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Lake Forest purchases nearly 100,000-square-foot, three-story office building for new police station

Lake Forest has purchased a three-story office building, which is nearly 100,000 square feet, for its police department’s new headquarters, which officials say allows for significant cost savings. The Lake Forest City Council earlier this week unanimously approved the purchase of the building located at 1925 Field Court for reuse as a new police facility. […]

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Pro-Palestine protesters disrupt Waukegan City Council meeting over Israel-Hamas ceasefire resolution

Pro-Palestine protesters disrupted the Waukegan City Council meeting on Monday after a city resolution to promote a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war failed to pass. The Waukegan City Council held its regular meeting at 7 p.m. Monday. Part of the meeting agenda was for the council to vote on a motion to approve a resolution […]

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Deerfield, Highland Park pass ordinances aimed to curb unscheduled migrant bus drop-offs

Highland Park and Deerfield both passed ordinances on Tuesday restricting unscheduled migrant drop-offs in the two towns and allowing them to impound buses and fine bus operators. The Deerfield Village Board approved the ordinance regulating one-way unscheduled commercial bus and transportation services that drop off passengers in the village without pre-arranged resources such as food and […]

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Crystal Lake passes ordinance restricting migrant bus drop-offs as Marengo set to vote on similar measure

The Crystal Lake City Council has approved an ordinance allowing the city to impound buses and fine operators dropping off migrants without notice as Marengo is set to vote on a similar measure. The council unanimously passed the ordinance, which ratified the mayor’s December executive order, on Tuesday evening. It went into effect immediately. “The […]

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North Chicago, Grayslake, Waukegan and Highwood pass ordinances cracking down on migrant bus drop-offs

Waukegan, North Chicago, Grayslake and Highwood have passed ordinances that will allow the towns to impound buses and fine operators if they drop off migrants without approval. Grayslake Mayor Rhett Taylor introduced an ordinance that requires buses that drop off migrants in Grayslake to have insurance, pay fees and taxes, provide a manifest and submit […]

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Woodstock, Buffalo Grove both approve ordinances aimed to curb unscheduled migrant bus drop-offs

Buffalo Grove and Woodstock both approved ordinances Tuesday evening that will allow the towns to impound buses and fine operators if they drop off migrants without approval. The Buffalo Grove Village Board unanimously voted to pass an ordinance amending a chapter of the town’s municipal code. It allows the police chief to regulate unscheduled bus stops […]

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Village board to vote on ordinance that would allow Buffalo Grove to issue fines, impound buses that drop off migrants

The village board is set to vote on an ordinance Tuesday that will allow Buffalo Grove to impound buses and fine operators if they drop off migrants without approval. The Buffalo Grove Village Board is set to vote on a proposed ordinance amending a chapter of the town’s municipal code. It would allow the police […]