McHenry News

Some try to steal money, some food and some fuel tanks from automobiles. Jose Dolores Gomez, 42, of 3108 S. Waterview Ave.

MARENGO – Nine months into two new emergency dispatch contracts, police and fire officials in Marengo report that the arrangements are working out well.

McHENRY – GiGi's Playhouse Down syndrome awareness centers in 10 cities, four states and two countries will come together Feb.

The departments will jointly host the trip March 15. The show is taking place at Navy Pier, officials from both departments said in a news release.

Some McHenry County Board members on Tuesday criticized state Rep. Jack Franks for introducing legislation - the latest one a bill aimed at creating a pilot program in McHenry County that would limit property tax growth - without meeting with them first.

UNION – On four afternoons in March and April the McHenry County Historical Society will host a series of local history lectures as part of its annual Sampler Lecture Series.

A Grafton Township Town Hall will now be a pick-up site for the SHARE cooperative food buying program.

Part-time firefighter Nick Escher of McHenry saves Chris Rohde of McHenry in a swift water training exercise Sunday at McHenry High School West.

Caitlin Alroth, 2, reaches for a basket full of groceries from the SHARE program while her parents, Dale and Christine Alroth, wait for the groceries to be counted.

The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the Crystal Lake Police Department .

McHENRY – The board of directors of Family Service and Community Mental Health Center for McHenry County has announced preliminary plans to partner with North Central Behavioral Health Systems.

The collection drive for fluorescent tubes, Styrofoam, electronics and batteries will take place from 9 a.m. to noon at the Farm Bureau parking lot, 1102 McConnell Road, in Woodstock.

McHENRY – The area's SHARE program will be taking orders Friday and Saturday for the February delivery in McHenry.

Accountant Kurtis Moran and his office manager, Heather Slowinski, while at My Accountant Inc.

McHENRY – The McHenry Public Library will open at 1 p.m. today because of a morning staff in-service session.

A major commercial development has again been proposed for the 109-acre site between North Barrington and Hawthorn Woods where an ultimately rejected plan for a regional shopping mall sparked war between the villages 16 years ago.

First-grader Melissa Roedel puts her hand on the shoulder of classmate Laci Welter for comfort after Laci answered a question wrong Wednesday during The Great American Challenge at St.

Undeterred by not one, but two rejections from the state that killed Centegra and Mercy health systems' plans to build new hospitals in McHenry County, both groups are moving to get their refusals overturned.

A McHenry County man was arrested and charged Tuesday for allegedly abusing a minor.

WOODSTOCK – A health care reform battle raging over individual's rights to insurance coverage for contraception and whether the federal government can compel religious institutions to fund that coverage has spilled into church pews locally and across the country.