A Wisconsin man learned through a Shaw Media report that his old friend in McHenry County needed a new kidney. He immediately offered to help and months later underwent transplant surgery.

The McHenry County Historical Society & Museum will now host its Fall Festival event at the campus in Union, a change from the previously announced location.

About 300 vintage shops and barns, high-end consignment and boutiques throughout southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois are gearing up for the annual fall Vintage Shop Hop the weekend of Oct. 3 and 4.

Algonquin residents now have access to tele-health services that aim to increase healthcare access in an optional, fee-based program. But residents have to opt out to avoid a $6 monthly feel.

An Elgin man allegedly hid in a Marengo barn as a SWAT team executed a search warrant on a house and his truck, where prosecutors said they found cocaine with a potential street value of $300,000.

Marengo Union School District 165 finds itself in a debate over separation of church and state after paying a woman who runs a Jesus-based program $10,500 to speak to parents and teachers.

A Marengo man on parole for battering a 7-month-old child in 2014, causing a brain bleed, pleaded guilty Wednesday to strangling a woman in February.

The McHenry VFW and the McHenry County Historical Society and Museum joined up to host a Victory Dance to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the WWII and revisit the sounds and steps of the era.

The Marengo Area OutReach Enterprises (MORE) Center is celebrating 25 years of serving families in Marengo and Union with an Open House Sept. 21.

McHenry County has promoted a familiar face to the county administrator role.

A man was flown to hospital Sunday after crashing his motorized bike into a fence.

A man was flown to a hospital Sunday afternoon after being run over by a tractor in Marengo.

A Marengo man who has a history of peering into the windows of unsuspecting women has been charged with another alleged offense.

A Marengo man who serves on the local park board and plan commission has announced a run in the GOP primary for McHenry County Board, challenging an incumbent who plans to seek reelection.

A dog died and six residents were displaced in a fire that broke out in an attached garage of a home Friday afternoon near Marengo, officials reported.

An elderly Marengo man was flown to Javon Bea Hospital Riverside in Rockford with serious injuries following a fall Monday

Brandon Kanehl, 35, is charged with one count of resisting a police officer, one count of obstructing a police officer and one count of possession of marijuana by a driver.

A school aide from Milwaukee is accused in McHenry County of beating a woman and also of grooming. A public defender said the two were engaged in roleplaying and fantasy.

Four people were injured in a crash near Marengo that resulted in a car flipping over on its roof - moments before another crash involving a semi was reported nearby.

Property transfers with addresses and prices for the week of May 27-June 4.

A man was convicted of residential burglary for stealing vehicles, a weapon and appliances from a Marengo-area home, though his lawyer contended he had nothing to do with it.

A former Huntley Little League volunteer treasurer is accused of stealing more than $14,000 from the league over multiple dates in 2022, court records show.

Marengo defensive end Brady Kentgen enters his fourth varsity season with big goals for his senior season. Marengo will rely on a physical defense as it tries to build on last year's 5-5 record.

Two people suffer injuries in a three-vehicle crash Sunday morning that shut down a portion of Route 23 near Marengo for over an hour, officials report.

A man has been arrested three times accused of being naked and performing lewd acts in front of a window in his Marengo apartment.

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

A Chicago man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for his role in the robbery of a Marengo gas station where an employee was shot. He will serve the time concurrent with a Kane County robbery sentence.

Daily lane closures are scheduled to begin this month on McHenry County bridges over the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway for construction.

Severe storms that rolled through McHenry County Thursday night seem to be the culprit of multiple responses from emergency departments, many of which were fires that appear to have been started by lightning.

The 11-year-old boy who was killed in a June 23 crash near Marengo was remembered in his obituary as an athlete, devout Catholic and collector of rocks and coins.

Many Illinois communities are adding back a 1% grocery tax that will otherwise expire on Jan. 1. Is your town among them?

The McHenry County Coroner’s Office identified two people who died in separate car crashes in the county early Tuesday.

Backyard chickens will stay banned in Marengo, for now, after an informal poll indicated a small majority of the City Council didn't favor allowing them.

Three people died in McHenry County car crashes between Monday evening and early Tuesday morning, and a fourth person was flown in a serious crash earlier Monday. Here’s what we know.

A man was killed in a crash near Harvard Tuesday morning in the third traffic fatality since Monday evening in McHenry County.

A man was killed in a crash near Woodstock Tuesday morning along the same road where a child died in a separate crash less than 12 hours earlier.

An 11-year-old child has died in a two-vehicle crash near Marengo, authorities said.

If Woodstock raises its sales tax, will it be the highest in McHenry County? Take a look at what shoppers pay in taxes for general merchandise in each county community.

A crash Monday evening in the Marengo area shut down two stretches of road.

The McHenry County Conservation District invites visitors to “Find Your Wild” and join its interactive journey through the county’s public open spaces all summer long in pursuit of fun prizes.

Heat indexes in McHenry County could climb to the triple digits in the coming days.

The family of a New York man who died in a house fire last year near Union is suing the estate of the homeowner who also died in the fire for wrongful death.

One woman was flown to hospital, and four other people were hospitalized following a crash Sunday, June 15, near Woodstock.

A tree fell on a house in Harvard during severe weather that made its way through McHenry County early Tuesday afternoon.

A driver suffered serious injuries from a two-vehicle crash that resulted both cars ending up in a field and one flipping Monday afternoon near Marengo, officials report.

Four Marengo Fire & Rescue Districts firefighters were honored for their lifesaving efforts on a man who was suffering from a cardiac arrest. He surprised them with a donation.

Go fishing with the family in Spring Grove and attend the grand opening of an outdoor venue in Marengo this weekend in McHenry County.

Find out where you can honor fallen service men and women this Memorial Day weekend in the McHenry County area.

Who sold and bought real estate in McHenry County the week of May 7 and for how much?

Three people were hospitalized after a T-bone-style crash Sunday evening in Marengo, officials reported.