Marengo News

Forty years ago, Marilyn Greenawalt did an unheard of thing – she held a craft show in her home at Christmas time.

Firefighters begin to clear the scene following a fire in a home at 7525 S. Route 23 in Marengo on Thursday morning.

As many of us begin to think about trimming our trees, a number of municipalities are trimming their budgets this holiday season.

Drive through a developing subdivision and chances are good that if there's no special service area in the neighborhood, there will be signs boasting that fact.

Agriculture U.S. farmers scramble to finish harvest from hell Kenny Spetman, right, and Terry Hoy watch soybeans unload from a grain hauler at the Heartland Co-op in Booneville, Iowa Charlie Neibergall/AP Late-maturing crops and persistent rain have made this the slowest start for the U.S. harvest since the 1970s Julie Ingwersen Marengo, Ill.

It's a word the Parkview Elementary School fourth-grader said he made up that means "not cool." "I thought it was bogish to have the day off, because how are you going to learn about Veterans Day?" Instead, Jordan and other students across Community Unit School District 300 were in class on Veterans Day this year for the first time.

CRYSTAL LAKE – A 19-year-old Crystal Lake man was cited Tuesday after his pickup overturned in a two-vehicle crash.

Journalism never is as simple as something you heard. Things often aren't as they seem.

Health officials in McHenry County are adding additional clinics to distribute the H1N1 'Flu Mist.' The flu mist is a nasal dosage and is not intended for pregnant women or adults younger than 50 with underlying conditions.

Kathleen Roberson checks the ends of candles she is making out of beeswax Sunday during Harvest Gathering of 1858 at the Powers-Walker House at Glacial Park in Ringwood.

McCULLOM LAKE – An officer once embroiled in civil lawsuits while serving at the Marengo Police Department was named interim police chief in McCullom Lake on Tuesday night.

MARENGO – Marengo police are conducting a death investigation of a man who was found dead on his garage floor Thursday, but said that he appears to have died of natural causes.

MARENGO – The first one was 53 cents. The second, down to 48. This time around, the Marengo-Union District 165 school board will be requesting a 151 2-cent increase to the local property tax rate – with a twist.

The following is a listing of Halloween events in the area. Kane County SAVE HAVEN TRICK-OR-TREATING, 3 to 7 p.m. Oct.

McHenry County state legislators have arranged two conference calls for state and local officials to discuss the alleged McCullom Lake brain cancer cluster.

This lakeside home on 15 acres in Marengo, previously valued at $3.9 million, was auctioned last week with a minimum bid of $1.675 million.

MARENGO – It might not be a reality within the next several weeks – or even the following months – but Marengo is on its way toward possibly recruiting a hotel developer.

WOODSTOCK – A picnic and open house is planned Sunday for those interested in learning about a new cemetery designed to accommodate Jewish burial customs.

WHAT: AUTUMN DRIVE FESTIVAL WHEN: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday WHERE: on Garden Valley and River roads, between Woodstock and Marengo ABOUT: Eleven farms and other sites open to the public featuring antiques, arts, crafts, produce, hay rides, entertainment, food and door prizes.

I've wrestled with the concept of video gaming for the past few weeks. Talked to Rep.