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Waukegan (/ w ə ˈ k iː ɡ ən / wə-KEE-ghən) is the most populous city in and county seat of Lake County, Illinois, United States. Located 36 miles (58 km) north of Chicago , Waukegan is a satellite city within the greater Chicagoland area .
In 1975, he joined the Waukegan Police Department as an officer. [4] In 1999, he was elected as alderman for the 1st Ward in Waukegan. [3] In 2017, he defeated independent Lisa May, [4] who at the time would have been the city's first female mayor. [3] He was the first African-American to serve as mayor in Waukegan. [3]
Its county seat is Waukegan, the tenth-largest city in Illinois. [2] The county is primarily suburban, with some urban areas and some rural areas. Due to its location, immediately north of Cook County, Lake County is one of the collar counties of the Chicago metropolitan area. Its northern boundary is the Wisconsin state line.
WAUKEGAN, Ill. — Two Waukegan Public Works employees are recovering in the hospital on Thursday after they were shocked while trimming trees. According to officials from the Waukegan Fire ...
Newport Township is a township in Lake County, Illinois, USA.As of the 2010 census, its population was 6,770. [2] It includes most parts of the villages of Old Mill Creek and Wadsworth, as well as smaller portions of the villages of Antioch, Beach Park, and a corner of the city of Waukegan.
Genesee Theatre is a concert hall and movie palace in Waukegan, Illinois. Today, the venue has seats for 2,403 people [1] and opened in 1927. It's both used as a vaudeville theater and cinema and hosts musical artists and shows.
The Waukegan Public Library is the public library serving Waukegan, Illinois. It is at the intersection of County and Clayton streets in downtown Waukegan, near the county government complex. The library has approximately 205,000 books as of 2011, [1] and recorded a total of 338,615 library visits in fiscal year 2005. [2]
The family lived on Waukegan's South Side, the heart of the city's Armenian community. [2] [3] The family name means "son of a soap-maker". As a boy, Robert—known as Bob—was a boxer and wrestler who earned the nickname "the Rock". [4] [2] [5] He graduated from Waukegan Township High School and served with the Coast Guard during World War II ...