Michelle Meyer

Three of the eight candidates running for Crystal Lake-based School District 47 Board of Education answered questions on their views including current budget concerns and possible cellphone bans at a forum Thursday.

The first VASA Fitness gym in the northwest suburbs is coming to Crystal Lake in what would be the seventh Illinois location.

Crystal Lake has prohibited street parking during school hours on residential streets neighboring Crystal Lake Central High School after complaints of parked cars hindering traffic.

The new businesses opening in Algonquin include a locally owned general store, sports lodge Twin Peaks, Chipotle, brunch restaurant First Watch and Korean barbecue restaurant Mr. Kimchi.

Nine educators in McHenry County from school districts in Crystal Lake, McHenry, Woodstock, Cary and Johnsburg have been recognized by the Illinois State Board of Education through this year’s “Those Who Excel" and "Teacher of the Year” awards.

Crystal Lake District 47 officials posted on Facebook late Monday that Husmann School was closed Tuesday.

See Lake in the Hills' Trevor Frey make a putt across the Bradley University basketball court to win a new car.

Cary-based School District 26 will pay $32,500 to settle a lawsuit filed by an ex-teacher who said the district discriminated her for her race.

Cary School District 26 moves forward with building a new transportation center near Aldi after a years-long dispute with the village over the Maplewood property.

Construction is complete on more than 100 single-story apartments in a new neighborhood east of Route 31 and Water’s Edge aims to start building commercial space for restaurants and retail this summer in Crystal Lake.

Bakeries and grocery stores in McHenry County create thousands of paczkis for Fat Tuesday, and are keeping prices steady despite rising egg costs.

As Crystal Lake District 47 looks at staffing cuts, its teachers union wades into the discussion after the district cited the new union contract as one reason for its financial pressures.

The family-owned Butcher on the Block business posted a tribute to its founder and "heart" Tom Yucuis, who died Monday when he was hit by a car.

Algonquin and Nunda townships will have new leadership this spring after their incumbent supervisors both lost their seats in Tuesday’s Republican primary.

A Woodstock man was sentenced to two years of probation stemming from charges that he set his 2018 Volkswagen GTI on fire and then reported it stolen, McHenry County Court records show.