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Updated 4/1/2021 5:59 PM Agree or disagree, Lake County officials want to know what you think about allowing the sale of marijuana for recreational use in the unincorporated areas. The adult use cannabis Web page was launched Thursday as a one-stop shop of information on the topic ahead of virtual public hearings April 19 and 21.   The sale and use of marijuana for adult recreational use became legal in Illinois on Jan. 1, 2020. Like other jurisdictions, Lake County paused before considering whether to allow sales and other aspects of the new industry in its jurisdiction. Lake County officia...

Submitted material “Fiddler on the Roof” will be presented this weekend at West Branch High School. The production, under the guidance of West Branch Music Department director John Zamarelli, will run Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. A limited number of reserved seats are available. CDC guidelines will be observed. If needed, a performance will be added at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are available only at http://wbmusic.org and cannot be purchased at the school or at the door. Adult tickets are $12 and senior citizen and student tickets are $10. ...

Posted2/10/2021 5:30 AM Lake County has allocated more than $20.6 million in federal funding for eligible residents unable to pay rent or utilities due to negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. And in a related action Tuesday, the Lake County Board authorized $12.2 million in carry-over federal CARES Act relief funding for a variety of other uses, including assistance to food pantries and staffing for the county health department's COVID vaccine call center.   The new funding is from the Federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Ninety percent of the money must be used for direct fina...

Recreational pot discussion back on front burner in Lake County   Customers get help last February at the Rise marijuana store in Mundelein. Recreational pot sales became legal in Illinois on Jan. 1, 2020. Lake County officials now are deciding whether to allow recreational marijuana sales in unincorporated areas. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer, 2020   Posted1/28/2021 5:30 AM After a year on hold, whether to allow the sale of marijuana for recreational use in unincorporated areas of Lake County is back on the front burner. An official vote is months away, but a majority of co...

UpdatedThu, Jan 14, 2021 at 11:00 pm CT Replies(8) More than $1 billion worth of cannabis was purchased in 2020 in Illinois, the first year its possession and use was legalized for all adults over age 21. ( Scott Olson/Getty Images) WAUKEGAN, IL — Just over a year after the legalization of recreational marijuana in Illinois, the Lake County Board directed its staff to begin a public hearing process that could allow adult-use cannabis businesses to open up shop in unincorporated parts of the county. In late 2019, after extensive debate, board members agreed to a one-year moratorium on recrea...