McHenry County News

A $50,000 grant is helping McHenry County College figure out where the information literacy gaps are for high school students in the county.

CARY – An early morning fire destroyed a motor home and single-car garage in unicorporated McHenry County Wednesday, but no one was hurt.

CRYSTAL LAKE – Area residents can experience the thrill of uncovering items that no one has seen or touched in up to thousands of years with an archaeology field school offered by McHenry County College this summer.

WOODSTOCK – A McHenry man who killed a woman and her three children in a drunken crash in 1999 failed to appear for a scheduled court date today on a new DUI charge.

Cassandra Bennett, office manager at Precision Body Works, plays with her English Cocker Spaniel, Bob, while at work in Crystal Lake, Ill.

CRYSTAL LAKE – Action taken by state lawmakers in Springfield this week could affect potential raises for McHenry County College administrators that trustees will consider at their June 28 meeting.

CRYSTAL LAKE – More than two weeks after being told it could no longer hold meetings at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, Boy Scout Troop 550 still doesn't have a home.

The attorney for a man convicted of killing a Johnsburg teen is asking that a judge throw out the jury's verdict and order a new trial.

State Rep. Jack Franks, D-Marengo, is partnering with Habitat for Humanity of McHenry County and Environmental Defenders of McHenry County to provide local residents with a free paper shredding and recycling event this month.

CRYSTAL LAKE – McHenry County College received a $50,000 Institute of Museum and Library Services Laura Bush 21st Century Librarians Program collaborative planning grant.

CRYSTAL LAKE – The McHenry County College Board of Trustees will convene for a special meeting Tuesday before its scheduled Committee of the Whole gathering.

Emilie Rose, 17, of Cary organizes her suitcase at her home Monday before a trip to Europe.

As his classes struggle throughout the year with some denser Shakespeare passages, Brad Fennessy pulls out his secret weapon – comics.

Former U.S. Rep Joe Walsh speaks passionately at a town hall meeting Saturday in Huntley.

Before fathers around McHenry County celebrate Father's Day golfing with friends, enjoying meals with families or just relaxing, the Northwest Herald asked some community leaders to reflect on their fatherhood and what it has meant to them.

McHENRY – Area residents are invited to the annual Day at Petersen Farm on June 23 at 4112 McCullom Lake Road, one mile west of Route 31. The Petersen Farm was formed in 1830 and donated to the city by the Colby and Petersen families to be preserved and developed as a part of the area's agricultural heritage.

A court has ordered a McHenry County company and its property owner to distribute bottled water to six residents with private wells following testing that found hazardous chemicals in the well water.

The first two McHenry County townships have published their assessments, setting the stage for property owners to begin the process of appealing the values that will help determine their 2014 tax bills.

CRYSTAL LAKE – New Freedom of Information Act policies at McHenry County College will give residents online access to requests the college receives and responses it gives to those seeking information.

James D. Fiala Paving company employee Ron McFarland operates an asphalt milling machine June 5 along Fleming Road in Bull Valley.