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Billy, the runaway bison who became an unlikely social media star in suburban Cary this fall, is being lured home with the help of molasses-sweetened feed, according to one of her co-owners. Scott Comstock of Milk & Honey Farmstead in Wauconda said that the bison, dubbed Billy by some of her fans, has been staying close to the farm in a forest preserve, and he has been able to see her daily, sometimes from as close as 10 feet away. Using food, he is encouraging the wily 950-pound bovine to walk in and out of an enclosure he built for...

WAUCONDA, Ill. (WLS) -- Wauconda police say they are evacuating an area around a house in the 400-block of Lakeshore Boulevard in Wauconda after receiving a tip that a man may have explosives in his home. Police say they have a suspect in custody and are evacuating the interior of a perimeter set up around the home to complete a search. According to police, earlier Thursday the suspect threatened an employee at a business, saying he wanted to lure the police to his home with the intention of blowing them up. According to police, the suspect said he is terminally...

WAUCONDA, Wash.,- A woman who attempted to sell a Washington mountain town on eBay said the top five bidders all backed out but a couple stepped in to pick up the $360,000 tab. Daphne Fletcher, 42, who made national headlines when she listed the four-acre town of Wauconda for sale on eBay, said the top bidder had to back out and none of the other top five bidders was interested in the property, the Seattle Times reported Monday. However, she said Maddie Love, 48, and her husband, Neal, 50, contacted her shortly after the failure of the eBay experiment and...