The soccer fields at Viking Park West in Gurnee have been an amenity for players and visitors for awhile but it used to be better known for the school that at times was accessible only by boat.
Fireside s mores, ice-block stacking and a life-size snow globe were among the activities featured during Frosty Fest Saturday at Viking Park in Gurnee.
The Buffalo Grove Park District board of commissioners selected Hetal Wallace to fill the vacancy left by former Commissioner Adriane Johnson, who resigned from the board with her appointment to the Illinois Senate.
Departing Gurnee Mayor Kristina Kovarik looks back on her long tenure Kristina Kovarik s last day as Gurnee s mayor will be May 3. She has served in the post since 2005. Daily Herald file photo, 2015 Then-candidate Kristina Kovarik celebrates with Chuck Crowley of Gurnee in 2005 after defeating incumbent Mayor Donald Rudny. Daily Herald file photo, 2005 Gurnee Mayor Kristina Kovarik, right, chats with other village leaders during a gathering at the College of Lake County in Grayslake. Daily Herald file photo, 2009 Kristina Kovarik
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In Kristina Kovarik s 16 years as Gurnee mayor, she weathered both the Great Recession and a global pandemic.
The financial challenges were immense: The village levies no property tax and relies on sales and amusement taxes that were rocked in 2008 and again in 2020.