Winnebago County, Illinois news
An arrest warrant was issued Tuesday for a woman accused of altering documents and stealing money from a Harvard packaging corporation, McHenry County court records show.
An arrest warrant has been issued for a Loves Park resident accused of crashing a stolen car into a Crystal Lake house on Monday.
McHenry, Lake, Ogle, Winnebago and Boone counties could see 5 to 8 inches overnight in Saturday, the National Weather Service warned in a winter storm warning Friday.
A 17-year-old Rockford teen is accused of attempting to forcibly enter a Woodstock home and stealing a phone and earbuds while armed with a gun, McHenry County court records show.
The National Weather Service expects up to 8 inches of wet, heavy snow from a storm expected to hit starting Thursday.
An 18-year-old man accused of shooting at a man during an attempted car burglary in January outside Woodstock was being held in the Winnebago County jail Tuesday on unrelated charges, according to the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office.
Northern Illinois is forecasted to see significant icing Wednesday with McHenry, Winnebago and Boone counties under an ice storm warning that advises residents there not to travel.
A “potentially significant winter rain event" Wednesday afternoon and night that could lead to flooding was forecasted for northern and central Illinois and northwest Indiana, the National Weather Service said.
Commuting on Thursday could be tough as winter weather will be making its way into northern Illinois after midnight on Wednesday
A man, accused of delivering the fatal dose of fentanyl to a woman found dead in Woodstock last year, is now in custody at the McHenry County jail, the jail log shows.
A 25-year-old Ogle County man facing a federal sentence for possession of guns and drug trafficking is dead following a crash Monday morning on Interstate 39 in Winnebago County.
Snow isn’t through with northern Illinois yet, as another bout is expected Friday and a larger one with accumulation likely Saturday into Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.
A Saturday shooting in Rockford, and a high-speed police chase through Winnebago and Ogle counties ended in a fatal car crash in DeKalb County, according to police. A Rockford man has been identified in the fatal crash.
The first case of the monkeypox virus has been identified in Winnebago County, which is in the nine-county Public Health Region 1 that includes Whiteside, Lee, Ogle and Carroll counties.
The Winnebago County Coroner’s Office identified Roxanne Wieczorek, 55, of Bartlett, as the person killed Sunday in a rollover crash at Maple Street and West Coral Road outside Marengo.