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Harvard faces Woodstock in a Kishwaukee River Conference girls basketball game on Monday Jan. 12, 2026, at Woodstock High School.
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The Chicago Bears making the playoffs is a big deal in Chicago and the excitement brought out many celebrities with Chicago ties. Among those spotted Sunday were musician Chance the Rapper, actors Vince Vaughn from "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story" and Jake Connelly of "Stranger Things," along with local sports celebrities including Pete Crow-Armstrong from the Cubs, Chicago Bears hall of famers Brian Urlacher and Devin Hester and Bearman.
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More than 600 people came out Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, on Route 31 in McHenry for an anti-ICE protest, organized by Indivisible McHenry County. The national organization encouraged protests over the weekend in response to the death of Renee Good Wednesday in Minneapolis.
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The Chicago Bears knocked off the Green Bay Packers 31-27 in Wild Card matchup Saturday night at Soldier Field in Chicago.
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Woodstock at Richmond-Burton in a Kishwaukee River Conference boys basketball game on Friay Jan. 9 2026, at Richmond-Burton High School, in Richmond.
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McHenry faces Prairie Ridge in a Fox Valley Conference wrestling match on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026 at Prairie Ridge High School in Crystal Lake.
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Burlington Central faces Cary-Grove in a Fox Valley Conference boys basketball game on Wednesday Jan. 7, 2026, at Cary-Grove High School, in Cary.
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Marengo faces Johnsburg in a Kishwaukee River Conference girls basketball on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, at Homer “Bill” Barry Gymnasium on the campus of Marengo High School.
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Woodstock faces Crystal Lake Central in a nonconference boys basketball game on Monday Jan. 5, 2026, at Crystal Lake Central School.
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