A band from Mexico whose van crashed in McHenry last week while traveling from Aurora, hospitalizing nine people, is trying to regroup and raise money to help cover medical expenses.

A dog was shot Friday morning near Wonder Lake after two dogs began fighting, officials said.

The Illinois Department of Public Health has posted the 2025 first quarter report of nursing home violations. Four facilities were cited for having the most severe violations.

The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office will partner with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services to place a deputy in the Woodstock DCFS office for three years.

More than 1,000 people lined up along Route 14 in Crystal Lake Thursday evening in another protest against recent actions of the administration of President Donald Trump.

Crystal Lake was one of several communities across northern Illinois that hosted a “Good Trouble Lives On” rally as part of what was described as a national day of peaceful protest marking the fifth anniversary of civil‑rights icon and U.S. Rep. John Lewis’ death. Hundreds turned out in McHenry County.

Amid threats to federal funding for libraries, McHenry County libraries were awarded nearly $383,000 in annual state grants provided by the Illinois Secretary of State’s office to fund books, staffing and capital upgrades.

A Wisconsin man pleaded guilty to punching and kicking a woman during an altercation in a Woodstock home and was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison.

Huntley's Food Truck Frenzy is Saturday, July 19, and McHenry's Fiesta Days concludes with weekend with the parade Sunday, July 20.

The McHenry County Sheriff's Office has released body-worn camera footage from an April 10 officer-involved shooting in Crystal Lake, and the officers involved have been cleared.

A 64-year-old man thought he was arranging to meet a 16-year-old girl in Harvard for sex but found he was actually communicating with an undercover detective, prosecutors said.

The fate of Crystal Lake’s first school building appears to be as unclear as ever, after City Council postponed a vote to landmark the structure as questions mount about whether it can be saved.

A McHenry man was acquitted of charges that he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl in McCullom Lake. The not-guilty verdict came after the girl testified that he forced himself on her.

The Woodstock Fire/Rescue District recently recognized five of its members who graduated from McHenry County College’s paramedic program.

Officials are still searching for the owner of three stray goats that were found Sunday in Marengo.