Village of Union
An owl found in Union tested positive for West Nile virus, the McHenry County Department of Health reports.
Facing pressure from within his own party to abandon his reelection campaign, President Joe Biden is relying on labor unions to help make the case that his record in office matters more than his age
Two people suffer injures in a two-vehicle car crash along Route 176 Monday morning near Marengo, according to the Marengo Fire & Rescue Districts.
Outtakes from recent assignments from the Northwest Herald for June 23, 2024.
JA Frate drivers and dockworkers represented by Teamsters Local 710 did not ratify the latest offer from management during a vote Saturday
The Paddle the Kish in Marengo group of dozens of volunteers have worked for years to slowly clear fallen trees and snags in the Kishwaukee River to make it safe for kayaking between Union and Marengo.
Wilbert Stroeve of the Chicago Map Society will present his research on a 1905 road trip from Chicago to Lake Geneva at a McHenry County Historical Society event.
McHenry County has a busy summer schedule of festival, concerts and other fun activities for young and old.
Plainfield Community Consolidated School District approved a new contract with its support staff employees which closes the wage gap between the district and neighboring schools.
Members of a would-be union representing staffers in House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch’s office filed suit against their boss on Friday, asking a Cook County judge to force recognition of the union.
A woman was airlifted with injuries considered life-threatening following a two-vehicle crash Thursday at Route 176 and N. Union Road near Marengo
In a scathing statement, the Illinois Legislative Staff Association accused Welch of passing the bill “to deflect rising criticism” and feigning solidarity in public while privately colluding with Democratic Senate President Don Harmon to ensure the bill “went no further.”
The Illinois House approved a bill Tuesday to allow student teachers to receive stipends while earning their education degree, even though the money needed to fund those stipends is unlikely to be included in next year’s budget.
With two weeks left before the General Assembly’s spring session is set to adjourn, negotiations continue on a labor union-backed initiative that would allow Illinoisans to skip religious and political work meetings without reprimand.
Three adults and one minor suffered injuries in a three-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon near Marengo, according to the Marengo Fire & Rescue Districts.
A man from Marengo died and four other people are injured from a two-vehicle crash near Union Monday afternoon, the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office reports.
The McHenry Outdoor Theater will start its season this weekend plus plenty of Easter egg hunting activities in McHenry County this weekend.
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day all over McHenry County, attend a free art show and learn how to make the perfect cocktail this weekend.
Democrats in the Illinois Senate advanced a measure that would prohibit Illinois companies from requiring employees to attend work-related meetings about politics or religion.
Two people who died in a house fire near Union Tuesday have been identified by the McHenry County Coroner's office.
Two adults, a cat and a dog died Tuesday morning in a house fire near Union, the Marengo Fire and Rescue Districts reports.
Nurses say they did not get incentive pay for extra work. Ascension Saint Joseph – Joliet says it followed the union contract.
Groups of Illinois Department of Transportation workers represented by local Teamsters unions rallied at facilities in Collinsville and Springfield after recently passing a strike authorization and filing complaints against the state.
Nearly 50 people attended a community meeting Thursday night in which the nurses' union from Ascension Saint Joseph – Joliet hospital tried to line up public support for its cause.
Ascension Nurses' union will a hold community meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at downtown branch of Joliet Public Library.
Following Ascension's announcement that it would be implementing its "last best and final offer" for a contract with nurses on January 21, despite union rejection, nurses at St. Joseph-- Joliet hospital have said they will strike on Feb. 8 and 9.
The city of Marengo is seeking voter approval for a local sales tax referendum for road construction and maintenance, and Park District wants to bring surrounding townships into the fold.
Teamsters, who have gone without a contract for 7 months and are angered by the course of negotiations, are preparing to vote on whether to vote to authorize a strike, said JP Fyans, president of Teamsters Local 916.
DeKalb County government is poised to enter into a new contract agreement with the labor union that represents employees at the DeKalb County Rehabilitation and Nursing Center.
Ascension announced Tuesday that it will implement its final contract offer to nurses at its Joliet hospital, a move that the nurses’ union is calling illegal. The union also is considering short-term strikes.
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Nearly 80 percent of nurses at Ascension St. Joseph-- Joliet hospital voted to reject the hospital's latest contract proposal in their ongoing labor fight this week, despite the hospital saying its second offer was its "last, best, and final" proposal.
The nurses at Ascension St. Joseph-- Joliet are voting on the latest proposal from the hospital which it calls its "last best and final offer" on Dec. 18 and 19. The union is recommending a no vote and wants to continue bargaining.
Joliet nurses scheduled to vote Monday and Tuesday on contact proposal . Union executive board recommends no vote.
Marian Sanfilippo assisted many groups throughout the Chicago region, based out of the family estate in Barrington Hills.
Illinois Nurses Association members picked outside Ascension St. Joseph Hospital in Joliet Wednesday afternoon ahead of the union's next scheduled negotiation with the hospital and following accusations by nurses of wage theft.
The Joliet City Council voted Tuesday to approve a three-year contract for police supervisors, giving annual raises.
The members of the Illinois Nurse's Association working at Ascension St. Joseph's Hospital are planning an informational picket on Dec. 6 after the hospital engaged in what the union is calling wage theft of promised over time pay.
Joliet council members say staff kept them in the dark while police supervisors contract was negotiated.
President Chris Shride is leaving Ascension Saint Joseph less than two years after he took the job as contract turmoil with the nursing staff continues.
Nurses in Joliet were on strike for the second time in three months as contract negotiations between the union and Ascension continue to drag on. The nurses' contract expired on July 19
A 'supermajority' of workers have signed union cards, Machinists organizer says.
The strike would be the second by nurses at Ascension Saint Joseph – Joliet Hospital who are in negotiations on a contract that expired in July at the Joliet hospital.
Four vehicles were involved in a crash in Woodstock Friday, including a semi-truck.
After months of negotiations, Northern Illinois University recently reached a new agreement with two of its worker unions, which includes 5% pay increases after workers complained about what the union president called “poverty wages.”
Democrats in the Illinois House on Wednesday approved a measure to allow certain legislative staffers to unionize, following in the recent footsteps of lawmakers in California and Oregon.
This weekend is packed with fall-themed festivals from Johnny Appleseed Fest in Crystal Lake to the Huntley Fall Fest.
House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside, has filed legislation that would, for the first time in Illinois, authorize legislative staff to form a union and engage in collective bargaining.
Krystyna Kamka, 55, told Northern Illinois University’s Board of Trustees Thursday that her $15.26 per hour wage “is not enough to survive,” and revealed she recently had to get a secondary part-time job at Jewel-Osco to help make ends meet.
Efforts to form a union by staff in House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch’s office could provide an early and unexpected test of the new Workers’ Rights Amendment to the Illinois Constitution.