Wadsworth News

Wadsworth Trustee Rodney Johnson this week suggested the village use $409,000 from the Illinois Jobs Now program to complete various street repairs throughout the village and save its state Motor Fuel funds for Mill Creek or 21st Street upgrades.

A free, weekly workout session for neighbors has beefed up to become Jam Fitness, a new downtown business offering group aerobics and other physical training.

Get into the holiday spirit early and get some decorating ideas at St. Patrick Church's 5th annual Christmas House Walk fund-raiser on Dec.

The public has started to weigh in on Alternative A and Alternative B for development of the Waukegan Savanna -- but the final result could easily be a to-be-determined Alternative C. "People don't have to pick one concept or the other.

Schools chief, board strip one risk from flood solution Constructed in the 1950s near the east bank of the Des Plaines River, Gurnee Grade School holds its breath when Mother Nature starts to rumble.

Renaming West Adams Road was long overdue. Now it's West Major Avenue. The Village Board approved the change Tuesday night, unfinished business from annexing West Adams from Wadsworth more than six years ago.

Larry Godson, president of Save the Prairie Society, examines cordgrass as he walks the concrete sidewalks around the Wolf Road Prairie in Westchester.

Three new Neighborhood Watch programs have begun in the village, paving the way for a climate where neighbors watch out for each other.

Art Jack Benny Center for the Arts: Bowen Park, 1800 N. Sheridan Road, Waukegan.

Red ribbons tied around trees and whole classes of children in red T-shirts are just some of the visible symbols promoting a drug free lifestyle during Red Ribbon Week.

Since April, when Food Network celebrity chef Guy Fieri came to The Shanty to film an episode of "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives," the Lake County culinary world was waiting to see which of the three titles would be applied to the Route 41 eatery.

Art Gallery on Genesee: 114 S. Genesee, Waukegan. 913-3913. Featuring works by local artists, including Thom Kapheim and jewelry by Harriet Weintraub and Melinda Orzoff.

The village has ended its 10-year relationship with the Winthrop Harbor Police Department and contracted with the Lake County Sheriff's Office.

Antonio A. Smith, 34, of 2016 Kristan, North Chicago, was charged Oct. 13 with Class 4 possession of a controlled substance and Class 1 possession with intent to deliver in the 600 block of N. Greenleaf Street.

The concept of using wetlands restoration as a means to reduce flood damage received a federal boost recently.

The Lake County Republican Federation announces GOPAC Chairman Frank Donatelli as Keynote Speaker for its 8th Annual Fall Dinner.

The green light was given to purchasing four new parcels for the Lake County Forest Preserve system, including a new preserve near Lake Villa and additions to the Millennium Trail near Volo, and a new preserve next to Van Patten Woods in Wadsworth.

Members of the Water TrailKeepers, Lake County Forest Preserve stewards and Girl Scout Troop 1717 will tackle a major cleanup effort along Lake County's northern section of the Des Plaines River on Oct.

What do you think of the Olympics not coming to Chicago? Asked at The Shanty Restaurant in Wadsworth.

The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the Lake Forest Police Department.