NEWS ALERT: Faced with increased service demand from a bear economy, public libraries throughout Illinois are looking to expand and upgrade their community services with stimulus funding. Find out what your public library needs funding for to serve you and your neighbors during these hard times.
NEWS ALERT: A 2007 TIF grant by the City Council moved a gun dealer from a garage to Zion’s main street. A member of the TIF board that was overruled by the council is making that an issue in the current campaign.
NEWS ALERT: A 2007 TIF grant by the City Council moved a gun dealer from a garage to Zion’s main street. A member of the TIF board that was overruled by the council is making that an issue in the current campaign.
NEWS ALERT: Alerting residents of imminent local danger is more complex in the age of wireless communication. Find out why citizens can’t be contacted at home anymore in case of an emergency.
NEWS ALERT: Pumping Lake Michigan water to the west will also export economic development from shoreline communities, says one County Board member. Find out if western County Board members have a rebuttal to that claim.
SCOOP ALERT: Retiring Waukegan Police Chief Bill Biang will not be the next director of security for Waukegan schools, as previously reported. Find out where the chief’s next gig will be and why he was not hired for the school district’s position.
NEWS ALERT: A failure to balance the books by the city of Zion might be a factor as to why the city’s 8,000 water customers were overtaxed by $6 million. Find out how that happened after the city operated nearly a full fiscal year without an audit being submitted.
NEWS ALERT: The state has an available Lake Michigan water allocation that’s several times more than what a group of western Lake County municipalities is seeking. Find out how that allocation became available.
NEWS ALERT: Lake County committed spending $5.5 million for two transportation projects on March 17. Find out what projects got the green light.
NEWS ALERT: More health care is coming for uninsured residents. Find out how the federal stimulus program is providing more local access to health care.
GRANT ALERT: Lake County has just received nearly $4.2 million in federal grant funding. Find out which local agencies will get a piece of that action.
GRANT ALERT: The federal government has funds earmarked to keep kids from joining gangs. Contact Lake County criminal justice officials to share that funding to save juveniles in your community from being recruited as corner boys.