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THIS YEAR’S HONOREE, ED WEHMER, BUILT WINTRUST BANK WITH A MIX OF LUCK, MOXIE, AND A COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY BANKING. HIS LEGACY WILL BE CELEBRATED OCTOBER 21 AT THE HISTORY CENTER OF Vote YES to help fund critical repairs How will you LAKE FOREST-LAKE and renovations to NSSD 112’s BLUFF. schools pay
aging elementary schools... significant contributions to the Lake BY MITCH HURST
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