"How do four Board members have total disregard for the fact that they represent all residents of Crystal Lake?" Dawn Kristensen of Crystal Lake writes in a letter to the editor.

Customers at McHenry's Preserved Peculiarities can find bugs mounted under glass, dioramas of dried flowers and butterflies, animal skulls, rabbits feet from real rabbits, tattooed pigs ears, and exotic animal mounts.

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Preserved Peculiarities, which moved from McHenry's Riverwalk Shoppes incubator to a more permanent location downtown, sells things like bugs mounted under glass, dioramas of dried flowers and butterflies, animal skulls, rabbits feet, tattooed pigs ears, exotic animal mounts and materials for Wiccan and Pagan followers.

"Why do people move into an agricultural area area and then expect ... the ag to conform to them?" Al Kunz of Ringwood writes in a letter to the editor.

Zoning commissioners have asked builders of a proposed luxury mixed-use development in Cary to come back with clearer details.

Cary-Grove graduate Quinn Priester started the Milwaukee Brewers’ second-half opener Friday night and struck out 10, including Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman in the first inning, and completed six scoreless innings in a 2-0 win against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

"ComEd and residents both need to do better protecting our power," Lawrence Creamer of Marengo writes in a letter to the editor.

The Blue Angels precision flying team gave McHenry County Regional Superintendent of Schools Diana Hartmann the flight of a lifetime.

A Lake in the Hills teen and a Carpentersville man were taken to an area hospital following a electronic scooter crash Thursday.