Michelle Meyer

Algonquin restaurant BrewHaus 31 received assistance from the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Chamber Foundation’s emergency grant to help recover from a water main break.

A former teacher, Susan Kelly of Crystal Lake recalls how magical books were for her growing up. She hopes to pass along the same feeling in her newly opened, independent Magical Forest Bookstore in Fox River Grove.

A new live entertainment facility could be coming to Algonquin’s downtown, a business that neighboring property owners say could transform the area into a “destination place.”

Zoning commissioners gave a positive recommendation for a proposed mixed-use luxury community in Cary, despite resident concerns over a road extension that would connect a neighborhood road to Route 31.

Nearby Crystal Lake elementary schools were put on security alert for a reported person walking around nearby with a knife, but was only found with a pencil Thursday morning, police say.

A man’s medical alert pendant may have fallen into the Fox River, prompting a false alarm that prompted multiple agencies to response to a possible water rescue Wednesday afternoon near Algonquin, officials report.

A crash in Spring Grove closed a road Wednesday afternoon, officials say.

Lakewood officials are protesting a solar farm proposed near the village, claiming it would jeopardize future land development.

Firefighters were able to extinguish a fire in an attached garage in Algonquin Monday evening before it spread to the house.

Crystal Lake will make a claim for a piece of a $7.4 billion nationwide settlement with Purdue Pharma related to the national opioid crisis.

A Romeoville man was charged with unlawful restraint of woman with a machete Saturday evening in Wauconda, police report.

Crystal Lake could be home to two marijuana dispensaries once again as another company looks to take over the shuttered Spark’d location nine months after it abruptly closed.

For the 48th year, the Service League of Crystal Lake’s Housewalk fundraiser Sept. 12 offers a look into four homes that exemplify Crystal Lake as “a good place to live."

Officials in Cary and Fox River Grove continue recovery efforts with clean up and tree replacement after a sudden and strong thunderstorm hit the area last month.

Crystal Lake will enact a 1% grocery tax as the statewide tax ends at the start of next year, but will keep its home rule sales tax steady at 1.25% despite previous promises of lowering it.