Gages Lake News

Wheelchairs decked out in crepe paper. Poster-size renderings of the American Flag.

Wheelchairs decked out in crepe paper. Poster-size renderings of the American Flag.

"Ever since I was a little girl, dance has always been part of my life," said Pamela Lahey.

A new graduate of Warren Township High School has received several awards and scholarships, including the first honoring a former Warren student who died in Iraq.

Armed with hair spray, curling irons and nail polish, a team of cosmetology students from Lake County High Schools Technology Campus primped about 25 special education students from Laremont School in Gages Lake for their prom experience Friday.

Awed exclamations and stares followed Lucas Khubchandani, 8, as he roamed through school on Tuesday.

A student at Woodland Elementary East in Gages Lake has been hit with a confirmed case of the H1N1 virus, commonly known as the swine flu.

A 36-year-old Warren Township man charged with repeatedly molesting a young girl in 2005 pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Lake County Circuit Court.

A Hawaiian luau fund-raiser for Regap of Illinois will be held at 6 p.m. May 2 at Jesse Oaks Restaurant/Bar, 18490 Old Gages Lake Road, Gages Lake.

To help create the illusion of traveling back to pioneer days, many students went to school dressed in bonnets, shawls, bandanas and cowboy hats Friday morning.

Sales are approaching closeout and several town homes are available for immediate delivery at Water's Edge, a Cambridge Homes development on Gages Lake in Grayslake.

A Gages Lake man accused of having sex with an underage girl could spend the next three decades in prison.

Mar 27, 2009 3:33 pm US/Central Bond has been set at $250,000 for a north suburban man charged with the sexual assault of the daughter of a close friend, authorities announced Friday.

Don Mobley, who recently retired as fire chief of the Grayslake Fire Protection District, was honored by the Village Board on Tuesday night for his distinguished 29-year career with the district.

"Last call" has an ominous new meaning at the Midnite Blue Lounge, with the neighborhood tavern closing for good Friday to make way for the widening of Route 45.

Mar 7, 2009 10:19 pm US/Central ROUND LAKE, Ill. Two men attempting to walk across Round Lake fell through the icy surface Saturday afternoon.

A man fell through the ice on Gages Lake Friday evening after driving on the partially frozen water with his motorcycle, officials said.

Members of Boy Scout Troop 671 gathered at Woodland Elementary School in Gages Lake on Tuesday to celebrate the group's 50th anniversary.

For the first time in her 8-year-old life, third-grader Vanessa Castrejon of Park City walked into a high school on Thursday.

Elgin-based IHC Construction has been selected by the Special Education District of Lake County in Gages Lake as the construction manager for their additions and renovations program.