Two people were hospitalized after a driver slammed their car into a vehicle that was broken down on the shoulder of Route 22, shutting down the roadway in Lake Zurich, police said. The Lake Zurich Fire Rescue Department and Lake Zurich Police Department responded around 7:07 p.m. Sunday to the area of Route 22 and […]
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Woman critically injured, 2 others seriously injured after crash shuts down busy intersection in Kildeer
A woman was critically injured and two other women were seriously injured after a car turned in front of another car, causing an offset head-on crash, on the border of Kildeer and Lake Zurich. The Lake Zurich Fire Rescue Department and Kildeer Police Department responded around 6:15 p.m. Friday to the area of Route 22 […]
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Pastor at Lake Zurich church, school permanently removed from position while on leave for 3rd child sex abuse investigation
A pastor at a Lake Zurich church and school who has been accused of sexually abusing minors three separate times has been permanently replaced even as the archbishop continues to praise him. Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, wrote in a recent letter to the community at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Parish in […]
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Student who punched another student holding pro-ICE sign at Lake Zurich High School received 2-day suspension
No criminal charges were filed, but the student who punched another student for holding a pro-ICE sign at Lake Zurich High School last week received a two-day suspension and is back in class. The controversial and viral incident occurred around 1:45 p.m. on February 12 inside Lake Zurich High School at the main entrance. Many […]
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Viral video purportedly shows student holding pro-ICE sign getting punched by another student at Lake Zurich High School
School officials are not releasing information after a video, which is going viral on social media, purportedly shows a Lake Zurich High School student getting punched by another student who was angry at his pro-ICE sign at the school on Thursday. Danny Spud, who has over 60,000 followers on Instagram and over 35,000 followers on […]
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Long Grove firefighter-paramedics, dispatcher reunite with Crystal Lake woman they saved after cardiac arrest
A Crystal Lake woman reunited with the Long Grove firefighter-paramedics and 911 dispatcher who saved her life when she went into cardiac arrest in Lake Zurich. Terri Basler, a 61-year-old woman from Crystal Lake, left her office at the Kemper Lakes Business Center in Lake Zurich in the afternoon of November 11. Once Basler got […]
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Man accused of firing shots during burglary in Lake Zurich, leading to SWAT standoff said he does ‘stupid things’ when drunk
A judge ordered a suspect detained until trial after he admitted to police that he sometimes “does stupid things” when drunk after prosecutors say he fired shots during a burglary in Lake Zurich, leading to a SWAT standoff. The Lake Zurich Police Department responded around 2:18 a.m. Saturday to the Casey’s Convenience Store, 650 South […]
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Hundreds attend protests throughout Lake County calling for the abolishment of ICE, honoring Renee Good
Hundreds of protestors gathered throughout Lake County over the weekend to call for the end of immigration operations in the U.S. after a woman was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minnesota. A community vigil and protest event was held at the Ela Peace Pole in downtown Lake Zurich at 5 p.m. Sunday. The […]
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Suspect charged after shooting, burglary leads to major hours-long SWAT standoff in Lake Zurich
Charges have been filed against a suspect who allegedly fired a gun and burglarized a gas station in Lake Zurich, leading to an hours-long standoff that prompted a major SWAT response in Lake Zurich. The Lake Zurich Police Department received a burglary alarm around 2:17 a.m. Saturday at the Casey’s convenience store, 650 South Rand […]