Bull Valley News

UNION – On four afternoons in March and April the McHenry County Historical Society will host a series of local history lectures as part of its annual Sampler Lecture Series.

WOODSTOCK – McHenry County Board Chairman Ken Koehler told a tale of two governments during his State of the County address Tuesday.

ABOVE: A descendant of the groundhog that originally appeared in “Groundhog Day” will make his weather prognosis this morning on Groundhog Day on the Square.

When 12-year-old Tarren Garcia missed his Bull Valley school bus last week but noticed a human skull lying in the grass near the stop, he stumbled into the kind of macabre mystery that has kept Hardy Boys readers enthralled for decades.

The skulls, found by a 12-year-old boy on Jan. 24 in Bull Valley outside of McHenry, were anatomical lab specimens, said McHenry County Deputy Coroner Kim Bostic.

Two skulls found in rural McHenry County last week were used as anatomical models, authorities said Monday.

Just where did the two human skulls that stirred a minor frenzy in Bull Valley this week come from, anyway? To whose bodies did they once attach? For how many years have they been in their current flesh-free and bleached-white condition? Were they once the brain cradles of people who elected to become cadavers? Did medical students once study their ... (more)

Authorities said the skulls appear to have been dumped there, and the community need not be worried about any imminent danger.

BULL VALLEY – Officers from several police agencies are scouring two properties in the 1500 block of Cherry Valley Road in Bull Valley, where the skeletal remains of two human beings have been located, Bull Valley Police Chief and Village Administrator Rich Vance said.

Police are searching properties Wednesday morning in Bull Valley after the skeletal remains of two humans were found Tuesday.