North Chicago News

Service organizations, such as the Moose Lodge in Wauconda as well as area American Legions, VFW posts and churches, host recruits from the Great Lakes Naval Station each year.

Blood drive: The Grayslake Fire Department will sponsor a blood drive from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Fire Station No.

The North Chicago Public Library celebrated its long history this weekend with three days of fun, games, raffles, gifts, music and storytelling.

A loud rumbling was their herald. It wasn't thunder on the sunny, 60-degree Sunday afternoon.

U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk, R-Highland Park, believes 78 acres of federal land should be transferred to the city and has offered a new development plan for Naval Station Great Lakes' public-private housing.

The ComEd Festival of Trees at the Rialto Square Theatre will soon be here to kick off the holiday season in style.

Great Lakes Credit Union has won first place in the state Dora Maxwell Social Responsibility Award competition, according to the Illinois Credit Union League.

The Chicago Tribune is reporting that "more than $4.7 million in federal stimulus aid so far has been funneled to schools in North Chicago, and state and federal officials say that money has saved the jobs of 473 teachers." Only one problem - according to Lauri Hakanen, superintendent of North Chicago Community Unit Schools District 187...the ...

A Waukegan woman was charged Thursday by North Chicago police in the Kemble Avenue hit-and-run death of 24-year-old Ernesto Ortiz.

Three countywide office holders will face competition in the November 2010 general election.

River North Chicago Dance Company 20th anniversary fall engagement Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park Saturday, Nov.

Five community programs get recognition from AT&T October 29, 2009 NEWS-SUN STAFF REPORT WAUKEGAN -- Five community programs have earned special recognition and money for service to the community as recipients of AT&T Illinois Beyond the Call Community Awards.

Overwhelmed by huge demand at their five H1N1 swine vaccine sites, the Lake County Health Department has cancelled flu shot clinics that were scheduled for Saturday and Sunday because of depleted vaccine supplies.

Dunning Read Conservation Area is a little corner of natural beauty in the middle of a North Chicago neighborhood.

A North Chicago drug dealer who sold heroin to a sailor who later died in an overdose was sentenced Monday to five years in prison.

The Waukegan Police Department is partnering with the Christian Outreach of Lutherans Food Pantry to sponsor a food Drive to benefit local senior citizens in need.

A bipartisan bill to merge the North Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Naval Health Clinic Great Lakes awaits President Obama's signature.

Youngsters and their families can get into the Halloween spirit a bit early at the Trick-or-Treat Trails event at North Chicago's Greenbelt Cultural Center.

WAUKEGAN GOP: The Waukegan Township Republican Organization will hold its annual Spaghetti Dinner from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

20, 2009, at his residence after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born Nov.