Lakemoor News

LAKEMOOR – The same night that Lakemoor officials voted to reduce expenses by cutting staff, one village employee said she wasn't reappointed to her job because she and others wanted to unionize.

A Round Lake man accused of driving with cocaine, marijuana and alcohol in his system before causing a crash that broke another driver's neck was sentenced Tuesday to two years court supervision.

Claudia Hinestrosa of Lakemoor, a noncitizen, celebrates with her mother Alicia Bonilla of Des Plaines, who has been a citizen for six months.

First Word "It seems that between the economy and the loss of our quality of life, Santa Claritans are finally fed up with the costs of all this new growth." - Cam Noltemeyer, Environmentally Speaking Today is Thursday, July 2, the 183rd day of 2009.

Lakemoor resident Tina Asmus has created flower planters from two old toilets and a sink and made them part of the landscaping in her front yard.

Illinois state troopers, Lake County sheriff's deputies and Lakemoor police stopped more than 400 vehicles Friday in a roadside safety check, making arrests for alcohol and drug violations.

There has been a lot of controversy over the potties in Lakemoor. There is a lot more than just the potties.

I am afraid that Lakemoor resident Tina Asmus, who has planters consisting of old toilets in her yard, is operating under the umbrella of confusion.

Members of the Volo Homemakers Group are donating hours of their free time to clip thousands of dollars in coupons, which are sent to military bases all over the world.

ELBURN – A suburban homebuilder could resume crafting plans for a large subdivision in the village later this summer, should it emerge from bankruptcy as anticipated.

Various cliches and even a nursery rhyme come to mind when pondering the potted potties in the Highland Drive yard of Lakemoor resident Tina Asmus.

The planters in Tina Asmus' front yard aren't too pleasing to some of her neighbors, and village officials in Lakemoor have told her to remove them, or face a fine.

Jun 5, 2009 9:05 pm US/Central Reporting Anne State LAKEMOOR, Ill. A neighborhood feud is simmering in Lakemoor over what one family is using instead of flower pots in their front yard.

Tina Asmus has been at the center of controversy in her Lakemoor neighborhood for displaying planters made out of recycled toilets in her front yard.

Ron Scharff and his family are seen in happier times. Scharff was found shot to death June 2, 1981, at P.M. Pub on Route 120 in Lakemoor.

LAKEMOOR – As long as he doesn't try to sue or speak ill of the village, former Lakemoor police Chief Wallace Frasier will walk away with $7,168. That's according to a separation agreement signed by Frasier and Village President Todd Weihofen when Frasier was fired, almost two weeks ago.

A Lakemoor man is behind bars after intentionally hitting his 3-month old child in the head when the baby wouldn't stop crying, Lakemoor police officials said.

Kelly Kilian of Berwyn browses some of the craft vendor displays at Sunday's annual Fair Diddley Craft Show on Woodstock Square.

Hide and seek is a blast – when you are a 2-year-old. Duck beneath a blanket, giggles be damned, and you are as sneaky as a Navy SEAL.

LAKEMOOR – About 25 minutes after Lakemoor's new village president took the oath of office, he led the board in firing the police chief.