Fox Lake News

A Crystal Lake man was charged with operating a boat under the influence after the vessel he was driving Saturday collided with another boat and left a woman seriously injured in Fox Lake, Lake County officials said.

PAUL VALADE/pvalade@dailyherald.com, 2010 A POW-MIA table was set for members of the five branches of service at the 2010 Lake Zurich Memorial Day ceremony.

The power of peer pressure among teenagers is well documented, and even if it weren't, any parent could attest to it.

A screenshot of radar over the McHenry County area at 4:37 p.m. Sunday. The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for portions of north central Illinois and northest Illinois, including most of McHenry County.

The historic Mineola Hotel in Fox Lake will shut down as the result of a court settlement.

The historic Mineola Hotel will shut down indefinitely following the close of business late Sunday night, under a court settlement reached Wednesday.

Trustee Jon Mumford said the steel-framed pier will be put in place next week near the volleyball courts at the village's Lakefront Park on Nippersink Drive.

It took longer than expected, but Big Hollow Elementary District 38 has accepted a bid for its vacant Route 12 property near Fox Lake.

Frank ByBee, 45, of the 35000 block of Sheridan Drive, was charged May 5 with unlawful use of a weapon, disorderly conduct and possession of a firearm and ammunition without a firearm owners identification card, Fox Lake Police Lt.

Lindenhurst is set to approve a new contract for emergency dispatching services that officials say will save the village $50,000 annually.

Two Lake County men are behind bars after breaking into a Fox Lake apartment and beating and robbing the residents, police said Monday.

A traffic stop of a car in Gurnee Saturday night yielded come crack cocaine, a loaded handgun and a missing, possibly endangered person - all in the company of a man out on parole for homicide, according to the Lake County Sheriff's office.

May 04--The ghosts in the Mineola Hotel are up for auction. So are a lounge, marina and the historic hotel itself.

Days after a San Francisco transit worker was fired for giving a teenager free train tickets to get to school, a second good Samaritan has stepped in to help the boy.

Pete Jakstas, owner of the Mineola Marina and Lounge in Fox Lake, this week put the 17-acre site and all the buildings up for auction on eBay.