Woodstock

This week's 5 Things to Do in McHenry County include Marengo Settlers Day, Woodstock Rail Fest, Vintage Shop Hop across the region, a “Hocus Pocus” screening outside in Lake in the Hills and an indigenous storytelling event in Crystal Lake.

A man near Woodstock sustained life-threatening injuries after falling from a roof on Wednesday

This stage event presents the “Enchanted” edition – and the production is truly fun for all ages.

After a successful call to recruit new volunteers to the cause, the Environmental Defenders of McHenry County will continue collecting polystyrene to be recycled at three county-wide locations.

While one candidate running for the McHenry County Board’s most centrally located district pledged to not raise property taxes if reelected, another said it’s not off the table and the third said she didn’t consider taxes a high priority issue.

With more than a month of the new school year in the books and schools looking more normal following the COVID-19 pandemic, some school districts around McHenry County continue to struggle with staffing.

It's been almost 20 years since Lou Ness was fired from Turning Point over concerns of mismanaging funds. Now, she's running for the McHenry County Board.

Woodstock approved a number of changes to its temporary sign requirements at its Sept. 20 meeting, which will make it easier for businesses to display various types of signs

Woodstock opted against making it easier for marijuana dispensaries to set up in town at its meeting last week

Northwestern Medicine hospitals in McHenry and Woodstock celebrated a boost in hospital rankings published by U.S. News and World Report with a corn roast for staff.

Questions remain over whether the elimination of cash bail in the SAFE-T Act will make McHenry County more or less safe, but the new law does not mean jail gates will swing open and alleged murderers and rapists will walk out as opponents of the law insist, legal experts say.

A McHenry County grand jury indicted these people on the following charges the week of Sept. 12, 2022.

Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist Rebecca Makkai will appear at the Woodstock Opera House to open the Woodstock Fine Arts Association’s annual Creative Living Speaker Series.

More than 10,000 mail-in ballots were requested by McHenry County voters ahead of Thursday, which marked the first day of early voting for the November midterms. That compares to 7,500 vote-by-mail ballots four years ago.

So many festivals on tap in McHenry County this weekend, including the Woodstock Ale Fest, the Spring Grove Storytelling Festival and Cider Fest at the McHenry County Historical Society and Museum in Union.