Wauconda News

Art Antioch Fine Arts Foundation Gallery: 983 Main St. 838-2274. www.antiochfinearts.org. Free folk music at the Gallery on second Saturday every month from 1 to 4 p.m. Diane Schroeder is the featured artist for the month of November.

The Lake County Model Railroad Club shows off its trains at the group's Fall Open House in Wauconda.

PORT BARRINGTON – Insurance officials have taken control of a Port Barrington home destroyed by fire this week.

One criminal case remains pending in a McHenry restaurant arson after a 17-year-old was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison today as part of a plea agreement.

A roof has reportedly collapsed during fire northwest suburban Tower Lakes in Lake County early Monday morning.

RE/MAX American Dream of Wauconda has relocated to a new office at 1120 N. Rand Road and is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its founding.

The first Ford Mustang off the assembly line, a 1964 1/2 Mustang convertible has been spotted for sale on Ebay with a price tag of $5.5 Million.

BARRINGTON – Several Illinois leaders sat down with nurses at Advocate Good Shepherd to discuss health care issues at both the federal and state levels.

Details of a plan to extend Lake Michigan water to eight communities will hit the road next week.

Parents hold up maroon and gold squares to announce the school colors. Named for an Italian who devoted his life to serving the poor, the school will be called the Frassati Catholic Academy.

Everyone loves to see live bands and Lake County hosts an abundance of live music venues.

Plans for the area's first Catholic middle school will be unveiled Sunday by the Archdiocese of Chicago at the Parish Life Center of Transfiguration Parish, 316 W. Mill St.

A Long Grove woman whose car was struck by a Lake County sheriff's deputy, who was using his in-car computer while headed to a call, will receive $125,000 as part of a settlement approved Wednesday.

Art Jack Benny Center for the Arts: Bowen Park, 1800 N. Sheridan Road, Waukegan.

A Lake County jury has found a Wauconda man not guilty of sex charges. Two years ago, Zachary Carlson, 19, of 400 N. Main St., was charged with two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, a Class X felony, and two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, a Class 2 felony.

Postcards such as this one of Chicago are part of the Greater Chicago Antique Postcard and Paper Show in Countryside.

Some painted walls while others held an indoor carnival for children. All were among the 100 volunteers from the College of Lake County who took part Saturday in the 19th annual Make a Difference Day.

A petition opposing Wauconda Unit District 118's decision to sell $16.9 million in cash bonds and aiming to instead force it to a referendum vote has been ruled invalid by an electoral board.

A local charity is working to keep kids warm this winter with the help of Burger King restaurants.

The Grayslake Winter Farmers Market, the only one in Lake County, may be smaller than its summer predecessor but its seasonal offerings are worth braving the wind, the cold and even the impending snow, said organizers.