Mary Beth Euker News Today

After clashing over its size, Lake Zurich leaders passed the villages 2022 budget, which calls for increased spending amid the economic recovery from the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Lake Zurich village board approved a plan to establish the towns first marijuana dispensary -- to be called Bloc Cannabis Dispensary -- at the old TGI Fridays restaurant on South Rand Road near Costco.

Lake Zurich board member Jonathan Sprawka blasted onetime trustee candidate Eric Dubiel for filing what Sprawka calls "frivolous suits against the village and trustees." Dubiel admitted to two legal actions related to village politics.

Lake Zurich lakefront townhouse development revision has more units   Lake Zurich trustees heard a revised presentation Tuesday about a townhouse plan for two sites on the southeast corner of Rand Road and Old Rand Road. Paul Valade | Staff Photographer, December 2020   Posted2/18/2021 5:18 AM Acting on the advice of some Lake Zurich leaders, the developer who last year proposed an eight-unit townhouse building along the villages namesake lake has partnered with the neighboring ...

Embattled Lake Zurich Trustee Beaudoin wont be on April ballot Lake Zurich Trustee Jim Beaudoin   Updated 12/29/2020 6:15 PM Lake Zurich Trustee Jim Beaudoin, who was arrested this month on allegations he choked his girlfriend during an argument, will not be on the April ballot seeking another term on the village board. Beaudoin did not file candidacy paperwork to get his name on the ballot for the April 6 election, leaving a write-in campaign as his only option to seek a third ter...

Updated 12/22/2020 8:26 AM Editors note: Dawn Abernathy is running with a full slate composed of trustee candidates Willie Davismckennie, Ray Mullen and Angela Trillhaase, and clerk hopeful Heather Mullen-Gaschler. Mayoral candidates Robin Meier and Steve Lentz each are running solo. Also running independently are trustee candidates Sol Cabachuela, Edith Reese, Tim Wilson and Jenny Ross, as are clerk hopefuls Karen Walsh and Lisa Willems. Four-way mayoral races have materialized up in both Mund...