Prairie Grove News

CARY – District 26 officials will discuss on Monday asking taxpayers for a referendum to alleviate millions of dollars of anticipated debt.

PRAIRIE GROVE – Like building a toy town with Legos, Jean Smith and other village residents Wednesday night mapped out their dream town center using colorful wooden blocks.

Wayne Schneider of Barrington Hills waits to putt Tuesday at the third annual Veterans' Salute golf tournament hosted by Prairie Isle Golf Club in Prairie Grove.

Although it's fair and appropriate to quibble over station locations and Metra's overall expansion plans, it's also appropriate to back up and appreciate that McHenry County is a big part of Metra's future.

Justin Wille and Steve Kulovsek, both of Crystal Lake, work Friday on the hydraulics for the landing gear of a T-28 Trojan plane at Warbird Restorations in Crystal Lake.

Area school officials anticipate that the number of applicants for free or reduced-price meals will climb this year.

Brandyn Flack, 20, of Crystal Lake grabs his board and catches some air Wednesday while wakeboarding on the Fox River near Broken Oar Marina in Port Barrington.

PRAIRIE GROVE – Police closed Route 176 for two and a half hours this afternoon as crews worked to clear an overturned, empty gravel truck and some trees that were blocking the roadway.

PRAIRIE GROVE – Those who border the village of Prairie Grove might be happy to learn that plans for the Route 176 Corridor no longer include their area.

JOHNSBURG – Village officials will discuss a proposal to add a Metra train stop in Johnsburg at a meeting Thursday.

PRAIRIE GROVE – Two people have been released from the hospital after a three-vehicle crash involving a motorcycle Thursday evening.

Further scrutiny deserves to be paid on two locally elected school boards whose actions and lack of openness are being called into question.

The comment from Woodstock City Manager Tim Clifton in Friday's newspaper was as refreshing as the day's warm weather and blue skies.

PRAIRIE GROVE – More than 1,000 Prairie Grove students hit the district's walking path Wednesday to raise money for a school health program.

Kathy McAfee from the Nunda Rural Fire Protection District looks over the site Friday of a fire that broke out Thursday night on Ames Road in Prairie Grove.

Nine people were injured, at least one seriously, Saturday in an accident involving three cars on Route 176 in Prairie Grove.

PRAIRIE GROVE – Police said that alcohol might have played a role in a Saturday crash that left a Chicago woman dead and four others hospitalized with injuries.