Richmond

Good Samaritan helped driver until paramedics came, sheriff's office says

The Johnny Appleseed Festival is set for Saturday in downtown Crystal Lake, and organizers say it promises to be the “biggest and the best” in its 28-year history.

The Johnny Appleseed Festival is set for Saturday in downtown Crystal Lake, and organizers say it promises to the “biggest and the best” and in its 28-year history.

Mark E. Rodriguez is charged with aggravated driving under the influence and driving on a suspended or revoked license.

The owner took the now decades-old business more seriously because her brother, Gary Gauger, was facing murder charges in the 1993 McHenry County slaying of their parents, which he was later declared innocent of committing.

Before Memorial Hall reopens, the new owner, Sam Everly, a partner of Midwest Arbor Corporation, will have to obtain permits for plumbing and electrical upgrades in the building, the village president said.

A workshop, offered by McHenry County College and Main Stay Therapeutic Farm, "gives participants the opportunity to evaluate and work on their emotional intelligence in a special, hands-on way,” one MCC official says

The crash remains under investigation, the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office said. No citations had been issued as of Monday.

More businesses in the recreational marijuana industry could be coming to McHenry County after five businesses with local ties were chosen in statewide lottery drawings to sell, grow or infuse cannabis products.

The McHenry County Historical Society administrator hopes some of the remnants of Camp Lakota in Woodstock – its lodge, climbing tower, program center, shower house, shelters and 16 wooded camp sites so far remain – can be repurposed.