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Waukegan

American  
[waw-kee-guhn] / wɔˈki gən /

noun

  1. a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan, N of Chicago.


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Outside Chicago, Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 signed up 100 fewer new immigrant students.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2025

In Lake County, north of Chicago, ICE agents on Monday apprehended several people at a community college, at a Home Depot and outside Waukegan City Hall, community organizers said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

In 1952 a drinking horn engraved with runes was found during roadwork in Waukegan, near the shore of Lake Michigan, north of Chicago.

From Slate • Nov. 11, 2023

The judge said at the hearing in Waukegan, north of Highland Park where the shooting occurred, that he would issue a ruling at the next hearing, on Aug. 28.

From Washington Times • Aug. 8, 2023

George Longworth and family, of Waukegan, Illinois, settled here in October, 1855.

From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by Folsom, William Henry Carman

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