Stearns Road Bridge Reopens In Time For Labor Day Weekend: Digest

LIBERTYVILLE, IL — We've made it to the Labor Day weekend, Libertyville. As we bid farewell to the summer, we want to update you on what has happened over the past week so you can be in the know as you head into the long holiday weekend.

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Here are the top stories from the past week in Libertyville:

Lake County, IL Government: "The Illinois Tollway is preparing to reopen the new Stearns School Road Bridge over the Tri-State Tollway (I-94) this afternoon, Friday, Sept. 3! The bridge, which was closed to traffic on March 1 for removal and reconstruction, is openi..." (Facebook)

1. Officials Commemorate Winchester House History (Libertyville Patch)
2. Woman charged in Round Lake Beach stabbing pleads not guilty (Chicago Daily Herald)
3. CLC board approves financing for major projects (Chicago Tribune)
4. Best Pumpkin Fields Around Libertyville
5. Labor Day Weekend Weather: Rain Saturday, Temps In The 80s For IL
6. Waukegan Parks Foundation event to raise funds for healing garden (Chicago Daily Herald)
7. Watch: Deerfield Teacher Greets Students With Personalized Air-Handshakes (NBC Chicago)
8. Former Gurnee schools teacher now principal at North Barrington Elementary (Chicago Tribune)
9. This Weekend's Upcoming Libertyville Area Events
10. Prep Sports In Libertyville Area: The Weekend Ahead
11. Lake County Workforce Development has new branding, communications (Chicago Daily Herald)
12. Lambs Farm Celebrates 60 Years This Month
13. Mundelein Seminary to honor former rector at golf outing, award dinner (Chicago Daily Herald)
14. Mundelein to building code enforcement work for Long Grove as part of intergovernmental agreement (Chicago Tribune)
15. Hawthorn Woods police Chief Paulus to retire (Daily Herald)
16. Waukegan's Federal Supply USA celebrates 90th anniversary as family-run business (Chicago Tribune)
17. Lake County property transfers for July 23-29, 2021 (Daily Herald)
18. Getting to Know Ms. Heft (Sequoit Media)
19. Motorcyclist in critical condition after fleeing police at over 100 mph, crashing in Wauconda neighborhood (Lake and McHenry County Scanner)
20. Waukegan man charged with hate crime for attack on victim (Lake and McHenry County Scanner)
21. Mundelein, Libertyville and Vernon Hills parents differ on mask-wearing, agree kids are happy to be back in school: 'They're excited to be out and with friends' (Chicago Tribune)
22. Home Burglarized After Owner Lured Out Of Home: Police (Libertyville Patch)
23. DUI Charge For Driver Asleep With Parked Car On Curb: Police (Libertyville Patch)
24. Mundelein man charged with violating order of protection, sending threatening text message: Police (Chicago Tribune)
25. Registration open for Libertyville's Twilight Shuffle (Chicago Daily Herald)
26. Lovell Federal Health Care Center to host patient tele-town hall Sept. 9 (Chicago Daily Herald)

