Nunda Township
Elizabeth DePouw’s destiny to work in healthcare and with paramedics was likely predetermined at a very early age. Her father was among the first paramedics in Illinois. He volunteered for the rescue squad in Lake Villa.
Randi Freese began as an intern in the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office and soon could be leading it, making her the first woman to hold that position in the county’s history. She needs to win election in November; so far there's no one else in the race.
A former Crystal Lake attorney convicted in 2021 for driving drunk during a fatal three-vehicle crash was denied a request to shave 31 days off his five-year prison term.
Firefighters were able to contain damage from a house fire to one room Saturday morning in Crystal Lake, according to the Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department.
A brush fire that started in Lakemoor burned about 20 acres of land before firefighters extinguished it Thursday, according to the McHenry Township Fire Protection District.
A person at the home in Nunda Township outside Crystal Lake suffered minor injuries.
The remains of a young Black boy found in the Fox River in 1963 were never identified. Advocates hoped this week's cemetery dig would change that.
Illinois Department of Natural Resources says Steuben Road parking lot solves access problems, neighbors had been making their own entrances to Moraine Hills State Park.
Residents of Steuben Road want to know why a parking lot and pathway is being built on their street as a new access point to the park.
A rollover vehicle crash in Prairie Grove, left driver trapped in car and was airlifted to Advocate Condell Medical Center with life-threatening injuries Thursday evening.
Nearly two weeks after a 28-year-old McHenry man was reported missing, police have no update on his whereabouts, police said Tuesday.
McHenry County Board member Kelli Wegener will hold a town hall meeting open to all McHenry County residents from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Nunda Township Hall, 3510 Bay Road in Crystal Lake.
A McHenry County judge ruled last week that a law passed and signed by Gov. JB Pritzker in 2019, allowing residents of only McHenry County to dissolve their townships in a referendum, is unconstitutional.
Ten additional early voting locations opened across McHenry County on Monday ahead of the April 4 election.
Those living in rural parts of eastern McHenry County may see people taking photos near their properties, but officials say there is no need to worry.