Holiday events include a Very Merry Huntley, Home for the Holidays at the McHenry County Historical Society & Museum and Merry Cary Holiday Parade & Festival.

The cold weather has snuffed out the luminary light display and music that had been planned for Thursday evening in downtown Crystal Lake, but organizers hope Luminary Nights will be back Dec. 11 and 18.

Crystal Lake's 1850s Academy Building is expected to be demolished now that efforts to raise money to move the structure from church property have not succeeded.

Marian Central's Jenna Remke and Julia Lukey, who won Chicagoland Christian Conference and Class 1A sectional doubles titles while earning a top-eight finish at state, are the 2025 Northwest Herald Girls Tennis Players of the Year.

Here is the 2025 Northwest Herald All-Area girls tennis team.

The roof of a business in downtown Woodstock has collapsed, causing the block to be shut down amid concerns of further collapse.

A woman who initially claimed an intruder shot her and her husband on their property in near Wonder Lake admitted Tuesday that she fired on her husband and was sentenced to 22 years in prison.

Joe Stanek, McHenry's mayor from 1973 to 1985, has died. He was credited with building the city's park and recreation department.

Burlington Central senior Tyler Samaan won back-to-back Fox Valley Conference titles, carded a 6-under-par 66 to win a regional title and tied for 13th at the Class 3A state meet. Samaan is the 2025 Northwest Herald Boys Golfer of the Year.