Round Lake News

Vincente Torres-Vasquez, 48 of Round Lake Beach, is charged with being drunk when he crashed into a motorcyclist and killed him pleaded not guilty Thursday in Lake County Circuit Court.

A former library board trustee and a current school board member are running in the Republican primary for a Lake County Board seat serving Round Lake and Round Lake Beach.

Round Lake village trustees Monday night agreed to hold another formal vote on whether to hire the lowest responsible bidder to handle police vehicle maintenance this year.

A Round Lake mom whose vehicle was struck by a speeding SUV as she entered the parking lot of Park School last month is asking the Grayslake District 46 School Board to take steps to prevent future accidents at the site.

Round Lake Mayor James Dietz says he intends to hold a discussion with village trustees to address their rejection of a police vehicle maintenance bid that was about $61,000 less than the only remaining competitor.

Emergency responders retrieved three people from the roof of their vehicle after it went through the ice of Shawano Lake on Saturday night.

Photo courtesy of Dave Wagner A mother and daughter take a look at the moon using a "Dobbie," a kid-powered telescope, during the Lake County Astronomy Club's "Moon Over Deerfield" event last spring at the Deerfield Public Library.

An 11-year-old girl bumped her head and 12-year-old girl suffered a cut above her eye when a sheriff's squad car collided with a school bus with 42 kids aboard near Round Lake this afternoon.

"I've been performing since I was about 9 years old," said Kathi Cizewski. In fact, her first performanceA was in front of a full auditorium.

In an effort to improve customer service and operate more efficiently, the Lake County Health Department/Community Health Center is consolidating its immunizations program.

Back in the late summer of 1945, my father decided to send my older brother and myself to Camp Henry Horner in Round Lake, named after the first Jewish governor of the state of Illinois.

Lake County families looking for low-cost immunizations will soon have to travel to Waukegan for shots, instead of going to monthly satellite clinics at five locations in the region.