A person was found dead in their bed in a home in Woodstock Monday afternoon.

Cary-Grove graduate Quinn Priester will start for the Milwaukee Brewers against the Cubs in Game 3 of the National League Division Series on Wednesday at Wrigley Field. The Brewers lead the best-of-five series 2-0.

Cary Police Chief Patrick Finlon is retiring after 12 years of serving in the leadership role.

Two people were found dead overnight Monday inside a vehicle parked with flashers on in Harvard, police said.

Railroard tracks that run through Huntley are seen Sept. 3. Huntley residents have mixed reactions to the village declining to have a spot on a Chiccago-to-Rockford passenger train service.

Two separate crashes involving semi trucks occurred within about less than two hours near Woodstock Monday.

Residents of an Algonquin home are displaced after a fire broke out Sunday evening while crews simultaneously respond to a crash involving a 12-year-old child being struck by a car, officials report.

A man accused of burglarizing a Harvard home - and discharging a weapon when the owners showed up - is already headed to prison for a separate residential burglary in another county, court records show.

Gusty winds and dry crops accelerated a fast-moving brush fire that burned about 8 acres of farmland Sunday afternoon near Harvard, officials report.

Cary School District 26 plans to add solar panels to the roofs of three schools with a goal to have them installed before financial incentives end with the passage of the “Big Beautiful Bill” backed by President Donald Trump.

Prompted by a student coping with a cancer diagnosis and his mother, a staff member, McHenry schools are helping to bring visibility to childhood cancers.

Teaching more people the skills to plant and care for a tree properly will help trees in communities across the state be healthy and thriving for a long time.

Algonquin has joined Huntley in finishing the replacement of all of its known lead pipes, well before its state-mandated deadline set at 2042.

Summer-like weather lifted vendors and visitors at Huntley's Farmers Market Saturday, with the last one of the year planned for the coming weekend.

Woodstock has received $10 million from the state to offset its costs for widening Route 47.

An Elgin man arrested with a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.314 in McHenry last year has pleaded guilty to driving drunk for a sixth time. How much prison time did he get?

A car rear-ended a school bus Thursday on Algonquin Road in Lake in the Hills.

A Union woman pleaded guilty Wednesday in connection with a Crystal Lake man’s fatal overdose and was sentenced to 6½ years in prison.

A man who pleaded guilty to committing arson at a Crystal Lake residence while knowing that someone was home at the time has been sentenced to 14 years in prison. His wife was also charged.

Crystal Lake planning and zoning commissioners are uninterested in seeing another car wash come into the city, after a developer presented the possibility of one to be built off Route 14.

Huntley will no longer have a stop on the planned Chicago-to-Rockford passenger rail line because the city has backed out.

Lake in the Hills has added regulations to address what officials called the “emerging trend” of food trucks.

‘Planes & Puppies Young Eagles Rally’ brings animals and flying lovers together for plane rides and pet adoptions Saturday at Galt Airport near Wonder Lake.

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.

The National Alliance for Mental Illness - McHenry County hosts its annual NAMIWalks Saturday, Oct. 4, an event that also includes a festival and the largest mental health resource fair of the year.

A Crystal Lake man has pleaded guilty to his fifth offense of driving under the influence of alcohol, court records show.

After earlier clarifying that a rifle was not recovered from the grounds of the Crystal Lake library, police Thursday confirmed the gun had allegedly been hidden there - and that it belongs to a department employee.

A Crystal Lake man who pleaded guilty in federal court to defrauding investors out of more than $8 million was sentenced Thursday to 54 months in prison.

A Crystal Lake man won $550,000 in the lottery and plans to take his family on a beach vacation and set up his five children for success.

Part of Algonquin Road in Lake in the Hills was shut down Thursday morning because of a crash.

The Norge Ski Club's Jumptoberfest is set for Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 4-5 at the Fox River Grove club.

Two people - and dozens of animals - were displaced after a kitchen fire in a home near Woodstock late Wednesday, officials said, adding animal control was notified.

One person was injured after two personal watercraft crashed into each other along the Fox River in Fox River Grove, officials report.

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.

On Jan. 1, 2026, Johnsburg will begin charging an additional 1/2% sales tax, bringing the village tax to 1% and its total sales tax to 8.25%

A new Burlington store is opening Friday along Randall Road in Algonquin.

Authorities said two men are suspected in a ring of thefts from Walgreens stores in Will, Kane, McHenry, Lake and Boone counties. They were allegedly found with more than $13,000 in Walgreens' product.

A Crystal Lake man has pleaded guilty to using Snapchat to solicit “sexually explicit” images from a 13-year-old child in Texas.

Court records indicate an Oakwood Hills man was accused of concealing an AR-15 outside the Crystal Lake Public Library. Police confirm the man faces gun-related charges but now say the weapon was not recovered outside the library.

Crystal Lake Park District’s first park in Lakewood has opened, featuring playgrounds with Americans with Disabilities Act-friendly equipment and many other features.

Two different redevelopment proposals, both with apartments, have emerged for the former Die Cast site in downtown Woodstock.

A 78-year-old Crystal Lake man is accused of sexually assaulting a child in his truck nine years ago when she was 5 or 6 years old.

Lynn Caccavallo got a job at the Cary-Grove chamber when she needed to support her young children. Years later she became it's president, and is one of the Northwest Herald's 2025 Women of Distinction.

A man is accused of hiding an AR-15 rifle in bushes outside the Crystal Lake library near a school, court records show.

Four firefighters from Zacatecas, Mexico, recently wrapped up a two-week international exchange with the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District and the village of Carpentersville Department of Public Safety.

A portion of Route 14 was closed to traffic in Harvard due to a crash Monday afternoon involving a utility pole.

Children and adults interacted with animals and got a taste of agricultural life during the McHenry County Farm Stroll on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. The farm stroll, a program of self-guided visits to 11 participating McHenry County family farms, featured demonstrations, tours, animals and products for sale.

Dundee-Crown has not been a significant player in the FVC during the past decade. Change may be on the horizon, however. The Chargers have back-to-back shutouts for the first time since 1998. And more on Johnsburg and Marian Central in this week's McHenry County notebook.

A public information meeting that had been planned for Thursday in Huntley about the upcoming Chicago-to-Rockford commuter rail line has been canceled. But another will take place Monday in Belvidere.

Free firearms safes and cable gun locks will be available at the Firearm Safety Event and Resource Fair, which takes place Monday, Sept. 29 in Woodstock.