People enjoy the beach and music during the Crystal Lake Park District's Concert in the Park on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, at Main Beach in Crystal Lake. The concert was part of the park district's weekly Tuesday night summer concert series.

Before losing reelection as Nunda Township Highway commissioner, "Iron Mike" Lesperance used taxpayer money for projects that went beyond the office's legal authority, his successor contends.

A woman has died in a drowning in an above-ground pool Saturday afternoon near Harvard.

Protesters line Route 31 in front of the McHenry Public Library on Friday, June 20, 2025, during a Save Our Libraries Protest hosted by Indivisible McHenry County to draw attention to cuts to the nation's libraries by the Trump administration.

Two new murals are being added to the McHenry city landscape on Thursday, June 19, 2025. A mural is being painted on the side of the McHenry Brewing Co., and Vindictive Vinyl installed a vinyl mural at 3413 W. Elm St.

Rick Peterson resigned as boys basketball coach at Marian Central after one season and was officially named the Alden-Hebron coach this week. Peterson previously coached the Giants for three years.

The McHenry City Council weighed in on what members want to see in development in downtown ahead of ordinance updates that will guide developers going forward.

The Huntley Village Board was lukewarm on the idea of duplexes along Route 47, with some trustees hoping to see that area developed with commercial uses.

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

Charlie Taczy turned in a gutsy performance on the mound, and Brock Iverson was 3 for 3, but Cary-Grove's baseball team lost to Troy Triad 3-1 in the Class 3A third-place game Saturday morning in Joliet.

A Crystal Lake church agreed to remove rodent bait boxes from its property to help protect a family of great horned owls living nearby.

After years of working in and out at corporate gyms, Jared Schnulle, Olivia Schnulle and Jonathan Yousif decided to open their own in McHenry

Hinsdale Central sophomore Maggie Conley scored 10 points, consisting of a hat trick and seven assists, to lead the Red Devils to an 18-6 win over Crystal Lake Central co-op and a third-place finish at the state tournament Saturday.

The Johnsburg girls soccer team took on downstate foe Columbia in the IHSA Class 1A state championship game Saturday afternoon at North Central College in Naperville.

The Crystal Lake Central and Prairie Ridge softball teams met Friday afternoon to decide the winner of the Class 3A Sycamore Sectional final.