Deputy Chief John Combs was officially appointed as the new chief at a recent Village Board meeting. He is a 27-year veteran of the department.

State, county and village officials gathered Monday at historic Phil’s Beach in Wauconda to mark the completion of the $3.5 million Bangs Lake Outfall drainage and flood control project. The milestone ...

Wauconda Police Chief David Wermes is calling it a career after more than 10 years as the village’s top cop and four decades in law enforcement. The decision was announced by the department in a ...

A northwest suburban man died after being electrocuted while trimming trees near power lines Saturday in unincorporated ...

A man from Chicago's far north suburbs died this weekend after an encounter with a live while he was trimming trees.

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Residents in the Metro East and South Central Illinois areas can track flood conditions in real time as forecasters update river levels and storm warnings across the region. With communities situated ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Local health leaders are keeping a close eye on the growing number of hantavirus cases, but they say the risk to people in the Chicago area is low. Infectious disease specialist Dr.

Last month, Google quietly killed off Google Sky Maps. But there’s still another way to virtually explore most of the solar system a la Google Maps: it’s called Google Maps in Space. Google Maps in ...

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