Union News

WHAT: HOLIDAY FLORAL EXTRAVAGANZA WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: McHenry West High School, 4724 W. Crystal Lake Road, McHenry ABOUT: Local floral arrangers will prepare arrangements and through drawings the arrangements will be given to audience members to take home.

Julie Pilgrim watches over her husband, Don, on Wednesday in the intensive care unit at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford.

Marengo sculptor Michael Bihlmaier works on carving a set of two stumps from 130-year-old cottonwood trees earlier this fall outside the McHenry County Historical Society in Union.

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

I took this photo during a railfan photo stop aboard a 1986 CTA fantrip. The excursion was advertised as "The Snowflake Special", and was sponsored by the Illinois Railway Museum located in Union Illinois.

Thousands of people shut down streets in downtown Chicago for about an hour today as they protested the American Bankers Association convention.

It's that time of year again when hundreds of children dressed as Ghouls, Goblins, Princesses, Witches, Super Heroes and more converge on downtown Morrison.

It says something about a haunted trail when the creators get spooked while making it.

Do you ever wish you had a chance to do some volunteer work but find yourself too busy? I feel kind of stuck in that boat lately.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 Preserved Charles City & Western electric steeple cab locomotive under restoration.

WOODSTOCK – Supporters of video gambling in McHenry County showed their hand, a full house, at a Wednesday evening hearing.

Raven Wood Grove's Patrick Donlea uses a paper tube as he reads an auditory hallucination script into the ear of the Rev.

Dave Fornell of Elgin acts as 1st Lieutenant of the German 353 Infantry during Saturday's World War II re-enactment at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union.

Welcome to my rail fan page! Here you'll find information and pictures of railroad related items from the Chicagoland area, Wisconsin and Indiana.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 Preserved Chicago Motor Coach Co 1951 GM TDH series bus.

Local pharmacies are offering flu shots to the public and the Visiting Nurses Association has scheduled flu shot clinics.

H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@nwherald.com Marengo battalion chief Jeff Kimmel calls for paramedics as Union firefighter Rick Keiser is attended to by comrades after he was overcome by heat at a house fire on River Road in Marengo.

The Illinois Labor Relations Board has verified the petition by some members of McHenry County Animal Control to unionize.

Welcome to my rail fan page! Here you'll find information and pictures of railroad related items from the Chicagoland area, Wisconsin and Indiana.

A McHenry County man was sentenced Monday to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to his seventh DUI, officials said.