A four-year contract between Kankakee firefighter and the Kankakee City Council has been approved.

The Huntley Farmers Market is bringing kids in to sell their homemade goods. Other local farmers markets, including Woodstock's and The Dole's in Crystal Lake, also offer kids as young as 5 the chance to participate.

Multiple Northern Illinois University union workers crowded into the Board of Trustees meeting Thursday to tell officials they don’t make enough money to get by.

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

Shop the Algonquin Garden Club’s plant sale and check out reptiles at the Animal Expo this weekend in McHenry County.

Workers’ rights, immigration, and higher education free of government oversight were among issues protesters decried Saturday as under attack by the Trump administration, urging the large crowd gathered in DeKalb to put “unrelenting” pressure on legislators to push back.

Members of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31 urged the Sterling City Council on Monday, April 21, to pass a resolution showing its support for CGH management to quickly reach an agreement with the union.

Ride the train with the Easter Bunny in Union and hunt for eggs in Johnsburg this weekend in McHenry County.

Shop at a craft fair at the McHenry VFW and hop along a bunny trail in Lake in the Hills this weekend in McHenry County.

You don't have to drive into Chicago for an exciting and educational excursion. There are plenty of museums in the suburbs and northern Illinois that are well worth a visit.

Firefighters across McHenry County responded to four brush fires that collectively burned over 40 acres of land Wednesday, officials report.

While many states have seen unionization rates in the construction industry plummet over the decades, Illinois has bucked that trend. Illinois and Hawaii trade the No. 1 and No. 2 spots for unionization in the construction sector

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.

The Plainfield District 202 Board of Education approved the new contract during a special meeting on Tuesday,

The Historical Society will be hosting a grand winter opening in Union and Harley Davidson will have a Cabin Fever party in Woodstock this weekend.

Learn about storm chasing in Woodstock and shop sales in Crystal Lake this weekend in McHenry County.

Celebrate the holiday season with festivals in Fox River Grove, Marengo and Spring Grove this weekend.

The McHenry County Historical Society and Museum will host Warming Up to History Saturday.

With Thanksgiving nearing, plenty of holiday events are starting all over McHenry County to get everyone in the spirit this winter. This list include celebrations, parades, walks and festivals.

Scores of McHenry County men fought for the Union side during the Civil War, and in many other conflicts throughout history.

A driver managed to escape injury after his truck and hit by a train near Union.

Republican McHenry County Board District 9 candidate Dawn Jordi Ellison answers questions from the Northwest Herald.

Republican McHenry County Board District 9 candidate Jim Kearns answers questions from the Northwest Herald.

The Dixon Correctional Center was among two dozen Illinois state prisons Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, whose workers picketed to demand safer working conditions.

Members of the St. Joseph Nurses Association held a protest outside Ascension St. Joseph–Joliet hospital Tuesday after it claimed a union steward and oncology nurse was illegally fired by the hospital.

Members of the St. Joseph's Nurses Association at Ascension St. Joseph-Joliet are upset over the firing of one of their union leaders by the hospital, in what they are calling "an illegal termination."

The union representing 45,000 striking U.S. dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports has reached a deal to suspend a three-day strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate a new contract

Bring your dog to the Gault airport in Wonder Lake and celebrate 100 years of McHenry Community High School this weekend in McHenry County.

Joliet Electrical Training Center provides new facilities for apprentices who want to pursue careers as electricians. Training mixes traditional with new sustainable energy tech.

Huntley has been chosen as a stop on a new Chicago-to-Rockford Metra train line, and local officials are mulling where in downtown Huntley the station might go.

A union representing employees at Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill remain uncertain as to what their future holds with the impending closure and rebuild of the prison.

Overall participation in labor unions has declined in recent years in Illinois, although the state has seen an increase in successful unionization efforts for the second year in a row

Union objects to 'abrupt transfer' of inmates, threat to jobs as current Stateville facility to be demolished while new one is constructed,

Organized labor has been everywhere at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this week, from the main stage to the Illinois delegation’s morning breakfast gatherings

The United Auto Workers union has filed unfair labor practice charges against Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk

Gov. JB Pritzker has amplified calls this week for Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell to resign in the wake of Sonya Massey's shooting.

A police training exercise was going on in Union Wednesday.

Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation aimed at curtailing the practice of “captive audience” meetings – a strategy businesses sometimes use to dissuade workers from forming a union

The Miss McHenry County pageant took place at the grandstand at the county fair Tuesday. Junior Miss and Teen Miss were also crowned. The fairs runs through Sunday in Woodstock.

The McHenry County opened Wednesday and runs through Sunday in Woodstock.

An owl found in Union tested positive for West Nile virus, the McHenry County Department of Health reports.

Facing pressure from within his own party to abandon his reelection campaign, President Joe Biden is relying on labor unions to help make the case that his record in office matters more than his age

Two people suffer injures in a two-vehicle car crash along Route 176 Monday morning near Marengo, according to the Marengo Fire & Rescue Districts.

Outtakes from recent assignments from the Northwest Herald for June 23, 2024.

JA Frate drivers and dockworkers represented by Teamsters Local 710 did not ratify the latest offer from management during a vote Saturday

The Paddle the Kish in Marengo group of dozens of volunteers have worked for years to slowly clear fallen trees and snags in the Kishwaukee River to make it safe for kayaking between Union and Marengo.

Wilbert Stroeve of the Chicago Map Society will present his research on a 1905 road trip from Chicago to Lake Geneva at a McHenry County Historical Society event.

McHenry County has a busy summer schedule of festival, concerts and other fun activities for young and old.

Plainfield Community Consolidated School District approved a new contract with its support staff employees which closes the wage gap between the district and neighboring schools.

Members of a would-be union representing staffers in House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch’s office filed suit against their boss on Friday, asking a Cook County judge to force recognition of the union.