Chicago Daily Herald

Hainesville Mayor Linda Soto said the Grayslake police takeover of village patrol duties has been a smooth transition since it began nearly five weeks ago.

Consultants, multi-million-dollar loans, additional staff, extra lawyers and a special audit helped the DuPage Water Commission regain its financial footing.

Elaine Rathjen doesn't like weeds. Problem is, when the Dundee Township resident looks out onto the open space of Raceway Woods just beyond her backyard, she says all she can see are noxious weeds and overgrown vegetation.

The trend toward eating locally grown produce has been an economic boon for farmers markets in many suburbs and even has grocery store produce sections adding more offerings from close-to-home growers.

A volunteer group seeking to restore the historic site of the first high school built in central Lake County is hosting a wine, beer, cigar and food festival to raise funds to repair the building.

Cook County Assistant Public Defender Larry Kugler and Rod Blagojevich's renowned legal team have something in common. Both recently experienced lengthy deliberations that concluded with deadlocked juries.

Two suburban Marines who died in combat last week are being remembered in California, where Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has ordered American and state flags at the capitol in Sacramento to be flown at half-staff in their honor.

The Moon family had just pulled away from home on their way to a Friday night gathering when Ben Moon spotted smoke coming from a six-story condominium across the street in the Heather Ridge community of Gurnee.

It was an easy choice for Roberto Barajas - living the good life in Dubai or physical labor under the sun at Arlington Park. The 16-year-old Palatine High School senior selected a season of hard work at the racetrack, of course.

Two wind turbines have received the green light in Grayslake, and the village intends to develop regulations to deal with future nonresidential requests.

State Sen. Michael Noland is being criticized for what his Republican opponent says are exaggerations about legislation passage, job creation and construction funding, included in two mailers.

Some Bloomingdale residents in the Park Bloomingdale Condominium complex say they've lost power so frequently in recent weeks they're afraid to stock their freezers.

A kind, considerate and hardworking Marine from Palatine who dreamed of a career in the military has been killed in action in Afghanistan.

Area veterans will for the first time be able to view the original architectural model of the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., here in Des Plaines.

Top this for a 21st birthday story. Instead of spending the day with friends and family, Erik Sarnello spent most of Aug. 10 holed up in a jury room with 11 people who had been strangers two months earlier. They gave him a card.

The tentative budget that the Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 board approved on Thursday came without many surprises.

Four retired generals in town to meet with congressional candidates about military and human rights issues expressed disappointment at one name not on the list of participants.

A Marine from Wheaton was killed by a roadside bomb Wednesday while in combat in Afghanistan.

A Warrenville alderman was ordered Wednesday to relinquish his passport - although he can't be barred from city property - in the wake of charges he used his elected position to swindle money with failed promises of sporting event tickets and a photo opportunity with former President George W. Bush.

Lee DeWyze wants everyone back home to know he hasn't changed. "Let's see, right now I'm wearing a hoodie, blue jeans and a beanie," the Mount Prospect native said, speaking from California, "if that tells you anything."