McHenry County

Marengo police arrested a man early Saturday who they said possessed six roosters, cockfighting equipment and nearly $10,000.

Calls came in for help at two separate crashes occurring in Marengo Saturday within a minute of each other, authorities said.

A Crystal Lake man accused of possessing images of children being bound and sexually assaulted previously worked as a volunteer wrestling coach for Deerfield High School, Township High School District 113 has confirmed.

A Woodstock man accused of entering a Crystal Lake home and threatening a woman with a crowbar has been sentenced to one day of conditional discharge.

At about midnight Friday authorities said there was a two-vehicle crash westbound on Interstate 90 just west of Harmony Road in McHenry County.

Many of the McHenry High School seniors who have completed the four-year biomedical science program are also now certified nursing assistants. Graduates held a white coat ceremony at the school recently.

A former Wonder Lake man was sentenced to one year conditional discharge Friday for not providing medical care to his child when he was shot with a pellet gun by a sibling.

Wonder Lake area residents are protesting a small slaughterhouse operation proposed by Sunberry Farm, co-owner Sergiy Bazylyuk, in Greenwood Township

MobCraft brewing abruptly shut down in November at Woodstock's Old Courthouse. Now BratHaus is moving in.

Alexander Evan Cohen of Crystal Lake is charged with possessing “several” videos of “deplorable” images showing children being bound, gagged and sexually assaulted, a prosecutor said Friday during the man’s initial appearance.

Buffalo Wild Wings, in to-go form, is coming to Woodstock.

The voting is now open in McHenry, as students from McHenry High School vie to have their mural printed on vinyl and installed on a downtown building.

A former McHenry man accused of threatening to shoot two Marengo police officers with their own guns has been sentenced to one day conditional discharge and jail time served.

the National Alliance on Mental Illness of McHenry County seeks to educate and eliminate stigma associated with tardive dyskinesia, or TD

A Wonder Lake man who led police on chase by boat to the Wisconsin woods “like Rambo” has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl and was sentenced to four years in prison.

Marengo High School District 154 has settled to pay back over $241,000 to taxpayers who filed a lawsuit claiming the district levied an “excessive” amount in 2023 after losing another similar lawsuit.

From a kindergartner named Leo to pastors and faithful at churches, McHenry County-area Catholic react with excitement to the new pope - and his Chicago ties.

Some of our favorite photos from the special Thank You Teachers edition at The Northwest Herald featuring amazing educators from across McHenry County.

Two people are accused of throwing a homemade ‘firebomb’ at a residence in Crystal Lake last month allegedly tied to a drug deal gone bad.

Johnsburg Junior High social worker Nikki Brosh brings trauma-informed education practices, years of experience working with troubled kids to her school

District 158 Huntley special education teacher Jennifer Slad braves a bald haircut for the third time in honor of her former student who battled a rare brain tumor as a baby.

Homeschool teachers Melissa Ryan and Tammy Massey created a STEM-focused robotics team in McHenry County that has now reached international competitions twice.

Margaret Carey has been the principal at McHenry School District 15's Landmark School since 2010. Her retirement coincides with the school closing at the end of the school year.

Crystal Lake South teachers Dan Mitchell and Ben Stoner worked together to involve special education students in the school's recent plays and musicals.

McHenry High School District 156 has students from around the world learning English and core subjects, with Kelsey Podgorski keeping watch on their progress.

Manuel Gonzalez started off as a custodian in Crystal Lake Elementary School District 47. Now, he’s a dual language teacher at the district’s Canterbury Elementary School.

Twenty years ago, Elle Creighton was among the first dual-language students in Woodstock School District 200. And Lillian Hayes was one of the program’s first teachers. Now they're colleagues.

Read our letters submitted by students and parents to the Northwest Herald for our 2025 Thank You Teachers special edition

Ivan Cisneros Cabanas reflects on the last eight years using music and humor to teach Spanish at Olson Elementary in Woodstock,

Jimmy Roberts was already a longtime teacher and basketball coach at Algonquin's Jacobs High School when he decided to take on a new role, as girls flag football coach for the newly formed team.

Robin Berry spent much of her law career defending juveniles. She uses those real-life scenarios from the courtroom in the classroom as a teacher and full-time department chair and instructor.

Tammy Nobbe teaches children six days per week – five at her job at the Cary Park District preschool and Sunday school at Bethany Lutheran Church in Crystal Lake.

Amber Bauman teachers middle school math in Crystal Lake has spent nearly a lifetime teaching, both in the classroom and the horse arena.

A groundhog statue and bench is coming to Woodstock Square, close to the bandstand where Woodstock Willie prognosticates each Feb. 2.

A Barrington acupuncturist accused of fondling a client in her Crystal Lake home has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery and was sentenced to 50 hours public service and one year conditional discharge.

Shop the Algonquin Garden Club’s plant sale and check out reptiles at the Animal Expo this weekend in McHenry County.

A McHenry man was running errands and “minding his own business” when a Waukegan man threw a bottle at his vehicle and then shot at the car with a gun, a prosecutor said at the man’s trial.

A developer constructing single-story apartment homes in Crystal Lake and Fox River Grove will start seeing their first residents move in this summer.

A Cary man is accused of possessing graphic images of children being sexually abused.

The McHenry Music Festival, formerly the RISE Up Festival, is moving to a Friday-through-Sunday lineup with promises of a big-name act Sunday night, Mayor Wayne Jett said

The McHenry County Mental Health Board invites parents, teachers, business leaders, community advocates and others interested to its annual town hall meeting Thursday, May 8.

A man on pretrial release from McHenry County jail when charged last week in two separate cases accused of illegally possessing cocaine and a stolen pistol is now detained.

President Trump's Department of Education has canceled a multimillion-dollar mental health grant awarded to Crystal Lake School District 47, saying the program conflicts with administration priorities.

Woodstock police are asking for any relevant security camera footage after gunshots were reported in both the northeast and southwest parts of town.

U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, the longest-serving member of the suburban delegation to Congress, won’t run again in 2026.

A dramatic brush fire burned more than 100 acres in the Island Lake area Sunday and sent dark smoke and flames into the air.

The Woodstock Secretary of State office on Eastwood Drive had a line wrapped around the building Saturday, as residents from around the region try to get their REAL IDs.

Several mayors from McHenry County spoke to a real estate group, highlighting housing issues and what the end of the state's grocery tax could mean if towns don't enact their own.

Huntley has acquired more than 150 acres of land near the intersection of Kreutzer Road and the railroad tracks.

A second man has pleaded guilty in the beating and armed robbery of a teenager who thought he was going to a Wonder Lake location to buy $500 of marijuana.