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McGuireWoods Consulting will continue to be DuPage County’s federal lobbyist. Daily Herald file photo DuPage County Board members have agreed to pay a lobbying firm up to $96,000 to represent county interests before Congress and federal executive branch agencies for another year. The county will retain McGuireWoods Consulting for $8,000 a month. The firm has…
This house at 834 Sunset Road in Geneva sold for $4.85 million in a transaction that closed Jan. 21. Broker Meg Whitted said it is the highest price paid for a home in Kane County history. Courtesy Chrissy Barrett You wouldn’t think the housing market for million-dollar-plus luxury homes would be a problem, but Meg…
Developers are seeking feedback from Lake Zurich officials for what would be the largest residential community in town. A mixed-use development featuring a 282-home apartment community called June Terrace is being proposed for the 20-acre Regal property on Rand Road in Lake Zurich. Courtesy of village of Lake Zurich The proposed 282-unit June Terrace mixed-use…
The Travelodge hotel in Waukegan has been purchased by PADS Lake County and will be converted to the county’s first permanent shelter for homeless families. Courtesy of Lake County A Travelodge hotel in Waukegan will be converted to the first permanent shelter in Lake County for families with children experiencing a housing crisis. PADS Lake…
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart AP file photo Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart says he’s phasing out his electronic monitoring program for people awaiting trial because he can’t run it safely anymore. Dart says he plans to stop accepting new detainees into the program after April 1. But he said he will continue to run…
The rebuilding and widening of Aptakisic Road between Buffalo Grove and Long Grove is complete, after an 18-month, $13 million construction project that began in June 2023. Courtesy of Lake County Division of Transportation After 18 months, work to rebuild and widen a busy section of Aptakisic Road through Buffalo Grove and Long Grove is…
Ernesto Velasquez-Jimenez An Elgin man convicted in October of sexually assaulting a child received a 49-year prison sentence, the Kane County state’s attorney’s office announced Saturday. Ernesto Velasquez-Jimenez, 36, was convicted in October of three counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and seven counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a child….
