Wauconda, IL
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Local News — Wauconda
- Game Teaser: 2026 IHSA Football Playoffs Belvidere North High School vs. Wauconda High School Highlights — NFHS Network
- Wauconda High School (IL) Softball — MaxPreps
- Wauconda Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution — IQAir
- Tyler Waldal ID'd as 14-year-old teenager riding electric dirt bike killed in crash near Wauconda High School — ABC7 Chicago
- Woman charged with DUI after crashing into Moose Lodge in Wauconda, Illinois — CBS News
Official Local Resources
City of Wauconda · Lake County · illinois.gov · Illinois Secretary of State — Driver Services
Wauconda (/ˌwɔːˈkɒndə/ or /wəˈkɒndə/) is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States, a northwest suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 14,084. It is the site of the Wauconda Bog Nature Preserve, a National Natural Landmark. Wauconda Community Unit School District 118 serves students from Pre-K through 12th grade who live in Wauconda and surrounding communities (Island Lake, Lakemoor, Volo, and unincorporated sections of McHenry County). Fremont School District 79 also serves students from communities from northern part of Wauconda.