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19 min ago | Daily Herald

MCC wins grant for information literacy project Updated Jun 19, 2013...

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

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Libraries, Northern Illinois University, Woodstock, IL

4 hrs ago | Northwest Herald

Fire destroys garage, motor home

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

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Related Topix: Cary, IL, Lake in the Hills, IL, Fox River Grove, IL

7 hrs ago | Northwest Herald

MCC to offer archaeological field school

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.

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Related Topix: Archaeology, Science, Anthropology, Crystal Lake, IL, Rockton, IL

11 hrs ago | Northwest Herald

Warrant on new charge issued for man who killed family in DUI in '99

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.

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Related Topix: Woodstock, IL, McHenry, IL

16 hrs ago | Northwest Herald

Pets part of workday at some local businesses

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

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Related Topix: Crystal Lake, IL

20 hrs ago | Northwest Herald

MCC board considers raises for administrators

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.

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Related Topix: Crystal Lake, IL, Pension, Personal Finance, Tax

Tue Jun 18, 2013

Northwest Herald

After Crystal Lake church severed ties with Boy Scouts, still no home for Troop 550

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.

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Related Topix: Crystal Lake, IL, Roman Catholic Church, Religion

WAND-TV Decatur

New trial sought for man convicted of killing teen

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.

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Related Topix: Johnsburg, IL, Crystal Lake, IL

Northwest Herald

Free shred and recycle day

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.

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Related Topix: Marengo, IL, Woodstock, IL

Northwest Herald

MCC wins national library planning grant

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

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Related Topix: Libraries, Crystal Lake, IL, Laura Bush, Education Etc.

Northwest Herald

Special meeting to precede Tuesday's MCC Committee of the Whole

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

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Related Topix: Crystal Lake, IL

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Northwest Herald

Girl Scouts celebrate 100th anniversary with European trip

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

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Related Topix: Cary, IL, Illinois, Chana, IL, Franklin Grove, IL, Crystal Lake, IL

Northwest Herald

Graphic novels are being used as educational tools

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

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Related Topix: Libraries, Arts, Literature, Harvard, IL

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Northwest Herald

Walsh decries state of GOP at Huntley Tea Party meeting

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

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Joe Walsh, Tea Party, Huntley, IL, 2012 Presidential Election, Tax

Northwest Herald

McHenry County leaders reflect on fatherhood

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.

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Related Topix: Crystal Lake, IL, Family, Kids, Northern Illinois University, Bull Valley, IL, McHenry, IL

Northwest Herald

McHenry to host Day at Petersen Farm on June 23

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.

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Related Topix: McHenry, IL, Agriculture, Science

Sat Jun 15, 2013

KWQC-TV Davenport

Court orders company to distribute bottled water

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.

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Northwest Herald

Tax appeal clock ticks for Richmond, Greenwood Townships

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.

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Related Topix: Greenwood, IL, Richmond, IL

Northwest Herald

MCC to post more FOIA information; transparency initiatives targeted

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.

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Related Topix: Crystal Lake, IL

Northwest Herald

Road work season in full swing around McHenry County

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

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Related Topix: Bull Valley, IL, Algonquin, IL, Kane County, IL, Huntley, IL, Hampshire, IL