Lakewood News

Lake in the Hills doesn't have it. Crystal Lake, Lakewood and most of McHenry County doesn't have it.

Jack Peterman, 11, of Lakewood plays Guitar Hero-Aerosmith Edition at the JACK FM tent on opening night of the 4th Annual Rockin' Rotary Ribfest at Sunset Park in Lake in the Hills on Thursday.8 Patrick Kunzer The band Libido Funk Circus entertains during opening night of the 4th Annual Rockin' Rotary Ribfest at Sunset Park in Lake in the Hills ...

Johnna Casello of Algonquin and her children Shaylan, 2, McKenna, 7 and Nolan, 5, watch Sunday from Dole Avenue as the Crystal Lake Independence Parade passes by.

So this is the stimulus plan at work? Huntley Road in Crystal Lake and Lakewood is being re-done. It had no problems to begin with but we are spending a lot of money to re-do it.

The residents of a subdivision in the McHenry County town of Lakewood are working on a nasty chore that has only been made worse by the heat.

Purchase a meal, and 20 percent of the purchase the price will go to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dundee Township in this fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday at Panda Express, 27 S. Western Ave.

State legislators are familiar with the annual problem of having their member initiative earmarks for the next fiscal year held up.

Huntley fire officials said no one was injured in a fire that sparked in an abandoned two-story house at 6:45 a.m. Wednesday morning.

Senior Chicago Alderman Ed Burke and his Illinois Supreme Court Justice wife Anne own a big house in Chicago.

One such person is State Senator Martin Sandoval . It appears he has had the LRU replicate the type of cost-benefit study I got in 1999 right before the vote on Gov.

Members: Scott Lewis, lead vocals; Jim Norris, lead guitar; Rodney Yee, on bass; Mike Vermeland, keyboards and guitar; Tony Stephan, drums Hometown: Village of Lakewood/Elgin Web site: www.partyfreakrocks.com Upcoming shows: 9 p.m. Thursday, Fire Bar & Grill, 435 Angela Lane, Crystal Lake; 9 p.m. April 4, All Star Sports Bar & Grill, 3018 Hickory ...

RINGWOOD – Most of county government's work gets done in committee, and creating a plan to make McHenry County a better place to live is no exception.

Distance runner Michelle Hartwig of Lakewood trains on her birthday, Wednesday, in Crystal Lake.

When the Crystal Lake City Council distributed $290,000 in hotel/motel tax funds last month, the Lakeside Legacy Foundation was noticeably absent from the list.

Bright lights. Late nights. Museums and corner cafes. That's the appeal of the big city for many.

Woodstock firefighters battle a blaze reported in the early hours Saturday morning.

OK, so we impeached former Gov. “Hot” Rod Blagojevich. He's gone. Gov. Pat Quinn is in.

CRYSTAL LAKE – Community leaders were brimming with buoyancy for 2009 at the annual State of the Community luncheon Thursday despite a global recession and continuing economic uncertainties.