Michelle Meyer

McHenry County College will create a new events center on campus to host future community and college happenings.

Crystal Lake’s Main Beach extended its streak of closed days Sunday because of high bacteria levels.

The Crystal Lake Park District is again considering the purchase of a shuttered Northwestern Medicine Health and Fitness Center, after rejecting the idea two years ago.

A Crystal Lake man was charged with recklessly discharging a gun that fired a bullet into a neighbor’s house with two adults and a nine-month-old baby in the home.

A Woodstock man, who previously worked at District 200 as a mechanic and a bus driver, is charged with multiple counts of sexual assault of children younger than 13 over the course of 10 years in the 1990s.

Landmarked by Historic Preservation Commission in 2023, Crystal Lake's McCormick Park is one of the oldest public grounds in McHenry County. A recognition of the park's landmark status and walk through its markers takes place Sunday.

Beaches in Crystal Lake and Lake in the Hills and elsewhere in McHenry County temporarily closed due to elevated levels of bacteria in the water.

Cary School District 26 has tapped an interim superintendent from within its ranks and promoted two other administrators as Brandon White gets set to depart as schools chief to take over in Harvard District 50.

The second time could be the charm for McHenry Elementary School District 15, as it again will try to sell the now-shuttered 131-year-old Landmark School.

Developers looking to turn the former Maplewood School property into a multifamily residential area in Cary shared updated plans that now include owner-occupied single-family homes after many residents advocated for them.

A McHenry townhome is left uninhabitable and no injuries were reported from a fire that broke out Wednesday night, officials report.

Recent actions by the Crystal Lake Park District board, with three newly elected members, have caused tension in the community, with many residents speaking out against a series of swift changes.

Firefighters rescue a dog unharmed from a fire that broke out at the rear deck of a home Tuesday morning in Johnsburg, officials report.

Developers are looking to create six "industrial condos” in Crystal Lake to house manufacturing businesses – space the plan commission sees as a potential business incubator.

The drive-through-only coffee chain 7 Brew is quickly expanding its presence in the McHenry County, with several new locations planned.