'Unsung Hero' Lynn Hammerlund Inducted as Illinois Library Luminary

Lynn Hammerlund has been inducted and named the twenty-sixth Illinois Library Luminary.

Two-Day Run on Jeopardy Nets Local Woman $22,500

Lynn Hammerlund of Lake in the Hills got to live out a lifelong dream last week when she appeared on two episodes of Jeopardy.

They don't call it five minutes of fame for nothing. For Lynn Hammerlund of Lake in the Hills, her five minutes came over this past week when she appeared on two episodes of Jeopardy. It was a lifelong dream of the Judson University professor, who is also the president of the Algonquin Area Public Library Board, to appear on the game show. She won Thursday's episode, netting $22,500. She came in third during Friday's episode.  After celebrating her win and reveling in the excitement from her two-day run, real life began to creep back in by Sunday as her "five minutes of fame whooshed by." "I had church, laundry, grocery shopping, cooking, baking ... and there’s nothing like cleaning up after an overflowing toilet to bring you back to earth…

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Coming Tomorrow: Hammerlund's Jeopardy Win; Randall Road Hearing

These stories will appear on Lake in the HIlls Patch on Tuesday, Jan. 24.

Are you wondering what will be making headlines tomorrow on Lake in the Hills Patch? We've included a synopsis below of some of our top stories for Tuesday, Jan. 24.  Is there something you think we should be checking into or you would like to see covered? Let us know by commenting below.  Do you have something to say about one of our topics? E-mail the editor at amie.schaenzer@patch.com or comment below. We will try to get your feedback into the article. If you would like to be a source for a story, please provide your full name and contact information.  We would like to send out a huge congrats to Lake in the Hills' Lynn Hammerlund who appeared on two episodes of Jeopardy last week. She not only got to live out a lifelong dream, show off…

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