Hampshire faces Huntley in a Fox Valley Conference boys basketball game on Friday, Dec. 8, 2024, at Huntley High School.
Prairie Ridge faces Hampshire in a Fox Valley Conference wrestling match on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024 at Hampshire High School.
In the 1980s, Henri and June Giugni introduced four pairs of trumpeters swans to a manmade lake on their property near Harvard. Decades later, there are now dozens of trumpeter swans that return to the area each winter.
A look back at some of photojournalist Gregory Shaver's favorite pictures of the month in the Northwest Herald for November.
Christmas trees are installed and decorated Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, for the McHenry Chamber of Commerce Festival of Trees at the McHenry Recreation Center. The tree festival and runs through Dec. 29. Visitors can vote for their favorite Christmas tree by leaving canned food or toiletries under the tree they like best during normal business hours. All donations go to Veterans Path to Hope.
Jacobs faces McHenry in a Fox Valley Conference boys basketball on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 at McHenry High School.
Cary-Grove faces Huntley in Fox Valley Conference girls basketball on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, at Huntley High School.
The Festival of Lights Holiday Parade in Crystal Lake on Friday, Nov. 29, 2024, officially kicks off the holiday season.
Thousands of people braved cold weather to packed the Woodstock Square for the Lighting of the Square ceremony on Friday, Nov. 29, 2024, in Woodstock.