Island Lake News

ISLAND LAKE – After a long closed-door session, the Village Board on Thursday approved removing Anthony Sciarrone as police chief and named William F. McCorkle as his replacement.

ISLAND LAKE – The investigation into Police Chief Anthony Sciarrone is complete, and his fate as chief is slated to be decided tonight, Mayor Debbie Herrmann said.

Grade school students at Cotton Creek School on Monday got a chance to work off some energy, giving a standing ovation to their adopted Iraqi war veteran, 23-year-old Army Sgt.

Sgt. Adam Colon and Cotton Creek Elementary School staff member Barb Westerlund watch with students as teachers perform a skit about perseverance.

WOODSTOCK – The former medical director of a Woodstock nursing home at the center of the “Angel of Death” criminal probe has been added as a defendant to a lawsuit filed by the family of a woman whose death is under investigation.

A trio of thieves who burglarized an Island Lake home might have gotten away with the caper - if it weren't for one suspect's choice of footwear, police said Tuesday.

More than 1,100 people flocked to the first day of a two-day business expo Saturday sponsored by the Wauconda Area Chamber of Commerce despite the dreary wintry day.

Despite her arrest last summer on theft and official misconduct charges, the director of Island Lake's village-owned preschool has continued working and collecting a paycheck.

After Island Lake Mayor Debbie Herrmann suspended interim police Chief Anthony Scarron last week without consulting the village board, trustees and local residents questioned whether Herrmann has the power to make such decisions unilaterally.

Prosecutors filed a pair of misdemeanor charges against former Island Lake mayor Thomas Hyde, claiming that during a Christmas party, he grabbed and insulted a man who had been subpoenaed in the investigation of his activities.

Elise Gorman, 6, of Crystal Lake makes a snow angel Tuesday. The bulk of this week's snowstorm is over, but more might be coming.

ISLAND LAKE – Discord on the Island Lake Village Board has forced officials to forgo paying the village's regular bills.

Island Lake officials appear ready to prohibit video gambling within their village.

A 23-year-old Wauconda man was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison for shooting in the direction of someone at a McHenry home last year, an incident leading to a lengthy police standoff that ended only when members of a SWAT team forced their way into the residence.

Huntley towing company co-owner Mike Lyp said the people who asked in advance about the free tows he offered generally weren't the same people who requested them New Year's Eve.

CRYSTAL LAKE – A weekend snow storm dumped nearly a foot of snow in some parts of McHenry County.

A Wauconda man registered as a sex offender admitted Monday to allegations he tried to solicit a sexual favor from a 14-year-old girl, but will not be making a return trip to the Illinois Department of Corrections as part of his plea bargain.

For the third time in as many months, McHenry County authorities have nabbed someone sneaking else's urine into the county courthouse and trying to pass it off as their own for a court-ordered drug test.

A former supervisor with the Lake County Public Defender's Office faces disciplinary charges for misrepresenting himself to gain information on criminal cases, according to a state complaint.

Nicholas Dibenedetto and Charlie Balfour, both of Island Lake, go over Black Friday sales ads as they wait outside the Crystal Lake Best Buy before 2:00 a.m. Friday.