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Get in the fall spirit with ghost stories in Spring Grove to bundling up for an outdoor movie in McHenry
Those charged with felonies the week of Sept. 3 by the Algonquin, Cary, Crystal Lake, Harvard, Island Lake, McHenry, Spring Grove and Woodstock police departments, as well as the McHenry County Sheriff's Office.
A 17-year-old Harvard boy faces felony charges in connection with an exchange of gunfire Sunday that left an 18-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the lower leg, Harvard police said.
Mercyhealth has announced the promotion of Taylor Killpack to Vice President of Community Hospitals.
The city of Harvard began running its new wastewater treatment plant this summer, replacing an 80-year old plant. The City Council will look at its three-year plan for water and sewer rates during budget talks this fall.
A Marengo man who police said had LSD, marijuana, alprazolam and clonazepam in his apartment pleaded guilty Tuesday to possessing LSD and was sentenced to five years in prison.
Harvard Diggins Library will celebrate Library Card Sign-Up Month in September in an effort to encourage community members to sign up for, or renew, their library cards.
Those charged with felonies the week of Aug. 20 to 26 by the Algonquin, Harvard, Johnsburg, Lake in the Hills, Marengo, McHenry and Woodstock police departments, as well as the McHenry County Sheriff's Office, Illinois State Police and Lake County Metropolitan Enforcement Group.
A McHenry County grand jury indicted these people on the following charges the week of Aug. 13, 2023.
Those charged with felonies the week of Aug. 13, 2023, by the Algonquin, Crystal Lake, Harvard, Huntley, McHenry and Woodstock police departments, as well as the McHenry County Sheriff's Office.
A post on the Harvard Police Department Facebook page, including photos of a suspect, led police to the teenager now charged with vandalism there.
McHenry County copes with extreme heat.
Heat indices on Wednesday are set to climb to 110 to 115 degrees, and the warning notes some areas may see heat indices higher than that.
Temperatures are once again climbing into the triple digits in McHenry County this week.
McHenry County school district administrators – both those with and without air conditioning in all of their buildings – are keeping an eye on the weather report for later this week. Crystal Lake District 47 already cancelled classes on Wednesday and Thursday at two schools.