• Lake County sheriff to electronically monitor Hastert

  Chicago Sun-Times A haggard-looking Dennis Hastert can be seen in a booking photo released Wednesday — the first public image of the former House speaker after he left federal prison where he spent 13 months for scheming to cover up his sexual abuse of boys.
  Last Updated Jul 19, 2017 6:59 PM

• Lake Children’s Advocacy Center celebrates 30th anniversary

  Updated Jul 19, 2017 10:32 PM

  A celebration and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Lake County Children’s Advocacy Center’s 30th birthday will be held Wednesday, Aug. 2, at the center in Gurnee. Deputy Governor Leslie Munger is the special guest.

• Lake County man denies sexually abusing teen he met on social media

  Updated Jul 19, 2017 7:14 PM

  A Lake County man accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl in a Waukegan motel room pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that could send him to prison for 45 years.

• Ice cream social in Wauconda

  Updated Jul 19, 2017 4:38 PM

  The Wauconda Township Historical society will hold its annual ice cream and pie social Aug. 20.

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• Marriott Lincolnshire Resort reopened after flooding

  Updated Jul 19, 2017 8:37 AM

  Marriott Lincolnshire Resort reopens for guests and Marriott Theatre resumes performances of “The Bridges of Madison County” nearly a week after rising floodwater forced an evacuation of the facility.

• Lake County providing training to avoid police dog opioid overdoses

  Updated Jul 18, 2017 7:52 PM

  Authorities in Lake County are offering police dog opioid overdose training to handlers in response to the dangers of fentanyl, a synthetic pain killer sometimes added to heroin.

• Beware of after-flood scammers, Lake County sheriff says

  Updated Jul 18, 2017 5:17 PM

  Lake County sheriff’s police are warning people affected by last week’s flood to beware of scammers.

• Animals, music, contests and much more at Lake County Fair

  Updated Jul 18, 2017 4:00 PM

  The 89th annual Lake County Fair is coming to the Lake County Fairgrounds and Event Center Wednesday through Sunday, July 26-30.

• Rauner pledges amendatory veto of school funding plan

  Posted Jul 18, 2017 5:45 AM

  Gov. Bruce Rauner said he will veto a school funding bill as soon as it reaches his desk because it includes a bailout of the Chicago Public School pension system, an accusation fiercely refuted Monday by state Sen. Melinda Bush at a news conference in Gurnee.

• Improved Lake County juvenile justice center opens
• Routes 120, 173 fully reopened in Lake County
• Lake County urges residents to report flood damage
• Help give Waukegan Art Bus a makeover
• Special electronics collection in Lake County
• Volunteer tutors sought
• 54th IPRA Championship Rodeo continues Sunday in Wauconda
• Flood outlook varies town-to-town as more officials promise help
• Rauner declares emergency as river towns brace for more flood trouble
• Rauner declares Lake, McHenry, Kane counties state disaster areas
• Hawthorn Woods man wants to find stolen 5-foot rooster statue
• No immediate federal help expected for flood victims
• 89th annual Lake County Fair
• Images: Monday scenes of flooding along Fox and Des Plaines Rivers
• Suburban county fairs mix new attractions with returning favorites
• Images: Summer is in full swing in The Week in Pictures
• Images: Friday scenes of flooding in Lake, Cook and Kane counties

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