Residents who live in the Illinois General Assembly’s 70th District are invited to office hours hosted by Rep. Jeff Keicher, R-Sycamore, at various locations across DeKalb, Kane and McHenry counties this summer.

The McHenry County Board approved a Woodstock-area slaughterhouse that raised objections from neighbors and nearby Hartland Township officials.

Opponents of a proposed slaughterhouse near Woodstock made last pleas to the McHenry County Board to vote down the plans when it takes up the matter Tuesday.

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Protesters lined Route 31 in McHenry on Saturday, June 14, to protest the policies of the Trump administration.

Potential cuts to county jobs and programs, in addition to delays in capital projects, loom over the McHenry County Board as it begins preparations for next year’s budget and property tax levy.

The McHenry County Board has voted to require drivers to slow down on a trio of roads, overriding two negative recommendations from the transportation committee.

A McHenry County Board committee voted against three of four proposed speed limit reductions, but the full board could override those votes. At least one local police chief wants the one is his suburb.

McHenry County property owners should be getting their latest property tax bills in the mail by the end of the week, though some have already expressed sticker shock about the bills that have arrived.

U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, the longest-serving member of the suburban delegation to Congress, won’t run again in 2026.