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Future married couples have met at Zion Lutheran Church and School in McHenry, and former students now send their own children.
The organization is in desperate need of more bell ringing volunteers, as the McHenry County Salvation Army has raised only 27% of its $234,000 goal.
Did you buy a pre-cut Christmas tree or cut one down with the family this year? If you did the latter, chances are you got in before products ran out, said some northern Illinois Christmas tree farmers. They said they're fielding high demand this holiday season.
McHenry County shoppers could see a higher sales tax if the county board votes Tuesday to place a sales tax increase on the March ballot.
Huntley's Steve Raethz, who has over 400 career wins, was selected to the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame on Dec. 6. Raethz has led the Raiders to 11 regional and seven Fox Valley Conference titles. Plus more in this week's girls basketball notes.
A Harvard man prosecutors said “shoved the barrel of a gun” into another man’s side outside the local Dollar General after a traffic incident was released from jail on Friday while awaiting trial.
Huntley bounced back from a rough game Wednesday against Crystal Lake South to beat Burlington Central 44-41 on Friday in a Fox Valley Conference boys basketball game.
Huntley outscored Burlington Central 23-4 in the fourth quarter Friday night to pull away for a 56-36 win and secure its 34th straight Fox Valley Conference victory.
The Prairie Grove Police Department issued a warning to residents to lock car doors after multiple car burglaries took place Thursday evening.
The Riverwoods housing proposal was rejected by the Woodstock Plan Commission. “Our way of life would drastically change," one opponent said.
The Algonquin Police Department has announced it will partner with the Illinois Department of Transportation to spread the word about the dangers of impaired driving with a “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” and “Drive High, Get a DUI” enforcement campaign from Dec. 15 through Jan.
There's no need to pretend to be cheerful at the Blue Christmas event at AROMA Coffee & Wine in Crystal Lake, organizers say.
A warrant was issued for a Lakemoor man whose misdemeanor DUI charges were upgraded ina vehicle crash that killed a Rockford man.
The bond of a Cary man with pending charges alleging he “strangled” a child and drove drunk with two children in his vehicle, was revoked Wednesday after a judge heard he had since picked up a new DUI and resisting arrest charges.
Two teens suffered life-threatening injuries after being ejected from a car when it crashed Wednesday night near Woodstock, according to the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office.