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Kane County Audubon, the local chapter of the Illinois Audubon Society, hosts field trips, bird walks and nature hikes with events planned in Batavia, Sugar Grove and beyond this June.

The Forest Preserve District of Kane County will offer free wood chips to the public on Sunday, May 4.

Recreational camping opens for the season at the Forest Preserve District of Kane County’s campgrounds on May 1.

Voters in Kane County this election determined who will make the important decisions regarding their communities, schools, townships, fire departments, parks and libraries. See the results here.

A bill in Springfield would regulate the mink industry at the state level, creating mink farm licensing and requirements. But proponents and opponents have two vastly different opinions on what the bill really aims to do.

After taking years to lure their first recreational cannabis dispensary to town, Elgin could soon be getting its second, this time on Randall Road.

City Manager Rick Kozal told city council members Wednesday night that upcoming grant funding from the state would allow Elgin to continue housing the 39 people staying at the hotel without any further cost to the city.

A funeral was held Friday for three children who died in a house fire in Carpentersville in March.

Go back to the Prohibition era at these speakeasy bars located in St. Charles, La Salle, Elgin, Lockport and more northern Illinois locations.

Calling it “an incredible miracle,” the family of Karen Schepers issued a statement Wednesday thanking all those involved in finding their loved one, who had been missing since 1983. Divers uncovered her remains and her Class of 1977 Sycamore High School tassel.

This spring, Kane County voters get to decide who will make the important decisions regarding their communities, schools, townships, fire departments, parks and libraries.

Spring construction is in the air as Elgin Area School District U-46 is breaking ground on several building projects to help transform the district’s middle schools into modernized sixth- through eighth-grade facilities.

Directors from Illinois Head Start centers, the federally supported child care and early education program, said they fear cuts, as it targeted in The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025.

The fourth person of the five charged with sex trafficking at a St. Charles hotel in 2023 agreed to a five and a half-year prison term today.

The Kane County Coroner's Office announced it had positively identified the remains of Karen Schepers.

The car pulled from the Fox River Tuesday that belonged to an Elgin woman who went missing in 1983 could have been recovered three years earlier but was misidentified.

When Elgin police discovered Karen Schepers’ car in the Fox River on Monday, one question immediately popped into the public’s mind: Why wasn’t it found long ago? She went missing in 1983.

The Huntley Area Chamber of Commerce recently hosted a night of celebration and recognition at its 2025 annual awards dinner.

Elgin police say the car belonging to a woman who has been missing for 42 years will be pulled out of the Fox River Tuesday.

SCORE Fox Valley Chapter has received the Illinois District 2025 Chapter of the Year Award and Central Region Chapter of the Year for an area covering eight states.

Forty-two years after a 23-year-old Elgin woman vanished without a trace, police and a dive team searched the Fox River on Monday for clues they hoped to find in the frigid, murky water. Karen Schepers grew up in Sycamore.

Elgin police will search the Fox River Monday as part of a cold-case investigation into the 1983 disappearance of Karen Schepers, who grew up in Sycamore.

The Golden Ratio, a McHenry County-based robotics team for high schooler students, are Houston-bound after qualifying to complete in an international robotics competition in April for a second consecutive time.

An Elgin man pleaded guilty Friday to possessing more than two kilos of heroin found inside a lunchbox during a traffic stop in Algonquin and was sentenced to 14 years in prison.

Here are some concerts happening in DeKalb, DuPage, La Salle, Lee, Kane, McHenry and Will counties happening in March. From classical music to high-energy rock shows, there's something for everyone.

A weekend of wild and wide-ranging weather blew through the McHenry County area, from dangerously high winds to snowfall – and a temperature drop of nearly 50 degrees in the process.

High winds pounded the McHenry and Kane County areas Friday evening and overnight, downing trees, damaging roofs and causing power outages.

The Kane County Sheriff’s Office has announced that the wrong name and age were given for a man killed in a Sunday night crash on Plank Road near Elgin.

A motion was granted Monday to detain pre-trial a pair of Elgin men accused of leading police on a high-speed chase after shooting at another vehicle, prosecutors said.

Two people were killed in a crash Sunday night near Elgin, according to the Kane County sheriff’s office.

High school students generally don’t participate in drafting legislation. Illinois Math and Science Academy senior Jordan Henry is an exception.

After 44 years on Elgin’s west side, the owners of Ziegler’s Ace Hardware on Lillian Street have announced the store will close.

Pastor Katie Shaw Thompson of Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren takes over as executive director of PADS in Elgin.

Here's a list of indoor water parks in northern Illinois for a winter afternoon or weekend getaway.

Police said one of three suspects in a burglary at a Pingree Grove bar was in critical condition after their vehicle crashed during a police pursuit, while two others had not been found after searches with dogs and drones.

Local authorities confirmed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was in Crystal Lake Tuesday, but what they were investigating and other details are unknown.

Three men were arrested on drug charges in a Cary home Monday night after police conducted a search warrant, officials report.

An Elgin man was in custody Monday after a warrant was issued accusing him of sharing a sexual image of a woman without her consent by printing the photo on a T-shirt and sharing it on social media.

A 70-year-old Huntley woman died following a two-vehicle crash in Carpentersville Wednesday afternoon.

Christmas is over and the days are getting longer again, but there’s plenty of winter yet in front of us. To that end, the McHenry County Conservation District hosted a Welcome Winter Celebration on Saturday at Glacial Park’s Lost Valley Visitor Center in Ringwood. With a special emphasis on the ways various indigenous peoples have traditionally marked the winter solstice, the celebrations spotlighted music, dancing, storytelling and arts and crafts, with special guests from Trickster Culture Center in Schaumburg.

An arrest warrant has been issued in McHenry County for an Elgin man accused of sharing a sexual image of woman without her consent on a T-shirt and Snapchat. The shirt was printed by a Morton Grove shop, court records say.

Two died following an two-vehicle crash in Wayne on Sunday, according to the Kane County Coroner's Office.

A felon convicted of a 1993 Elgin murder has been sentenced to another 12 years in prison for firing a gun outside a Marengo restaurant.

Pace buses every 20 minutes? Pace buses in every town? Or a hybrid system? It’s in your hands, officials say.

The standoff has ended between an Elgin family and Burlington Central High over whether a student with an accessible parking placard.

Elgin Fire Department responded to a structure fire Wednesday at a homless encampment near North State and Kimball streets.

Going to the theatre to see 'The Nutcracker' ballet is a special holiday tradition for many families.

Despite having an accessible parking placard, Gavin Hagge of Elgin says Central High administrators won't let him park at school because he doesn't have a school parking pass.

An Elgin man with five past offenses of drunken driving was accused of driving last week in McHenry with nearly four times the legal limit of alcohol in his system.

An arrest warrant has been issued for an Elgin man accused of stealing “numerous” laptops and docking stations valued at more than $10,000 from a McHenry business.