A veteran's retreat proposal in McHenry was not ran past staff or presented to city via normal channels, according to Mayor Wayne Jett, and may have violated the Open Meetings Act

A visitation and memorial service are planned Aug. 9 and 10 for John Blazier, who died months after both of his parents, Bob and Rosemary Blazier, who were known as "Mr. and Mrs. Crystal Lake."

McHenry County is starting its budget process from an unenviable place, where expenses are expected to outpace revenue, even if the county takes the maximum property tax increase it can.

Find out how the McHenry City Council updated its Motorized Recreational Devices ordinance for restrictions to electric off-road motorcycles and e-scooters.

Youth flag football players learn skills during the Chicago Bears Mini Monsters Flag Football Camp on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, at McCracken Field in McHenry.

A McHenry man was detained after he was accused of pushing his way into a stranger's apartment and then biting the resident’s thumb.

National Night Out events take place Tuesday and Thursday around McHenry County.

The 30 Days for 30 Vets initiative, coordinated by The Bremer Team – Keller Williams Success Realty, gave area veterans more than $200,000 in home improvement projects last year and has opened up nominations for 2025

McHenry's alternative clothing store opened in spring 2024, has already moved to a larger location to meet demand from shoppers

McHenry High School's Band on the Run event set to raise awareness for students who need financial help to participate in band. It's also a local teen's Eagle Scout project.

A mother-and-daughter duo opened McHenry’s The Hideous Heart last year and recently moved to a larger space at 5302 W. Elm St. in McHenry.

Two cats were killed in a fire Friday that left a McHenry home uninhabitable.

The idea of 815 Day – a play off the local area code and the date - is to highlight "people, places, and experiences that make McHenry exceptional," an organizer says.

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.

An 18-year-old man accused of being intoxicated during a crash that killed two other young people in McHenry has been ordered to be held in jail pending his trial on aggravated DUI charges.

State Rep. Steve Reick, R-Woodstock, is running for a sixth term in the Illinois House.

Two young people were killed in a crash early Monday morning in McHenry, and the second driver involved has been charged with DUI, authorities said.

Hospitals in Chicago, the suburbs, and beyond made U.S. News & World Report’s list of best hospitals. They include four in Chicago, seven in greater Cook County, four in DuPage, three in Lake, one in Will and the hospitals in McHenry County

The McHenry City Council gave a thumbs up - but not an official yes - to a proposal for a solar farm off of Curran Road that neighbors are not opposed to

McHenry School District 15 received two bids, opened Monday, from organization interested in purchasing Landmark School for different potential future uses

The McHenry City Council approved a deal with Nielson Enterprises, placing four docks for personal watercraft like Jet Skis west of the Riverwalk footbridge.

A protest, dubbed “Families First,” demonstrated against President Donald Trump on Saturday in McHenry.

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Alan Hanke was convicted in federal court of defrauding investors in an $8 million Ponzi scheme. Thursday he pleaded guilty in McHenry County to fraudulent use of a debit card belonging to McHenry American Legion.

Moon, a McHenry band that had a large local following in the 1980s and opened for the likes of Survivor and Steppenwolf, will reunite for a cancer benefit show at The Vixen July 26.

Two developers looking to convert old buildings in McHenry to apartments got an early nod for their plans, though a new proposal to convert one building into a community center has emerged.

Two developers are set to pitch the McHenry City Council Monday on separate ideas for converting two highly visible downtown buildings into apartments.

One of McHenry's signature events, Fiesta Days, culminated Sunday with the annual festival parade. Fiesta Days takes place over two weekends in July.

Honey and Louie are comfort and therapy dogs at the McHenry County courthouse. Now they've officially been sworn in for service.

Customers at McHenry's Preserved Peculiarities can find bugs mounted under glass, dioramas of dried flowers and butterflies, animal skulls, rabbits feet from real rabbits, tattooed pigs ears, and exotic animal mounts.

Preserved Peculiarities, which moved from McHenry's Riverwalk Shoppes incubator to a more permanent location downtown, sells things like bugs mounted under glass, dioramas of dried flowers and butterflies, animal skulls, rabbits feet, tattooed pigs ears, exotic animal mounts and materials for Wiccan and Pagan followers.

Lake County Sheriff’s crash investigators are investigating an overnight hit-and-run traffic crash involving a motorcycle, police said.

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.

Una banda de México cuya camioneta se estrelló en McHenry la semana pasada, hospitalizando a nueve personas, ahora está tratando de reagruparse y recaudar fondos para ayudar a cubrir los gastos médicos.

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.

Bailey Zimmerman will headline the McHenry Music Fest on Sunday, Sept. 14 in Petersen Park. Flo Rida, Bryan Martin and Bella Cain will also perform that day.

McHenry's Fiesta Days continues this weekend with the Art & Street Fair, July 17-20. The parade is set for Sunday, July 20.

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.

A Johnsburg couple is stuck in the Dominican Republic after the husband needed emergency brain surgery during their vacation.

McHenry man has pleaded guilty to criminal sexual assault of a minor and, in addition to prison, must register as a sex offender.

Volunteers are needed to help a new group working to protect woodlands and other native plants at Moraine Hills State Park near McHenry.

Joshua Smith’s congenital heart defect and surgeries to fix it put strain on his kidneys. The 17-year-old Johnsburg student received transplants of both in May

Fourteen people were treated for injuries, and nine were sent to hospitals, when a van carrying a musical group from Mexico crashed in McHenry after leaving Aurora for a Milwaukee show.

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.

Ribfest in Lake in the Hills was evacuated Thursday evening, according to an alert from the Lake in the Hills Police Department.

An assortment of new food options are popping up in Crystal Lake this summer, including a bakery that has already opened and authentic Mexican restaurants.

National Dive Bar Day is Monday, July 7. If you're looking for a local pub to check out, these neighborhood dive bars in northern Illinois are worth visiting.

A felon from Lake County, convicted of attempted murder for shooting at a car decorated with Batman decals, was sentenced Wednesday to 44 years in prison.

The third generation of Moys are now running McHenry's Plum Garden Chinese restaurant, founded 60 years ago by Connie Moy, a widowed immigrant with three children to care for.

Here's where you can find fireworks displays in the McHenry County area.