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McHenry High School English teacher uses Dungeons and Dragons to help new English learners connect with the language

Hikers may come upon winter fish kills this time of year in ponds or small corners of lakes in the McHenry County Conservation District.

The Cary Fire Protection District presented multiple awards to those who helped save two people who had fallen through the ice on Lake Killarney last month.

Dollar Tree is considering opening a new store in Huntley, which would be the village’s first.

Lake in the Hills said a fuel supplier accidentally delivered the wrong variety of fuel, resulting in repair costs of more than $320,600 for public works vehicles that were damaged.

McHenry County St. Patrick's Day Trivia Challenge!

Prairie Ridge co-op junior Nora Terhaar took third in the all-around and helped lead the Wolves to their sixth state championship in girls gymnastics. Terhaar is the Northwest Herald Athlete of the Week.

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Early voting for the March 17 primary election will expand to several additional locations in McHenry County Monday.

A home near Woodstock and most of its contents were destroyed in fire Sunday; crews called in backup as conditions continued to "intensify."

A Fox Lake man has been charged with the murder of a 50-year-old Fox Lake woman found dead outside an Elk Grove Village hotel, police said.

A Fox Lake man has been charged with the murder of a 50-year-old Fox Lake woman found dead outside an Elk Grove Village hotel, police said.

St. John the Baptist School part of larger diocesan plan for academy schools, embraces Classical education

A McHenry man is accused of possessing more than 250 images of children being sexually abused, court records show.

Everyone was a winner at this year’s Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Chamber of Commerce’s Olympic-themed awards dinner, where gold, silver and bronze medals were awarded to the nominees.

A proposal has been submitted to turn the former Hearthstone care facility in Woodstock into about 200 apartments.

State Rep. Suzanne Ness will host a virtual town hall Tuesday to discuss Illinois Gov JB Pritzker’s annual budget proposal.

Hampshire landed four medalists and won its first team championship, while Huntley's Janiah Slaughter earned her school's first individual championship during the IHSA state girls wrestling finals at the Grossinger Motors Arena in Bloomington.

McHenry sophomore Robbie Rosenbaum and Marian Central senior Antonio Aguirre both medaled twice, and Jacobs co-op junior John Beasley also won a state medal at Saturday's IHSA Boys Swimming State Championships in Westmont.

Fox River Grove residents will now have zero permit fees for “basic” building projects, as part of a move to lessen resident costs after the village board implemented a 1% sales tax last year.

A Carpentersville man is accused of befriending a 16-year-old girl on Snapchat, sexually abusing her in the parking lot of an Algonquin business and then telling her, “You earned yourself some food,” a McHenry County judge said in denying his pretrial release.

Algonquin will be getting help from the state to fund its multimillion-dollar renovations to Willoughby Farms Park.

Woodstock officials will wait until June to take up the issue of a proposed gravel pit near Lily Pond and McConnell roads.

McHenry sophomore Robbie Rosenbaum qualified for the championship finals in both of his events at the IHSA Boys Swimming State Championships, while Marian Central senior Antonio Aguirre also advanced to Day 2 in two events.

Richmond-Burton's Luke Robinson hit a 3-pointer in the closing seconds against Johnsburg, but the Skyhawks ran out the clock and held on to beat the Rockets 56-53 and win their first regional title since 2019.