http://www.yourstreet.com/news/acorn-acres-il The latest Acorn Acres, IL news updated hourly from thousands of sources. To see this news on a map, visit YourStreet.com. en-us A Lake Zurich resident is out $2,000 after trying to buy four season tickets for the Chicago Bears on the Web site Craigslist ( www.craigslist.org ). http://www.yourstreet.com/4701303/updated-11-21-lake-zurich-man-out-2-000-for-bears-tickets-listed-on THE WACO BROTHERS; ROSIE FLORES & THE PINE VALLEY COSMONAUTS http://www.yourstreet.com/4697852/club-hopping A group of Hawthorn Woods residents may get some help from village and county officials to stop a planned T-Mobile cell tower near town. http://www.yourstreet.com/4696161/hawthorn-woods-officials-residents-fight-proposed-cell-tower Hawthorn Woods businessman Joseph Mancino says he's gearing up for a tough fight to win the mayor's job in the April election. http://www.yourstreet.com/4693072/hawthorn-woods-race-heats-up Swimming can be so cruel. Hawthorn Woods resident Ellie Ansani, a sophomore swimmer at Loyola Academy, discovered that on Saturday after missing the state-qualifying cut in the... http://www.yourstreet.com/4687954/loyola-s-ansani-qualifies-for-state-in-three-relays As the holiday approaches, local churches, groups and businesses are combining efforts to provide food and company to the community. http://www.yourstreet.com/4688478/lake-zurich-holding-dinners The Grosche quadruplets -- Nia-Shea, Lynnay, Carson and Janelle -- celebrated their sweet 16 Saturday with dozens of friends at the Hawthorn Woods Aquatic Center. http://www.yourstreet.com/4688494/quadrupulets-celebrate-16th D-I times three. Lake Zurich girls basketball coach Chris Bennett likes the math. Three of his Bears signed Division I scholarship offers last week: 6-foot guard Lydia Bauer ... http://www.yourstreet.com/4687956/bears-figure-to-load-up-on-victories Lake Zurich senior Gerardo Perez finished sixth (16:20) at Saturday's 5K Mid-East Cross Country Championships in Kettering, Ohio, helping Team Illinois captured the title (46... http://www.yourstreet.com/4687955/perez-sparks-team-illinois-to-mid-east-title Much like refinancing a mortgage on a house, Lake Zurich village officials are hoping to refinance about $16 million of tax-increment financing debt. http://www.yourstreet.com/4688476/lake-zurich-may-refinace-16-million-in-tif-debt The Deer Park Village Board Monday approved the ordinance subdividing the Doniec family's 2.4-acre property at 21624 Rainbow Road in the Rainbow Hills subdivision at Monday's... http://www.yourstreet.com/4688479/deer-park-allowing-doniecs-to-subdivide-property Acknowledging the village can't afford to pay its debts, Lake Zurich officials Monday night agreed to refinance $16 million in existing loans borrowed for downtown redevelopment. http://www.yourstreet.com/4668328/lake-zurich-to-extend-its-debt-payment In Kirsten Menger-Anderson's ingenious and appealing collection of linked stories, Doctor Olaf van Schuler's Brain (Algonquin books of Chapel Hill, 304 pages, $22.95), an... http://www.yourstreet.com/4656612/quackery-rears-deadly-head-in-family-linked-collection Lake Zurich Public Works officials could lay a liquid anti-icing agent on village streets this winter in an effort to make salt supplies go farther. http://www.yourstreet.com/4633254/lake-zurich-may-use-anti-icing-mixture Some Hawthorn Woods trustees say they don't know about the village's legal spending, including hiring attorneys and law firms, until after it's done. http://www.yourstreet.com/4638074/updated-11-13-some-critical-of-hawthorn-woods-legal-spending Have the glory days of girls basketball passed us by? Where art thou Sarah Boothe? Oh yeah, the ex-Warren High School mega star is now at Stanford University. No worries.... http://www.yourstreet.com/4668403/bears-bauer-heads-up-area-s-fab-five There haven't been too many big wins in