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Yorkville officials want to take a closer look at the safety of residents’ drinking water for potential forever chemicals.

Will County property transfers from Oct. 23, 2024, to Feb. 15, 2025.

Marshall has been officiating high school basketball games since 1974, and the officials locker room at Coal City High School now bares his name.

Construction is scheduled to start on Huntley’s Kreutzer Road widening and realignment project later this year, which is expected to finish in 2026.

Nikki Kerstein scored a game-high 21 points, including five in the final 1:17, as banged-up Montini outlasted St. Ignatius 50-44 in the Class 3A state championship game on Saturday evening at CEFCU Arena in Normal. 

Saturday was International Women's Day and hundreds of people – mostly women – filled the walkways across the Fox River on Illinois Route 38 in Geneva, spilling over to the sidewalks on either side.

Brothers Country Supply has plans to do business at 1702 Sycamore Road in DeKalb.

The former Police Department, the former Charlestown Mall and the former Pheasant Run Resort sites were defining topics at the March 6, 2025, St. Charles candidate forum hosted by the Chamber of Commerce and the Realtors Association of the Fox Valley.

A Kane County judge is suing a Geneva blogger over a false claim of adultery and seeks more than $100,000 in damages.

The Interstate Eight, Illinois Central Eight, Tri-County, Little Ten, Kishwaukee River and Heart of Illinois conferences have released their All-Conference girls basketball teams for 2024-25 season.

The IVCC softball team only has 11 players this spring, but the Eagles have versatility and hope to compete for the Arrowhead Conference title.

Plans are moving forward to build 58 new houses in Fairwind subdivision in Sandwich.

Hundreds gathered Friday to celebrate the life and legacy of the late DeKalb County Sheriff Roger Scott. Moving tributes spoke about Scott’s love of family, commitment to law enforcement, and devotion to his faith.

All five Montini seniors played all 32 minutes of Thursday’s late night Class 3A state semifinal game.  Their reward? They will be playing for a state championship.

A dispute over a development and zoning process for the former Duke and Lee's site dominated a Geneva City Council meeting for more than two hours.

Here is a list for property transfers for Lee, Ogle and Whiteside counties for Feb. 24 to March 2, 2025.

The Northwest Herald softball preview will appear in print March 14 with info on each local team. Until then, here are five storylines to watch in McHenry County for the 2025 season.

Lemont’s playoff run came to an end Friday in the Class 3A Brother Rice Sectional championship game with a 53-41 loss to the host Crusaders on Friday.

St. Patrick senior Anthony Favia put Fenwick in an early hole, scoring 15 of his game-high 25 points in the first quarter, and the Friars couldn't complete the comeback in a 54-44 defeat on Friday in the Class 3A Little Village Sectional championship.

Freddy Hassan had 21 points and 20 rebounds, and Kaneland's boys basketball team beat Crystal Lake South 49-37 in the Class 3A Rochelle Sectional final Friday night.

A game after not playing at all, sophomore Edvardas Stasys came off the bench to help anchor Benet's sterling defensive effort as the Redwings beat Downers Grove North 44-32 in Friday's sectional final.

Eastland slowed the game down against No. 1 Pecatonica and held on for a big 36-31 road win to earn its first sectional title since 2013. 'Our game plan was necessary to win.'

Players from Huntley, Cary-Grove, Crystal Lake South, Marian Central and Johnsburg were named to the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association's All-State Girls Basketball Team, released Friday afternoon. Huntley's Anna Campanelli earned Class 4A first-team honors.

La Salle-Peru athletes in boys and girls basketball, boys and girls bowling, boys and girls wrestling, competitive cheerleading and competitive dance were named to All-Interstate 8 Conference teams for their performance this season.

Caroline Smith of Lincon-Way West was named Player of the Year in the Southwest Suburban Conference

Fay’s Finest Foods hopes to be selling its grilled chicken, pork chops and other fare by next month in the former Heartland Bank on Gletty Road.

Fulton junior basketball player Landen Leu, who was a key contributor after missing the first month of the season due to a broken ankle, is the Sauk Valley Athlete of the Week in an online vote. 'Landen came back and immediately changed the dynamic of our team.'

Joliet West High School recognized 69 of its students as Illinois State Scholars at its Board of Education meeting on Feb. 18.

Joliet Central High School recognized 22 of its students as Illinois State Scholars at its Board of Education meeting on Feb. 18.

McHenry School District 15 received two bids for Landmark School. At Tuesday's meeting they could accept one or reject both.

The Tri-County Conference has released its boys and girls basketball all-conference teams, while the Three Rivers, HOIC and Lincoln Trail announced their girls basketball all-conference squads.

A multitude of the area's young wrestlers have advanced to various youth wrestling state tournaments being held in both Peoria and DeKalb this weekend.

L-P Crunching Cavs wrestlers will compete this weekend at the Illinois Kids Wrestling Federation state tournament.

At the Morris Indoor Invitational held at Lewis University, Seneca’s girls placed second of four teams on Thursday.

A Kane County judge sentenced a driver to 12.5 years in prison for his guilty plea to felony DUI-cannabis, in a crash near Maple Park which killed a four-year-old girl.

The out-swelling of public opposition to the "Christie Property" townhome subdivision plan in Yorkville is emblematic of the current state of the community’s development. The town desires to keep growing, but doesn’t want to turn into another Oswego.

The next time Sycamore officials go to spend public dollars they’ll have to check to see how their purchase squares with a new spending policy set by the Sycamore City Council this week.

Kylie Feuerbach’s last game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena was going to be memorable no matter what. The Sycamore native and her four fellow Iowa Hawkeye seniors made their final game on their home court one to remember for all the right reasons.

Bolingbrook boys win home tri and more.

Two Sycamore sisters known for their floral arrangements were given top honors on Thursday at Sycamore Chamber of Commerce’s 108th annual meeting.

After winning a thriller in the closing seconds over Marian Catholic on Wednesday, Lemont will now take on the top seeded Crusaders on their home court.

A DeKalb calzone eatery’s reopening date is uncertain as of Thursday, after a company executive told Shaw Local they’re seeking new ownership for the spot.

He also was ordered to pay $66,255, which includes a $5,000 fine, a $43,440 drug enforcement fee and other court costs.

Huntley's Class 4A supersectional loss to defending state champion Loyola Academy doesn't take away from one of the greatest seasons in McHenry County history. Plus notes on Cary-Grove's overtime battle with Grayslake Central in the final girls basketball notes of the season.

With the partisan temperature of public education rising, candidates for Yorkville 115 board fielded audience questions on political topics ranging from DEI, ICE and immigration, and teaching curriculum perceived as ‘woke’ ideology.

Princeton trailed by 12 points late in the third quarter before a defensive change sparked the Tigers with a 17-0 run, holding Byron scoreless for nearly eight minutes. That run gave Princeton a 38-33 lead with 3:41 to play and the Tigers held on for a 46-42 victory.

Gabriel Sularski's three-point play with 3.9 seconds left capped a 28-point night and sent Lemont past Marian Catholic 56-54 in a thriller of a Class 3A Brother Rice Sectional semifinal.

Oswego Economic Development Director Kevin Leighty is happy there have been so many business inquiries about the space that recently housed the Tap House Grill in downtown Oswego.

Over 100 years worth of chrome and leather machinery are now on display at the St. Charles Motorcycle Museum and Art Gallery, located at 1317 E Main St. (Route 64).

The City of Sycamore approved $40,000 in funding this week for the Sycamore Chamber of Commerce, while the chamber’s leader addressed concerns brought forward by one downtown business owner.