Women business owners connect, share at North Shore conference

Twenty-three chambers of commerce came together last Friday for the fifth annual North Shore Women’s Conference at the Marriott Resort in Lincolnshire. Women-owned businesses including banks, educational services and health care companies were represented. The conference featured Catherine Johns, business coach and former radio personality …Read More

• Deerfield District 109 teachers contract now four years

  The Deerfield District 109 School Board has agreed unanimously to sign the official contract between it and the Deerfield Education Association. As the last board member Monday voted for the agreement, which was extended at the last moment to four years and will run from …Read More

• Deerfield service officer accused of taking parking fees

  Long-time Deerfield Police Community Service Officer David C. Dowell is awaiting a May 30 court date after being accused of stealing parking fee money while on the job. An arrest warrant was issued May 9 for Dowell, a 50-year-old Wauconda resident, charging him with official …Read More

• Trustees adopt construction fee to pay for road repairs

  Deerfield has a new way of paying for infrastructure damage caused by heavy construction equipment. And whether it is called a fee or a tax, its collection will begin June 1. Deerfield trustees on Monday unanimously passed an ordinance on its second reading establishing a …Read More