The 2025 Johnny Appleseed Festival is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27 in downtown Crystal Lake.

Heightened security at Crystal Lake park board meetings will continue for as the board president says he feels “uncomfortable” and "demonized" after previous meetings included yelling, personal jabs and booing.

Alan Hanke of Crystal Lake - already facing possible prison for a Ponzi scheme - was allowed to take back a plea in McHenry County court to defrauding the McHenry American Legion.

Drivers were asked to avoid the area of Randall and Village roads in Crystal Lake and Lake in the Hills Tuesday evening.

Part of Route 14 was shut down Tuesday morning because of downed power lines, though how it happened was still being investigated.

The Algonquin Commons shopping center has been sold to new owners about a year after it went on the market.

Prairie Ridge and Huntley are off to strong starts in the FVC, Woodstock is unbeaten over six KRC matches and Richmond-Burton picked up a crucial win against Woodstock North in a penalty-kick shootout in this week's Northwest Herald boys soccer notes.

A former Lake in the Hills woman who was accused of abducting her own child and leaving the Woodstock DCFS office, was sentenced Friday to two years probation in the case.

The Friends of McHenry County College Foundation has named its first recipient of the Ervin J. LeCoque University Center Scholarship to continue higher education at MCC's University Center in Woodstock.