the history of St. Viator's girls volleyball program, which is why the victory over Lake Zurich on Nov. 1 has to qualify as the biggest.... http://www.yourstreet.com/4632867/st-viator-stuns-lake-zurich-for-regional-championship Because it's still technically a club, Lake Zurich High School's swimming team wasn't able to earn points at Saturday's NSC Meet at Stevenson. http://www.yourstreet.com/4633012/lake-zurich-club-team-makes-waves-at-nsc-meet Someone kicked in the rear door of a residence. The bedroom dresser was ransacked and the victim reported two laptop computers and some jewelry missing. http://www.yourstreet.com/4697989/burglary-13xx-elmwood-chicago-il-us Associated Press - November 12, 2008 7:34 AM ET LAKE ZURICH, Ill. (AP) - Nearly $200,000 worth of free gowns were given away to military brides at a suburban Chicago boutique... http://www.yourstreet.com/4624419/military-brides-honored-on-veterans-day There were almost 50 brides and not one 'Bridezilla' among them. Instead, there were laughs and hugs and even a few tears of joy as military brides-to-be were fitted at Volle's... http://www.yourstreet.com/4619028/lake-zurich-shop-comes-through-with-free-dresses-for-military-brides Occasionally the thought will occur to Lake Zurich volleyball coach Matt Aiello: How good would senior setter Lydia Bauer be if she made volleyball her only sport? http://www.yourstreet.com/4593392/lake-zurich-s-bauer-stands-tall The boys cross country state meet will be a new experience for all of the Lake County area runners Saturday afternoon in Peoria. http://www.yourstreet.com/4593395/lake-zurich-leads-the-way-to-peoria Republican incumbent Mark Beaubien appears to be headed for another term as the 52nd district representative in the Illinois General Assembly. http://www.yourstreet.com/4573605/beaubien-headed-back-to-springfield HAWTHORN WOODS http://www.yourstreet.com/4573608/property-transfers Lake Zurich and Wheaton-Warrenville South played each other in the IHSA Class 7A state final a year ago, with the Bears earning the championship with a 7-3 win. Both of those... http://www.yourstreet.com/4573389/bears-fall-to-st-charles-east-in-7a-opener The Lake Zurich Village Board approved a nearly $6.1-million loan renewal with Inland Bank Monday night. http://www.yourstreet.com/4573606/lake-zurich-approves-loan-renewal The Long Grove Lake Zurich Toastmasters aim to help take the fear out of public speaking. http://www.yourstreet.com/4573607/toastmasters-aim-to-make-people-better-public-speakers There haven't been too many big wins in the history of St. Viator's girls volleyball program, which is why Saturday's victory over Lake Zurich has to qualify as the biggest. http://www.yourstreet.com/4573915/lions-pounce-on-bears-for-regional-title Consistency, sound fundamentals, discipline. Lake Zurich High School's volleyball team used all of the above to win 63 of 73 matches the past two seasons, including a 33-4 mark... http://www.yourstreet.com/4573391/lake-zurich-s-33-win-season-ends-too-soon Circuit City announced Monday it will close 155 stores throughout the United States. http://www.yourstreet.com/4549153/updated-11-3-circuit-city-closing-in-kildeer-south-barrington St. Charles East running back Wes Allen was exhausted Saturday after the host Saints' 17-13 Class 7A first-round playoff win over Lake Zurich. It was no wonder, as Allen rushed... http://www.yourstreet.com/4539377/allen-saints-grind-out-win-over-lake-zurich The Lake Zurich girls volleyball team entered Saturday's Class 4A regional final at Libertyville with 33 wins. http://www.yourstreet.com/4537565/viator-stuns-lake-zurich Lake Zurich pounded away at Wes Allen all night, determined not to let St. Charles East's star running back prevent it from going on another championship run. http://www.yourstreet.com/4537952/allen-st-charles-east-grind-down-lake-zurich It was a day of firsts. The