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Partnership between local organizations combines health with nature

Birds, flowers, squirrels, trees and fish. You can see all this while getting exercise and spending time with your family when visiting forest preserves in Lake County. And all free of charge.

Community college adjusts smoothly to record enrollment

CRYSTAL LAKE – After struggling last year to cope with unprecedented growth, McHenry County College is adjusting to a larger student population.

Round Lake Park business woman wins child care award

ROUND LAKE PARK – When Martina Rocha moved from Mexico to the United States 17 years ago, she told her parents the first thing she wanted to do wasn’t earn money.

Waukegan Police Department looks to fill 14 volunteer crossing guard positions

WAUKEGAN – The Waukegan Police Department is looking to community members to fill 14 volunteer crossing guard positions to aid Waukegan Elementary School children during the 2010-11 school year.

Efforts underway to restart officer exchange program

WOODSTOCK – Sheriff Keith Nygren formally invited the governor-elect of a central Mexican state to visit McHenry County in what could revitalize an informal exchange program.

KC Family Literacy receives RAAC grant for Huichol art

The Family Literacy Program in the Adult Education and Transition Programs division at Kishwaukee College offered a summer program in which participating families created Huichol or yarn paintings.

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Positive vibes are what it's all about

The story of the 33 Chile miners who have been trapped in a mine since Aug. 5, and the note that one of the miners wrote and the Chile president waved ...

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New district program shares information

WOODSTOCK – Beginning this school year, District 200 will use a new system for distributing information to families about nonprofit groups and other a ...

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