Island Lake News

The latest qualified candidate, Jeffrey Schleff of Island Lake, withdrew his name from consideration after scrutiny of his arrest record led a county committee to offer no recommendation on whether he should be hired.

The search for a regional superintendent of schools in McHenry County is back to square one after an Elgin school principal withdrew his nomination when reports of his arrest record surfaced.

ISLAND LAKE – The village's Creative Playtime Preschool will hold its annual open house for families with preschool-age children.

The candidate for the long-vacant office of McHenry County regional school superintendent withdrew Monday morning following scrutiny in the wake of his arrest record being made public.

When Army Pfc. Matthew Thomas Crawford, 24, agreed on Saturday afternoon to drive his sister, Amanda Crawford, and her 3-week-old son, Cayden, from Genoa to a family party, he never expected Warriors' Watch Riders to meet them at Starks Corner gas station at Routes 47 and 72 and then escort them to Riverview Restaurant & Tavern in Algonquin.

Wauconda Fire District officials are blaming chemicals on unwashed material for a fire that started in a dryer at an Island Lake bowling alley Saturday.

McHenry County's long and complicated search for a new regional school superintendent could take another twist with the background of the candidate they found to fill the seat.

After a nine-month vacancy and a lengthy search, McHenry County officials say they've found their new regional superintendent of schools in an Elgin elementary school.

The Illinois State Board of Elections Tuesday ruled that state Rep. Kent Gaffney can remain on the Republican primary ballot in his bid for the Illinois House.

Fred Noble from VFW Post 5040 of Woodstock and Anthony Handzel from VFW Post 4600 of McHenry present the Bronze Star Medal to Kenneth Quinlan on Saturday in Island Lake.

A Lake County woman admitted she brought her 5-year-old son with her when she accompanied her boyfriend on a bank robbery last month, according to the FBI.

Piper Downey, 5, of Volo rides on the shoulders of Ken Schultz, 'the Flying Fool,' as he rides a unicycle while he entertained children and adults with stunts, juggling and balloon animals at the Wauconda Area Library.

Two key Island Lake intersections will get new traffic signals as part of a deal struck with the Illinois Department of Transportation, officials confirmed Friday.