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Low Cost Animal Pet Care Clinic
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The Lake County Health Department/Community Health Center's Animal Care and Control Program is providing two opportunities in April for pet owners to bring their dogs and cats to low-cost pet vaccination clinics. Each clinic is held from 9 a.m. until noon.
Saturday, April 5, Beach Park Public Works 40185 Glendale, Beach Park
Saturday, April 26, Vernon Hills Police Department, 754 Lakeview Parkway, Vernon Hills
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Additional Service to be added for Pace Bus Route 571 - Zion
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Starting Sunday, April 6, Pace Bus Route 571 will add new weekday trips between 23rd/Gabriel and Waukegan, in order to provide service every 30 minutes all day. New evening and weekend trips and Sunday service hours will also be added. See Details
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Special Needs Movie Day Showing Rio 2
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Saturday, April 12, 9 a.m. Gurnee Mills Marcus Theatre 6244 Grand Ave., Gurnee
For more information contact Tracy at 847.746.1770
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Spring is Blooming in Lake County
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See what's going on in our communities this weekend with Visit Lake County's new spring page, and their calendar of events.
Find a new restaurant, plan a "kidtivity" or learn about a hidden gem of Lake County. Visit Spring Page
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Spring in Our Forest Preserves
| Forest Fitness Enjoy the outdoors at a fast-paced adult group fitness hikes provide one hour of heart-pumping exercise in a friendly group atmosphere. See all Forest Fitness hikes.
Forest Preserves' Magazine "Horizons" Available Online Have you ever gone birding before? In the spring issue of Horizons, learn about bird watching in Lake County, other local wildlife, upcoming events, programs and more. Horizons Online
Volunteers Help Local Preserves Watch a video about how local Forest Preserve employees and volunteers help the environment by harvesting seeds of local plants and trees. |
Healthy Lake County! March Episode
| March is National Nutrition Month Learn some simple steps you can take to help improve your eating habits and see how Enroll Lake County! is helping people sign up for health care coverage by the March 31 deadline. Watch Video |
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If you have any comments or concerns, please contact me at: [email protected] or 847.244.2742.
Thank you,
Diane Hewitt
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Lake County Announces 2014 Construction Program
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2014 will again be another extremely busy construction season. The Lake County Division of Transportation (LCDOT) will continue with its multiple projects already underway and start a number of new reconstruction and widening projects, intersection
improvements, resurfacing projects, and several pedestrian/bike path projects this year. Learn more.
Check out the newly expanded mapping application on the LCDOT website for a complete list of Lake County planned projects for 2014. Use the map to find the project you are interested in, click on the project and see the latest information and important updates.
Washington Street to Close for Four Months The Lake County Division of Transportation will be closing Washington Street to through traffic from Cedar Lake Rd., to Hainesville Rd., on March 31 at 6 a.m. and will reopen four months later. For additional information regarding this project please visit washingtonstreetinfo.com.
Detour Route: Cedar Lake Road, to IL Route 134 to IL Route 120 to Hainesville Rd.
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Watch County Update: Find out about Resources for Job Seekers, Youth, and Local Employers
| The Lake County Workforce Development Department operates the Job Centers of Lake County and offers a variety of resources, programs, and services for job seekers, youth, and local employers. Watch this episode of County Update to learn more. |
Illinois Senate Committee Passes Standards of Conduct Legislation
| Lake County Board Chairman Aaron Lawlor recently provided testimony to the Illinois Senate Local Government Committee supporting proposed Standards of Conduct Legislation (Senate Bill 3552) that aims to enhance transparency, responsibility and accountability of appointed government bodies, and create consistent standards for appointees across all counties. The bill now goes to full senate for a vote. Read News Release
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