Lake in the Hills

LAKE IN THE HILLS – The Lake in the Hills Police Department is looking to terminate one of its officers who has not worked since August 2010.

LAKE IN THE HILLS – Inside Kathleen Bacon’s Lincoln Prairie Elementary classroom, students sing about a crawling caterpillar becoming a butterfly that flies away to the tune of “Itsy Bitsy Spider.”

LAKE IN THE HILLS – American Legion Post 1231 will host an Armed Forces Day breakfast on Saturday.

LAKE IN THE HILLS – American Legion Post 1231 will host an all-you-can-eat fish fry Friday.

WOODSTOCK – A Lake in the Hills man was sentenced to two years of probation for his role in the 2006 death of his infant nephew.

LAKE IN THE HILLS – The Lake in the Hills Parks and Recreation Department will host its sixth annual triathlon at 6:30 a.m. June 10.

LAKE IN THE HILLS – Staff members at Marlowe Middle School will host their seventh annual end-of-the-year “All Star” showcase on Thursday.

LAKE IN THE HILLS – Sunset Park’s skate park might get an upgrade.

CRYSTAL LAKE – The McHenry County College Speech Department will host “Acting Up: A Performance Jam,” a showcase of original scripts by MCC alum Lauryn Lugo of Lake in the Hills, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday in MCC’s Black Box Theatre.

CRYSTAL LAKE – The City Council wants Crystal Lake to join the growing number of communities that have banned video gambling.

LAKE IN THE HILLS – A Lake in the Hills woman was charged Sunday with animal cruelty after police said she bit her mother’s English bulldog at least three times. The dog bit back once, in self-defense.

Every Saturday morning, when the weather cooperates, the students of Blue Skies flight school take off from Lake in the Hills airport.

LAKE IN THE HILLS – The village will store excess salt for the city of Crystal Lake.

LAKE IN THE HILLS – Annette Gallagher sits on the steps of the Northern Illinois Center for Autism, waiting for a friend to come unlock its front doors Tuesday, and looks at photos of two of her sons as infants.

LAKE IN THE HILLS – A Lake in the Hills native has been appointed to the U.S. Air Force Academy, said U.S. Rep. Don Manzullo, R-Ill.

LAKE IN THE HILLS – For many years, the village’s population and footprint slowly grew.

LAKE IN THE HILLS – Within the past year, volunteers have been working to save a former one-room schoolhouse built in 1886.

LAKE IN THE HILLS – The village of Lake in the Hills and local Girl Scout troops will team up May 4 to provide a free night of food, fun and entertainment during a Senior Spaghetti Night.

LAKE IN THE HILLS – Overlooking Woods Creek Lake is the Labahn-Hain house, a former farmhouse that has been restored and is used for a village preschool program, evening dance classes, and party rentals.

ALGONQUIN – The recession has dramatically slowed development on Randall Road, but the commercial corridor remains crucial to both Algonquin and Lake in the Hills.

ALGONQUIN – School District 158 recently was awarded a designation by the Asia Society as a Confucius Classroom.

LAKE IN THE HILLS – The developers of the Residences of Lake in the Hills senior housing facility want to build a second apartment complex.