Steve Sadin

Dias was one of several public officials who “broke ground” for the final $1.4 million job in the 14-project Lake County Stormwater Management Commission’s $30 million effort Monday at Grayslake Village Hall to help relieve flooding for 84 homes.

One would think one of those provisions alders would familiarize themselves with are the various quasi-official boards and committees, and those who serve on them — often without pay — that help run a city of about 100,000.

After voting unanimously not to increase its share of Lake County property taxes in September as part of approving its budget, Waukegan Community

Dozens of people gave Mayor Ann Taylor a countdown before she lit the city’s Christmas tree Saturday at Jack Benny Plaza in Waukegan in the midst of a day with a number of holiday events throughout the downtown area setting the season in full swing.

As scores of balloons flew into the sky from the entrance to the new Community Resource Healing Center in Waukegan, site coordinator the Rev.

Bob Groesbeck, Planet 13 Holdings’ co-CEO, said the 8,000-square-foot Waukegan building — with 4,000 square feet of floor space — is larger than a neighborhood shop, but not the size of a super store like its main Las Vegas facility and the California operation.

Jones of one of 200 participants in Waukegan Township’s eighth-annual Holiday Gift Card Program for families with children in the public schools within the township’s boundaries in Waukegan or North Chicago.

The Waukegan City Council voted 7-2 Wednesday at City Hall to place the amnesty issue on the agenda of its next meeting, when it will debate the merits of Guzman’s contention former garbage hauler Waste Management is to blame.

Duffie was one of 24 guest principals for Waukegan Community Unit School District 60′s fourth-annual Guest Principal Day Monday, spending time with students and staff at the district’s schools talking to youngsters and listening to them.

Lake County voters will have few choices to make selecting their party’s nominees for the Nov. 5 general election when they cast their primary ballots on March 19 at their local polling place because nearly all contests are uncontested with only one nominee.