Lake County News Sun

Good news for Lake County bicyclists

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:16:25 -0500

DAN MORAN: After the rain gauges spilled over the 10-inch mark in April alone, what we needed around here was ... something less. Anything less.

Red-light cameras aren’t going anywhere

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:45:48 -0500

DAN MORAN: This week in Impotent Outrage, we have the latest unsurprising developments in the culture of red-light cameras and the municipal governments that love them, need them, can’t live without them.

Rhythm Academy students dance their way to Genesee

Wed, 15 May 2013 03:01:23 -0500

Wwhen it comes to sending 2-year-old pre-ballerina students onto a professional stage in front of 2,000 seats, Cathi Sullivan, artistic director of Waukegan’s Rhythm Academy of Dance, admits that the result can be a roll of the dice.

Batman runs backwards, but time marches on at Six Flags

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:27:02 -0500

Following a morning at an eerily empty Six Flags Great America, several thoughts jumped out of the old notebook. The obvious question was raised during Thursday morning’s unveiling of a new ride experience: Why run Batman backward?

Living in the shadows of ranks 1 and 2

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:59:20 -0500

DAN MORAN: Just in time for National Travel & Tourism Week, Lake County was treated to the kind of spontaneous publicity that will surely attract fans of adventure and reality shows, courtesy of a Google Alert.

Waukegan Main Street loses Ricker to Kenosha

Thu, 09 May 2013 10:00:09 -0500

DAN MORAN: Violet Ricker eats, sleeps and breathes Waukegan. In her three-plus years at the rudder of Waukegan Main Street, she’s been seen promoting the Waukegan Yacht Club by taking sailing lessons during the summer and helping out Genesee Street businesses by shoveling sidewalks following snowstorms.

Films worth standing in line to see — maybe

Thu, 09 May 2013 10:00:02 -0500

DAN MORAN: A college freshman told me this week he had big plans for Thursday: See “Iron Man 3” at midnight. This was a ritual once reserved for cultural milestones like “Batman” (the 1989 Michael Keaton version, not the 1966 Adam West version) or a “Star Wars” chapter (I can still see the nerds in tents outside Gurnee Cinema).

Moran: No spitting out gum on city sidewalks

Thu, 02 May 2013 02:54:08 -0500

Expectoration is not only a fancy-pants way to say “spit,” but it is also illegal to do so on a sidewalk in the city of Waukegan.

Sun shines on Mundelein park

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 02:18:56 -0500

This weekend, the sun is scheduled to — finally — chase away not only the clouds and rain but the lingering chill of early March.

Dan Moran: Waterlogged trails in the deep end

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:47:09 -0500

A few weeks back, a friend who regularly bikes the Des Plaines River Trail said the crushed-gravel path was afflicted by one of its seasonal maladies: Horseshoe prints, which pockmark the soft surface during the spring and make biking a frame-rattling experience.

Dan Moran: Air, water mix fine at radio island

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 02:42:08 -0500

No man is an island, but a radio station currently is — and has been since the skies unloaded on us last week.

Dan Moran: In flood years, Gurnee ground zero

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:10:10 -0500

If flooding and Lake County were dating, this would be the point where one of them would suggest they start seeing other people.

Dan Moran: Digital squeeze crunches theaters

Sun, 19 May 2013 06:37:10 -0500

Where is the Hollywood community when it comes time to support the small businesses that helped build the industry over the past century?

After attack, runners must go on

Fri, 17 May 2013 06:36:02 -0500

The finish line of a marathon is supposed to be where the pain finally mixes with the pleasure. Your weeks and months of hard labor and the near-torture of completing 26.2 miles almost — almost — melt away when you cross that painted stripe and can finally start walking without guilt.

Dan Moran: Pickup hopes to pick up drive-in’s drive

Tue, 14 May 2013 06:11:25 -0500

There is good news and bad news and good news this spring at the McHenry Outdoor Theatre, one of the last Mohicans for Lake County fans of the drive-in movie experience.

Dan Moran: A vote for ballot free-for-alls

Sun, 12 May 2013 14:03:57 -0500

Fans of the democratic process might be concerned to see one pervasive theme on Tuesday’s laundry list: One uncontested race after another for village presidents and mayors.