Lakewood

A McHenry County judge granted prosecutors’ motion Tuesday that a man, who had been out on bond for reckless driving when he allegedly began a fire early Saturday morning in the Lakewood home where he was living, be held without bond in the county jail when taken back into custod

A Crystal Lake man awaiting trial on charges related to crashing his vehicle into a home last year, paralyzing its owner, was charged with arson this weekend for allegedly pouring gas throughout the Lakewood home he lives in and setting it ablaze with a cigarette lighter.

The grant funds will be used by the Crystal Lake Park District toward the purchase, installation, care and maintenance of 75 trees and the care and maintenance of those trees, according to a news release.

Family legacy lives on, but Rob Fetzner ends tenure as Crystal Lake District 47 school board member.

The fire at 9317 Firth Court was reported just before 6 a.m. and no one was home at the time, according to the Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department.

A fire in Lakewood Saturday night caused damage to a house, garage and a vehicle, and resulted in one person needing treatment at the scene, officials said.

Lundahl Middle School student Sedona Semradek has been selected as a 2023 Scholar Attitude Award winner by a panel of coaches, athletic directors, principals and officials from the Illinois Elementary School Association.

Those charged with felonies the week of April 23, 2023, by the Algonquin, Cary, Crystal Lake, Harvard, Hebron, Johnsburg, Lake in the Hills, Lakewood, McHenry, Spring Grove and Woodstock police departments, as well as the McHenry County Sheriff's Office.

Lakewood is set to enter negotiations with a construction firm for upgrades to its village-owned RedTail Golf Club, which estimates show costing just under $4 million.

A Crystal Lake man and an Algonquin teenager face new charges alleging they broke into – or tried to – six vehicles and one home during a night in late March, court records show.

The voters and parents Crystal Lake School District 47 candidate Lisa Messinger spoke to on the campaign trail wanted “to celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion” in the district’s students, she said.

Those charged with felonies the week of March 26, 2023, by the Cary, Crystal Lake, Fox River Grove, Huntley, Island Lake, Johnsburg, Lake in the Hills, Lakewood, Marengo, McHenry and Woodstock police departments, as well as the McHenry County Sheriff's Office.

Voters went to the polls on Tuesday to elect school boards across McHenry County.

Police arrested two men just after 5:30 a.m. Friday after they allegedly attempted to burglarize a vehicle in Crystal Lake, McHenry County court records show.

Nearly four dozen of the local races in McHenry County will be competitive on Tuesday, as voters head to the polls to decide who will lead their school boards, municipalities, libraries and parks.