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Maria Carlsen, 61, of unincorporated Lake Zurich, is reported missing since Monday. She was supposed to leave for Florida on Tuesday, but when a limo arrived, only her packed luggage was at her home — Marie Carlsen, her purse, and her vehicle were missing. Carlsen’s 2010 black 5 Series BMW was discovered later parked at [...]

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VIDEO: Fatal head-on crash aftermath and accident investigation. Thomas Wilcox, 57, of Cary, Illinois has been identified as the victim who was killed in a head-on crash of two vehicles that also involved two additional vehicles. At least three victims required extrication operations to free them from entrapment in a van, a minivan, and a [...]

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VIDEO: Fatal head-on crash aftermath and accident investigation. UPDATE: Victim killed identified as Thomas Wilcox, 57, of Cary, Illinois. Kildeer police and Lake Zurich firefighter/paramedics responded about 2:39 p.m. Monday to a head-on crash involving a full-size work van and a mini-van with severe front-end damage. The crash also involved two other sedans — one [...]

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Wauconda police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 5:41 p.m. Monday to a four-vehicle crash at Route 12 and Old McHenry Road, just north of the Wynstone Golf Club in North Barrington. Rescuers arrived to find two victims with life threatening injuries and four victims with non-life-threatening injuries. Reports from the scene released by officials indicate that [...]

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Police officials said the Attorney General for Wisconsin has filed a civil enforcement lawsuit againstEdward M. Zapencki and Fun Treasure Maps for defrauding hundreds of small businesses in Wisconsin. In many cases, Zapencki has persuaded business owners to write checks to him personally for services and advertising, but the advertising is never provided in any [...]

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Kathy Hoffman, of Lake Barrington, and wife of Harper College trustee Dick Hoffman, was struck and killed about 2:50 p.m. Thursday by a vehicle that careened of Rand Road into drive away area of a commercial car wash. A 40-year-old male driver from downstate Chatsworth was driving a 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo southbound on [...]

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Ronald D. Culver (police photo). Ronald D. Culver, 51, surrendered Monday night to Lake Zurich police and has been charged with criminal sexual abuse. He resigned Friday from his position as a speech and drama teacher at Lake Zurich High School where he as been working since 2001. Ronald D. Culver resides in Inverness. The [...]

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View Larger Google Street View of location of crash scene at Route 12 and Old McHenry Road, Lake Zurich. Lake County Judge Fred Foreman sentenced Lora Hunt, 49, of Morris, Illinois to served 18 months in prison. She will be allowed to leave jail to work, attend counseling sessions, or provide community service — 240 [...]

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Lake Zurich Police Department responded about 11:20 p.m. Friday to an attempted robbery at the Dollar Tree near Route 12 and Route 22. The male offender was described as 6’2″ 330 pounds, wearing a white pillow case over his head and a cream color shirt. The offender also displayed a black revolver. Skin color information [...]

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Daily Herald clip of aftermath of one-car crash and car fire in backyard of Lake Zurich home. Daily Herald report of a one-car crash after a red Chevy Camaro left the roadway northbound on Midlothian Road, just south of Old McHenry Road about 1:15 p.m. Tuesday. An unidentified driver was rescued/removed from the car by [...]

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