Harvard

The mother of a Harvard woman whose boyfriend killed her and hid her remains in a U-Haul storage locker called her daughter’s killer “a coward” before he was sentenced to 28 years in prison Friday.

U.S. veterans living at Hebron's New Horizons say their training kicked in on May 9 following a crash in front of their building.

The Northwest Herald has your guide to festivals and other events in McHenry County.

A Genoa registered sex offender on probation after spending nearly five decades in prison for the 1962 sexually motivated murder of a 3-year-old Harvard girl is accused of attempting to lure two girls on Monday, according to court records.

An $11,000 grant for McHenry's Landmark School brings native wildflowers to campus, opens up future outdoor classroom for elementary school.

Since buying little more than six acres in Harvard in 2005 and transforming it from a cornfield into a home for native plants, grasses and wildflowers, Terrie and William Warzecha said they still are surprised by the Monarch-loving common milkweed that just naturally appeared.

Harvard High School has 14 graduates who have received an associates degree through McHenry County College as part of the school's dual degree program.

A horse trailer was found fully involved Saturday afternoon, Harvard Fire Protection District official said. Firefighters were also called to the farm on White Oaks Road Tuesday, when a barn was destroyed.

Milk Days, set for June 2-4 at Milky Way Park, 300 Lawrence Road, Harvard, is the oldest continuous hometown festival in the state of Illinois.

Harvard residents say why they want a recreation center, but where, when and how is still an unknown, according to Mayor Mike Kelly and a community meeting held Thursday, May 18, to gauge response to idea.

Those charged with felonies the week of May 7, 2023, by the Algonquin, Crystal Lake, Harvard, Johnsburg, Marengo, McCullom Lake, McHenry, Richmond, Spring Grove and Woodstock police departments, as well as the McHenry County Sheriff's Office.

General assistance programs, mandated by Illinois Township Code, saw reduced need during first year of pandemic but are planning to see need rebound.

Here's how banks in McHenry County are different than those who have failed in recent months across the U.S.

A McHenry County grand jury indicted these people on the following charges the week of May 1, 2023.

Those charged with felonies the week of April 30, 2023, by the Algonquin, Cary, Crystal Lake, Fox River Grove, Harvard and Marengo police departments, as well as the McHenry County Sheriff's Office.