Column: ICE agents come out of hibernation in Lake County
For those here illegally, they may be switching that sailing adage about the calm after the storm. They will be in the eye of the storm this summer.
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Column: Searches continue for the nation’s MIAs
Many of us will pass May 25 along Lake Michigan beaches or on the waters of the Chain O’Lakes, giving little thought to those who died in wars defending democracy.
Column: Delays could open door to carp invasion of the Big Lake
Last month, the Army Corps of Engineers finally awarded the second contract.
Column: Data center march into Grayslake grows into a stampede
Lake County communities should start looking into what exactly having a power-hungry data center in one’s backyard really means.
Column: State’s drivers long for gas-tax holiday
We’re now at a four-year high at the national level for fuel. March gas prices rose about 25%, according to government consumer price data, and have been climbing ever since.
Column: Free compost will green Lake County gardens
A bunch of Lake County communities and organizations are helping their local growers with compost giveaways on Friday and Saturday while supplies last.
Column: Plovers pipe in new dawn for Waukegan
“The return of the piping plovers to Waukegan is a powerful testament to what we can achieve through environmental stewardship,” Mayor Sam Cunningham said in a statement.
Column: Summer’s coming, but so is road construction season
Stuck in traffic bottlenecks, our time being impinged, we take little consolation that the construction projects mean eventually easier trips once the work is completed.
Column: Parking lot sale far from a solution to Vista’s woes
Solutions are few without an influx of cash to stem the tide of rising red ink at the hospital.
Column: Latest round of Gurnee flooding nothing like ‘86
It’s been the wettest start to a meteorological spring on record, weather folks tell us, with 10.6 inches of rain drenching the area, and the rainiest April since 2013.