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Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Local Government
Lake Forest police charge DUI rider after Route 41 crash
A 23-year-old Danville man faces DUI charges after police say he crashed his Harley-Davidson on Route 41 near Route 60 on Sept. 13, suffering serious injuries that required transfer to a second hospital.
Local Government
Lake Bluff proposes outdoor lighting caps and curfews
Lake Bluff's Architectural Board of Review and Joint Plan Commission reviewed draft exterior lighting regulations at a Sept. 15 work session that would cap light output, require shielded fixtures, limit color temperature to 3,000 Kelvin, and set an 11 p.m. residential lighting curfew across the village.
Local Government
Lake Forest's 32 Flock cameras track vehicles without warrants
Lake Forest residents and students are questioning the city's 32 Flock license-plate-reader cameras, a $120,000 program that shares surveillance data with neighboring police departments and local HOAs with no warrant requirement and limited public disclosure.
Local Government
Lake County board spends $450K to expand heron rookery preserve
Local Government
Lake Forest police charge DUI rider after Route 41 crash
A 23-year-old Danville man faces DUI charges after police say he crashed his Harley-Davidson on Route 41 near Route 60 on Sept. 13, suffering serious injuries that required transfer to a second hospital.
Local Government
Lake Bluff proposes outdoor lighting caps and curfews
Local Government
Lake Forest's 32 Flock cameras track vehicles without warrants
Local Government
Supreme Court clears Lake County's Sept. 24 ballot mailing
Local Government
Lake County board spends $450K to expand heron rookery preserve
Local Government
Lake Forest police charge DUI rider after Route 41 crash
A 23-year-old Danville man faces DUI charges after police say he crashed his Harley-Davidson on Route 41 near Route 60 on Sept. 13, suffering serious injuries that required transfer to a second hospital.
Local Government
Lake Bluff proposes outdoor lighting caps and curfews
Local Government
Lake Forest's 32 Flock cameras track vehicles without warrants
Local Government
Supreme Court clears Lake County's Sept. 24 ballot mailing
Local Government
Lake County board spends $450K to expand heron rookery preserve
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Lake Bluff holds public hearing on state-flagged housing plan, votes on Zeigler incentive deal
The Lake Bluff Village Board will hold a public hearing on an updated Affordable Housing Plan and vote on an economic incentive agreement with Zeigler Lake Forest, LLC, at its Monday, Aug. 10 meeting, following a state finding that the village's prior housing plan was non-compliant.
Local Government
Lake Forest opens petition season August 25 for all four alderperson seats
All four Lake Forest alderperson seats — Wards 1 through 4 — will be on the April 6, 2027 consolidated election ballot, with the petition circulation window opening Tuesday, August 25 and formal filing running November 16–23, 2026.
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