Venetian Village News

Reaction to a proposal to ban dog owners from tying their creatures outside - the topic of this column on Sunday - drew passionate response from readers, but nearly all on one side - anti-tethering. Emotional notes, often from neighbors of miserable dogs tied outside in all weather, landed in the LakeFront inbox with a small explosion.

As the last 5,000 ComEd customers waited to have their power restored Saturday - five days after major storms left 850,000 in the dark - some were still smarting because it has taken so long.

Police are on the lookout for a white van that temporarily abducted a College of Lake County student this week and now has been reported cruising elementary school bus stops in unincorporated Lake Villa.

Once a posh resort town for the affluent, Lake Villa today offers a thriving residential and business community that attracts more and more homebuyers each year.