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Libertyville Patch Notebook

• Lake County, IL Government: "Today, we said farewell to Winchester House in Libertyville. For more than 150 years, Winchester House served vulnerable elderly and disabled individuals in Lake County, including twenty-four-hour skilled nursing and rehabilitative care ..." (Facebook)
• Libertyville D70: "Please give a warm welcome to the new Highland Middle School Dean of Students, Kristi Martin. Ms. Martin spent four years at a high school in Richmond, Il., as the athletic activities director and as the dean of students before coming to..." (Facebook)
• St. Joseph School :: Libertyville, IL: "Student Council elections are this week! Let the campaigning begin!" (Facebook)
• Libertyville D70: "Please give a warm welcome to Andrea Walsh, a new kindergarten teacher at Butterfield School. Before coming to District 70, Ms. Walsh had a variety of teaching positions with The Science Party, the Lake Bluff Park District, the Chicago P..." (Facebook)
• Cook Memorial Public Library District: "Following the governor's statewide mandate effective today, all visitors ages 2+ are required to wear a mask while inside the library regardless of vaccination status. Thank you for doing your part to help keep our communities safe! #..." (Facebook)
• St. Joseph School :: Libertyville, IL: "All School Mass with Father Trout. First-Fourth grades attended Mass in the church while everyone else live-streamed it in their classrooms. Beautiful homily about being children of light in darkness bringing peace, justice and joy to th..." (Facebook)
• St. Joseph School :: Libertyville, IL: "Mrs. Feely's preschool class visited the vegetable garden with the 8th graders yesterday. The Class of 2022's vegetable garden has been providing fresh produce for the Food Pantry for several months, and they were proud to show off their..." (Facebook)
• Libertyville D70: "Please give a warm welcome to Elizabeth Ryan, a new special education teacher at Rockland School. Ms. Ryan should look familiar as she was a D70 summer school teacher for three years, worked as a D70 paraeducator for a year, and was a di..." (Facebook)
• Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society: "It's a wrap! Thanks to all our visitors and docents for a great 2021 open house season. If you didn't make it this summer, the Cook Home will be open again during the holiday season. We also do group tours by apointment. Send us an email..." (Facebook)
• Libertyville Boys Club: "Opening Weekend at Butler was a huge success! Congrats to all our teams for Week 1 WINS! All teams are on the road this week. Let's Go Cats!" (Facebook)
• Libertyville D70: "Today was training for our wonderful Special Education team, including nine teachers who are either new or moved over from other teaching positions in District 70. These are amazing, dedicated educators! Some of the training included non..." (Facebook)
• Village of Libertyville: "Libertyville, IL - the #3 most family-friendly suburb in the nation! Thank you Realtor.com for this recognition. https://lnkd.in/eP824ErN" (Instagram)
• St. Joseph School :: Libertyville, IL: "8th Grade Morning Prayer: Dear Christ our Lord, As we end our second week of school, may we remember Your love for us. Continue to watch over us and help us to do our best both academically and spiritually. We pray that our SJCS school c..." (Facebook)
• Libertyville D70: "Many thanks to our Family Association officers who gathered together as FAD70 this week, to talk about future school plans, question how to improve education and work with D70 administrators so that we can continuously improve together. ..." (Facebook)
• Cook Memorial Public Library District: "Spotted at #AspenDriveLibrary today: a not-so-busy bee taking a nap. It didn't fly away when we got close! #itsthesmallthings #pollinators #bees #siesta #hydrangea #macro" (Facebook)
• Libertyville Sunrise Rotary Club: "Club President Schoeneman introduced Greg Hill as our "Rotarian Highlight" speaker this month. In his current club role as Community Service Director, Greg helps members to engage in community service. Reinforcing our motto of "Service A..." (Facebook)
• Libertyville Cub Scout Pack 72: "It was great seeing our Cub Scouts, their families, and so many guests as we blast off into the new Scouting year! The Scouts and kids had a lot of fun and it was great to see so many familiar faces. A special thanks to Dave Kline from N..." (Facebook)
• St. Joseph School :: Libertyville, IL: "The first SJCS Dine to Donate is Thursday, September 9th! Enjoy some DQ ice cream and support SJCS!" (Facebook)
• Libertyville Police Department: "This Weeks Press Release..." (Facebook)
• St. Joseph School :: Libertyville, IL: "Mrs. Shute's first grade class celebrates National Puppy Day during snack and reading time. Fun!" (Facebook)
• MainStreet Libertyville: "Packet pick-up and race registration is happening now until 6pm at 847 Running Company! Sunday's weather forecast is beautiful so if you haven't signed up, what are you waiting for? " (Facebook)
• Lake County, IL Government: "Lake County Government offices are closed next Monday, Sept. 6 in observance of Labor Day. We wish everyone a safe and happy holiday weekend." (Facebook)
• St. Joseph School :: Libertyville, IL: "3rd Grade Science Experiment" (Facebook)
• St. Joseph School :: Libertyville, IL: "The Friday Recycling Crew! Great job, Aly, Domenick, Drew, Elizabeth, Holden and Zoe!" (Facebook)
• Libertyville Police Department: "We are waiving overnight parking restrictions for the holiday weekend. Parking enforcement will resume at 2:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 7th. Have a SAFE holiday weekend!" (Facebook)
• St. Joseph School :: Libertyville, IL: "LHS is offering a Poms clinic. See the flyer for details!" (Facebook)
• Cook Memorial Public Library District: "Reminder: We'll be closed on Monday 9/6 for Labor Day But don't fret, we'll be open Sunday, September 5 and our eLibrary is *always* open: cooklib.org/elibrary #laborday #closing #elibrary" (Facebook)
• Libertyville Sunrise Rotary Club: "This week, we welcomed Diana Schnell, Executive Director of Equestrian Connection. Club President Rich Schoeneman gave Diana a grant award check from the club in support of Equestrian Connection's service to our community. The organizati..." (Facebook)

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