"The lead-line water service program offered by the city of Crystal Lake was perfect," Mike Frett of Crystal Lake wrote in a letter to the editor.


"With a new pope elected who is not conservative, I highly doubt there was much rejoicing in Catholic churches in McHenry County," Ronald Lovatt of Crystal Lake wrote in a letter to the editor.


"One of our greatest fears. Knowing all our hard work falls on deaf ears. Or maybe we believe that there will be one. A shining star who thinks learning is fun," Gina Bilinski of McHenry writes in a letter to the editor.


"Now what I, and I’m sure other readers, would like to see is an article on what EXACTLY the schools did with the portion of the $5.6 million taxpayer money they’ve already used," Linda Yackle of Crystal Lake writes in a letter to the editor.


"No one’s perfect, but people need to be as pleasant as possible while out in public and at the workplace," Travis Hafford of Lake in the Hills writes in a letter to the editor.


"Nurses are the backbone of our health care system, consistently going above and beyond to make a meaningful difference in the lives of our patients and their families," Kara Sankey of Mercyhealth writes in a letter to the editor.


"My brother is one of 79 million Americans, one in five that rely on Medicaid. What will happen to all of these people if Medicaid is cut?" Nora Fox Handler of Woodstock writes in a letter to the editor.


"I would just like to send a thank you to the medical mission to Jamaica," Patrick “Babe” Turner of Port Antonio, Jamaica, a Cary-Grove graduate, writes in a letter to the editor.