesday night when the newly elected mayor's brother-in-law and law partner was hired as village administrator - though a search firm had brought the village 13 different candidates and the brother-in-law does not meet the requirements the village initially sought.

Mark Richter, assistant principal at Lake Zurich Middle School North, will move into the principal's office July 1. He will replace current Principal Nate Carter, who is taking a principal position in Northbrook-Glenview School District 30.