Lake County News Dispatch

Tina Durrant is a candidate for Illinois State Representative who doesn’t appreciate the efforts of homeowners to have fun during Halloween. In a comment on a Facebook video of a particular family’s Halloween display, Durrant referred to the decorations as “crap.” Countless homeowners throughout Lake County set up Halloween displays in their yards and homes, many of which are elaborate and require a lot of work. These displays reflect the passion for the season and help children have fun.

Registration now open for Dec. 6 events benefiting McHenry, Lake counties FOX LAKE — Registration is open for the 14th annual Jeeps on the Run Toys for Tots Run — and for the sensational soiree that follows. After all, it won’t be long before Halloween frights give way to holiday cheer, and few are more mindful of Santa’s approach than those who’ve helped fill his sleigh. During the Dec.

Colleague says 77-year-old Leasure is an industry ‘GOAT’ LIBERTYVILLE — With more than 2,500 loans closed and thousands of new homeowners minted over the last 30+ years, mortgage banker Jan Leasure’s numbers are impressive. Also impressive? The figures 80 and 77 — the average number of hours a week she still invests in her craft, and her perpetually youthful number of trips around the sun, respectively. It is her heart, however, that really steals the show.

Grayslake police are conducting an investigation after a pedestrian was hit and killed by a train on Monday afternoon. The incident took place just after 4:30pm on Monday just northwest of Center Street. The incident involved a Canadian National train and a 19 year old woman, who was pronounced dead at the scene. Witnesses say the train came an abrupt halt after the collision. Gates at RT120, Center Street and RT83 were blocked for hours as first responders tended to the incident.

An 11 year veteran of the Waukegan Police Department has been charged with felony official misconduct for allegedly misuing licence plate readers and other database technology to track co-workers and others associated with them. Oscar Magpali faces five counts, which is a class 3 felony.

Roman Buchberger is a Republican candidate running for Lake County Sheriff. He is a self proclaimed “constitutional sheriff” candidate. The Constitutional Sheriff is a fringe movement which stems from denying that Donald J Trump lost the 2020 election and proclaims the January 6th 2021 attack on the US Capitol did not occur. It has since expanded its radical beliefs to hold that a sheriff’s authority supersedes all other laws.

Midwest Mystic performs mentalist feats, tricks, more at Grand Victorian CRYSTAL LAKE — Dan Zamp stood around the corner from an elegant parlor on the third floor of Crystal Lake’s Grand Victorian, very much giving off the vibe of a man unlikely to be impressed with what he was about to witness. His wife, Peggy, looked equally skeptical. About an hour and a half later, though, well … count them as converts.

Tickets available now for contender-stacked event featuring six title bouts CRYSTAL LAKE — Saturday, Sept. 19, is the big night for the fourth in a series of Jeff Curran Invitationals, events which feature no-gi, submission-only superfights that are gaining acclaim in high-level Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu circles across the globe.

Richardson Adventure Farm, home of the ‘World’s Largest’ Corn Maze, opens Sept. 12 SPRING GROVE — With new amenities, expanded play areas and all of the twists and turns to explore in 9.7 miles of tremendous trail, the Richardson “World’s Largest” Corn Maze and Adventure Farm begins greeting visitors Saturday, Sept. 12.

Renowned storyteller Susan O’Halloran to appear at Woodstock Opera House WOODSTOCK — Susan O’Halloran recalls riding the L downtown from her very white Southwest Side neighborhood as a young teen in the 1960s, past Chicago blocks where yards and streets were strewn with garbage. Some adults in her midst would point down and remark about how “those people” lived in filth, and god forbid their kind ever begin to infiltrate their own well-kept neighborhoods.