Yadira Sanchez Olson

Habitat for Humanity McHenry County held a celebration for two families moving into a new duplex in the Meadows of West Bay community.

Since the expansion of Northwestern Medicine’s Canning Thoracic Institute to Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital in 2022, more than 50 complex thoracic surgeries have been performed at the McHenry hospital, hospital officials say.

It only takes walking into Janet Moritz’s classroom to see her approach come alive, with kids helping one another and cheering each other on, Verda Dierzen Principal Tricia Bogott said.

Leah Pelletier and English teacher Stacy Rockweiler were recently recognized as distinguished advisors by the Illinois Directors of Student Activities.

Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital received a three-star rating from Society of Thoracic Surgeons, which places it the among the elite for heart bypass surgery in the United States and Canada, officials said.

Students come to school with “emotional backpacks” where they carry what they’ve been through, one Woodstock social worker said. What’s inside looks different for each student but it can all impact how well a child learns.

Crystal Lake teacher leader Mallory Keenan "works tirelessly with students, teachers, and administrators to bring best practice literacy instruction to our classrooms,” a district official said.

A new certified nursing assistant program in the works at Crystal Lake-based Community High School District 155, including a new classroom complete with patient care beds.

As McHenry County cleaned out its jail of federal immigration detainees, activists pushed for those detainees to be released back into the community and not transferred to other U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities.

A marijuana infusion facility, that has the support of a state senator from Chicago who once ran for mayor, that would sell products wholesale to medical and recreational dispensaries is looking to open in the city of McHenry.

The worst experience of Angela Osorio’s life was while she was detained at McHenry County jail last year, the 40-year-old mother of three said at a rally Tuesday outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in downtown Chicago.

To meet a rising caseload, CASA of McHenry County is in need of 60 to 80 more volunteers.

Plans for a 93-unit apartment development at 551 Congress Parkway are one step closer to fruition after Crystal Lake City Council approved a petition Tuesday from the Mount Prospect-based developer Equity Trust Company.