Fox Lake News

Fox Lake, Ill.-based Bruin Brake Cables announces a 100% "Correct Cable, No Comeback" accuracy guarantee.

Owner Pete Jakstas puts a hat owned by Al Capone into a display case at the Mineola Hotel in Fox Lake.

Called by a prosecutor the "grim reaper to every driver on the road," a Round Lake Beach man was sentenced today to 13 years in prison today for his eighth DUI conviction.

An 1890s orphanage for black children, a theater that thrived in Peoria's early 20th century heyday and the Chicago home of late blues legend Muddy Waters were named Tuesday to the 10 most endangered historic places in Illinois.

Conservationists in the state of Illinois have released their a list of the ten most endangered historic places of 2013.

An antique sign showing room rates at the Mineola Hotel in Fox Lake was on display in the lounge.

FOX LAKE – The Mineola Hotel joined a former home for African-American orphans, the home of Blues musician Muddy Waters and a pre-Civil War era North Shore mansion on the list of the state's most endangered historic places.

Fox Lake Country Club is a beautiful 18-hole golf course that is open to the public and nestled in the rolling terrain in the Village of Fox Lake, IL.

FOX LAKE – Residents and business owners affected by the recent flooding will not have to pay for building permits, the Fox Lake Village Board decided Monday.

Sarah Nader - snader@shawmedia.com Rob Robinson poses for a portrait April 19 near his home in Fox Lake.

Initial indications Wednesday were that flood expenses incurred by municipalities and other governments in Lake County could meet the threshold for possible federal reimbursement.

The American Red Cross has opened 12 sites in eight counties to distribute 5,000 cleanup kits to people with water damage from the recent flooding.

Tom Herring used a snow shovel to clean up sticks along the edge of the waterline forming in the parking lot of Channel Inn Fine Wine and Spirits in downtown Fox Lake.

Algonquin resident Tony Angarola inspects the sand bag wall that's currently holding back about a foot of water from the Fox River Monday morning.

Household items are submerged in floodwaters in front of a house in Fox Lake, Illinois, on Monday, April 22.

The Lake County Emergency Management Agency said if your property has been impacted by the recent floods, you need to report it to your local government agency, as follows: If you live in an unincorporated area or a township, contact the Lake County Planning Building and Development Department at 377-2081. Lake County is working with the Solid ... (more)

You don't have to look far to find evidence of how serious the flooding is in Fox Lake, where the swollen Fox River and Chain O' Lakes are ready to crest.

The Chain O' Lakes and Fox River flooding is one for the record books; it's expected to crest Monday just above the 8-foot mark set in 1960.

It was a roller-coaster of emotions during election night. I had vested interest, considering my dad is Ed Bender.

George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com Rich Sanders walks back to his house on Lincolnshire Way in Lincolnshire after checking the water level at the end of the block and turning back on Saturday, April 20, 2013.