powerful 20-team field at the Class 3A Schaumburg boys cross country sectional Saturday featured Palatine outdistancing Prospect 88-110 for the... http://www.yourstreet.com/4537550/perez-leads-lake-zurich-to-historic-feat St. Charles East scored two touchdowns off fumble recoveries in the second half Saturday to come from behind to beat visiting Lake Zurich 17-13 in the first round of the Class... http://www.yourstreet.com/4536295/st-charles-east-17-lake-zurich-13 Lake Zurich police are searching for a man who allegedly used an unlocked garage door to enter a townhouse on Lake Breeze Court early Thursday morning. http://www.yourstreet.com/4522165/lake-zurich-police-looking-for-home-invasion-suspect This is like a Mid-Suburban League postseason tourney with all 12 teams. Lake Zurich is at the Libertyville regional and beat Hersey 25-13, 23-25, 25-21 to win the Hersey Invite... http://www.yourstreet.com/4520929/breaking-down-girls-volleyball-sectionals Midwest Bank, 585 Ela Road, Lake Zurich was robbed by an armed man Wednesday morning, according to Lake Zurich Police. http://www.yourstreet.com/4522832/updated-10-30-lake-zurich-bank-robbed Police are seeking a suspect in the armed robbery Wednesday morning of a bank in northwest suburban Lake Zurich. The robber held up the Midwest Bank branch at 585 Ela Rd. while... http://www.yourstreet.com/4520648/updated-10-30-armed-robber-hits-lake-zurich-bank A Kildeer man who died in a fiery crash in Des Plaines the morning of Oct. 21 committed suicide, according to a Cook County Medical Examiner's spokesman. http://www.yourstreet.com/4519041/examiner-s-office-man-s-fiery-death-was-suicide Republican incumbent Mark Beaubien is being challenged by Democrat Rich Garling for the Illinois General Assembly's 52nd District seat. http://www.yourstreet.com/4518984/island-lake-trustee-trying-to-unseat-beaubien Elizabeth Pierson, vice president with First American Bank's Wealth Management Group, delivered some good economic news at a Business Connections lunch hosted by the Lake Zurich... http://www.yourstreet.com/4518982/bankers-credit-tighter-but-still-available-to-consumers The Hawthorn Woods Environmental Committee braved the fall chill Saturday morning to plant bulbs along Old McHenry Road in Community Park. http://www.yourstreet.com/4518983/committee-plants-bulbs-to-make-hawthorn-woods-beautiful Bilingual storyteller Antonio Sacre will talk about his heritage and share tales from Mexico at the Day of the Dead/Dia de Los Muertos Celebration, noon-2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1,... http://www.yourstreet.com/4518896/storyteller-will-share-tales-of-day-of-the-dead Lake Zurich police and the Federal Bureau of Investigations are searching for a masked gunman who robbed a Lake Zurich bank late Wednesday morning. http://www.yourstreet.com/4514759/man-in-ski-mask-robs-lake-zurich-bank Lake Zurich will begin its special census Thursday. It should take the door-to-door census takers about two or three weeks to complete. They will make three attempts to contact... http://www.yourstreet.com/4513620/updated-10-29-lake-zurich-special-census-begins-thursday The upset bug had already bitten a pair of No. 1 sectional soccer seeds -- Lake Zurich and Elgin Larkin -- by the time New Trier's soccer team took the field in Northfield for... http://www.yourstreet.com/4492035/trevians-trample-taft-for-soccer-regional-title A good question to ask now that the brackets for the state football pairings are out is which school is going to be this year's Lake Zurich? Who is going to be the Glenbard... http://www.yourstreet.com/4488815/some-bracket-racket It was battle between North Suburban Conference champion Gerardo Perez of Lake Zurich and Mid-Suburban League champion Pat Lesiewicz of Schaumburg at Saturday's Hoffman Estates... http://www.yourstreet.com/4484322/lesiewicz-takes-2nd-pirates-net-regional-title