Whether you’re looking for a parade, live music and delicious food or a spot to set down your blanket and watch the fireworks fill the sky, Lake County has lots of ways to enjoy Independence Day. Check Out Visit Lake County’s Guide to the Fourth of July, and have a spectacular holiday. 

The following are details of celebrations near you.

Barrington Fireworks: Enjoy fireworks at dusk July 4 at Barrington High School, 616 W. Main St. Details

Barrington Lions Club Brat Tent: Come join the fun with live music, food and festivities all holiday weekend long. Friday, July 1 to Monday, July 4! Details

Hawthorn Woods Fireworks: Fireworks and concert will take place July 3 at Community Park. The parade will begin at 10 a.m. July 4. Details

Lake County's natural beauty, schools and businesses, family fun and things to do, strong economy and so much more make Lake County a great place to live, work and visit! Lake County leaders and community partners have collaborated to develop www.lakecountylife.org to promote Lake County’s many benefits.

Win Four Tickets to Six Flags Great America!
Lake County is a host of several fun and exciting attractions, which include Six Flags Great America. You could win FOUR tickets to Six Flags Great America by guessing how many “jumping horses” are on the Columbia Carousel located at the park. Enter the contest by commenting your answer on Lake County, IL Government’s original Facebook contest post. Entries will be accepted until 1 p.m. CDT on July 11, 2016. Visit the newly redesigned Lake County Life website to learn more about the things that make Lake County special!
Enter the Contest

Lake County is lucky to be the home of 75 inland lakes and miles of Lake Michigan shoreline. Check out Visit Lake County, which includes a listing of beaches to visit across Lake County including hours and attractions.

Make sure to check the Lake County Beach Advisory page provided by the Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center for daily updates on inland and Lake Michigan beaches. Get information too using the free phone application called myBeachCast.

Individuals who struggle with substance abuse will be able to get directed quickly to treatment through a pilot program launched by the Lake County Opioid Initiative called “A Way Out. The program will be offered 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at participating police departments across Lake County. Individuals, who possess narcotics or paraphernalia, enter a participating police department and tell an officer they are requesting help will avoid criminal charges as long as the participant seeks assistance. Watch this video to learn more. 

Northern Illinois tends to see an increase in ruse burglaries during the summer months, and ruse burglars have already been striking in Lake County and surrounding areas. A ruse burglary is a distraction technique used to lure homeowners outside of their home. After the homeowner is outside the home and distracted by one individual, another individual(s) enters the home typically targeting items to steal such as cash, jewelry, and other items of value. View these reminders to help protect you against ruse burglaries.

Lake County Government offers a vast array of job opportunities
We work to improve the quality of life in Lake County and provide services that benefit more than 700,000 Lake County residents. We have many departments that specialize in providing different services for Lake County. From law enforcement and health care, to engineering and information technology, we offer a wide spectrum of careers. Watch this video to see what you can do by working for Lake County.

If you’ve been served with a foreclosure notice on your home, are unable to communicate with your lender and are concerned about fighting for your home in court, the County’s mortgage foreclosure mediation program may help. Watch this video as Judge Mitchell L. Hoffman of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit explains this free program to help homeowners learn options available to them as well as get assistance to fill out necessary paperwork. 

Each year people are seriously injured, or even killed because they ignore or do not hear severe weather warnings. Prepare yourself and your family for emergencies by knowing where to get immediate and reliable information when seconds count. Watch this video and learn the many ways to get emergency information in Lake County. 

Forest Preserve News

Join 25th annual Civil War Days
History will come to life at one of the largest Civil War reenactments July 9 and 10 at Lakewood Forest Preserve. Check out battles, period demonstrations, kids’ activities and Civil War-era shopping. More information 

Swim and play at Independence Grove beach
Grab your swimsuit, towel and sunscreen, and head to the beach at Independence Grove in Libertyville. The beach offers 400 feet of sand along a 115-acre lake. The beach gets even better on Family Fun Fridays with games, contests and prizes around a different theme each week. The beach is open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. unless otherwise posted. Learn more. 

Check out upgraded practice facility at Countryside 
Golfers at Countryside Golf Club in Mundelein will be welcomed this year by an upgraded practice facility. The driving range teeing area is now 30 percent larger, allowing more than 60,000 square feet of perfectly manicured blue grass. The teeing area drainage has also been improved to increase usability throughout the season. Learn more

Election judges work as a team to administer the proper and lawful conduct of all elections by processing voters in the voting sites. Each judge must be a Lake County registered voter and fluently read and write English.

Required training is free and is offered at convenient locations and times. Election judge pay is determined by level of training completed and assignment.

Apply today

For information, contact the Election Judge Department at electionjudge@lakecountyil.gov or 847-377-2408.

Find the ideal program for your career path, meet admissions representatives who are ready to help you, and learn about the 130 academic programs from 20 Illinois institutions available in Lake County at the University Center of Lake Center of Lake County Open House.

When: 6 to 8 p.m., July 13
Where: University Center of Lake County, 1200 University Center Drive, Grayslake
RSVP online, or call 847-665-4000

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