A 16-year-old girl was killed after another car drove into the wrong lanes of traffic, striking her vehicle head-on in Wauconda Friday evening, police said. The Wauconda Police Department and Wauconda Fire District responded to the northbound lanes of Route 12 just south of Case Road at 10:15 p.m. Friday for a two-vehicle crash. Wauconda […]
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Federal gun charges for felon accused of selling gun parts, ammunition out of Wauconda home
A felon is facing federal charges for possessing a machine gun and selling gun parts along with ammunition to an undercover officer out of his Wauconda home, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Gregory Domenico, 35, of the 26800 block of Oak Drive in unincorporated Wauconda, was charged with illegal possession of ammunition by a convicted […]
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Christmas morning fire leaves Wauconda home uninhabitable
A Christmas morning fire caused $80,000 in damage and left a cat dead at a home in Wauconda, fire officials said. The Wauconda Fire District responded at 7:13 a.m. Tuesday morning to a house fire in the 500 block of Brown Street in Wauconda after a passerby called 911. Firefighters found smoke coming from the […]
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Man allegedly forced his way into Wauconda apartment, tried sexually assaulting woman
A 37-year-old man has been charged after police say he broke into a woman’s apartment in Wauconda and beat her, then tried sexually assaulting her. Jacob A. Rubini, 37, of the 500 block of Kimball Avenue in Wauconda, was charged with two counts of domestic battery, home invasion, unlawful restraint and attempted criminal sexual assault. […]
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Man injured after 3-alarm fire tears through Tower Lakes home
A man was injured and several others escaped from a 3-alarm house fire in Tower Lakes Thursday evening which caused over $250,000 in damage. The Wauconda Fire District was called at 9:06 p.m. Thursday to the 100 block of South Hills Drive in Tower Lakes for a report of a house fire. Responding fire crews […]
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1 hospitalized after fire at Wauconda High School
A school employee was transported to the hospital after an electrical fire broke out in the locker room at Wauconda High School Thursday morning, fire officials said. The Wauconda Fire District was called at 9:57 am. on Thursday to a report of a structure fire at the Wauconda High School, 555 North Main Street. A […]
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Wauconda Library damaged after roof fire
Damage was estimated at $50,000 after a roof fire started Tuesday morning at the Wauconda Area Library, fire officials said. The Wauconda Fire District was called at 9:09 a.m. on Tuesday for a report of a structure fire at the Wauconda Area Library, 801 North Main Street in Wauconda. Arriving fire crews found light smoke […]
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Coroner says body found in Wauconda cornfield ‘was likely a suicide’
The missing Buffalo Grove man found dead in a Wauconda cornfield on Monday is believed to have killed himself, the Lake County Coroner told Lake and McHenry County Scanner. Wauconda Chief of Police David Wermes told Lake and McHenry County Scanner on Tuesday that Paul T. Carr, 41, of Buffalo Grove, was found dead by […]
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Body found in Wauconda cornfield ID’d as missing man from Buffalo Grove
A missing Buffalo Grove man was identified as the person found dead in a Wauconda cornfield on Monday. He died from “injuries caused by sharp force trauma,” the coroner released. The Wauconda Police Department said that officers were called at 8:51 a.m. Monday to the 2000 block of North Rand Road in Wauconda for a […]