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Updated 7/21/2021 6:24 PM
A man was injured Wednesday after driving his car off Route 21 into a park in Libertyville, authorities said.
The man was alone and driving a black sedan south on Route 21 when he swerved off the road and drove through Cook Park, according to a news release from the Libertyville Police Department. His car struck an empty park bench and tree.
First responders arrived at Route 21 and E. Church St. at 3:23 p.m. and cut the man from his vehicle, the news release said. He was taken to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville with nonlife-threatening injuries.
Herdegen honored for 11 years as Libertyville police chief Libertyville Mayor Donna Johnson presents former Police Chief Clint Herdegen with a proclamation honoring his 11 years of service with the village. Courtesy of village of Libertyville
Former Libertyville Police Chief Clint Herdegen was honored this week for 11 years of service.
The veteran law enforcement officer had been on a 12-week medical leave for an unspecified ongoing illness when the village s police pension board on June 16 awarded him a non-duty disability pension.
We were hopeful he would be able to come back, but medical circumstances wouldn t permit it, Mayor Donna Johnson said Friday.
UpdatedMon, Dec 14, 2020 at 11:10 am CT
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An armed person threatened a family member with a knife Saturday morning at a home in Libertyville, police said. (Shutterstock)
LIBERTYVILLE, IL No one was injured in a domestic disturbance Saturday morning in Libertyville where a person threatened a family member with a knife, authorities said. The Libertyville Police Department responded to the home in the 100 block of West Lincoln Avenue at 8:43 a.m. on Dec. 12 where they found the armed person still inside the residence.
The family member who was threatened was able to safely flee the home, according to a news release from the Libertyville Police Department.