Woodstock

The reaction in McHenry County to the overturning of Roe v. Wade was mixed with some heralding the decision and others gathering along Route 14 in Crystal Lake to protest the decision.

High gas prices and the cost of a hotel mean Teresa Hawkins, retired and living in McHenry will not be attending a family reunion in Bloomington this year, missing the first time her family has gotten together since before COVID-19.

Starting next week, the McHenry County Department of Health will begin providing the COVID-19 vaccine to children ages six months to five years old at its clinics in Crystal Lake and Woodstock.

Options include raising money for veterans at McHenry County Patriot Run, sampling tasty selections at inaugural Taste of McHenry on Main, oohing and ah-ing over fireworks in Marengo, bidding on art in Crystal Lake and enjoying music in Woodstock's historic Square.

The new principal of Woodstock North High School next year will be a current elementary school principal in Mount Prospect, Woodstock School District 200 said.

Road construction is in full swing in Woodstock, and it may remain that way for a while. Some businesses, though, are feeling the impact on their bottom line.

Campaign signs for both Republican candidates vying to be McHenry County‘s next sheriff were vandalized with anti-government and law enforcement symbols and sentiments, the candidates said.

A McHenry County grand jury indicted these people on the following charges between April 4 and April 15, 2022.

Woodstock High School and Creekside Middle School orchestra director Lyndra Bastian was selected as a quarterfinalist for the 2023 Music Educator Award, presented by the Recording Academy and Grammy Museum.

Woodstock is considering final plans for its streetscape work to accompany the Route 47 widening project

The Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services division of the McHenry County Emergency Management Agency will participate in Field Day the weekend of June 25 and June 26.

Nearly 100 high school students and recent graduates across McHenry County are getting a taste of what it’s like to work in manufacturing as part of a new 10-week internship hosted by the area’s Manufacturing Pathways Consortium.

Of McHenry County's 26 law enforcement agencies, 17 police agencies, plus the sheriff's office, signed up for the new countywide social worker program.

McHenry County College students will be able to complete a bachelor’s degree in elementary education through a new partnership with Aurora University’s Woodstock Center, the Crystal Lake-based community college announced.

Summer events with food and music are coming up in Huntley, Lake in the Hills and Woodstock along with summer concerts and farmers markets in a growing number of towns.