Woodstock

The fiancée of a Harvard man who was killed in a motorcycle crash in Woodstock last week said he was a “Harley enthusiast” and avid motorcyclist.

A Harvard man who was a father of six and a grandfather of two, with a seventh child on the way, has been named as the person who died in a motorcycle crash in Woodstock last week.

Over 200 people gathered outside the McHenry Veterans Affairs Clinic with signs and flags Sunday afternoon to protest against potential nationwide staff cuts to the Department of Veteran Affairs.

Fox River Grove approved to increase usage rates for water and sewer by 3%, but will keep base rates steady.

Who bought and sold property in McHenry County for the week of April 21?

Woodstock Pride has opened its first-ever brick-and-mortar location inside the Woodstock Square Mall in downtown Woodstock.

Woodstock plans to spend tens of thousands of dollars to upgrade the website for Real Woodstock, the city’s tourism arm.

Woodstock’s Old Courthouse and surrounding Square lights will be turning red the evening of May 3 in honor of fallen firefighters.

Several Northwestern Medicine sites will offer drive-up locations from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday for community members to safely dispose of unused medications.

Country Club Road in Woodstock was closed while electrical repairs were being completed after a car crashed into a utility pole, leaving a driver injured.

A motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene of a crash Wednesday morning along Route 14 in Woodstock, officials report.

McHenry and Woodstock have received a combined roughly $1.7 million of state funding for downtown projects.

Plant trees in Huntley for Arbor Day and learn about wild weather in Crystal Lake this weekend in McHenry County.

The driver of a car that collided with a storefront on Route 47/South Eastwood Drive on Tuesday was not seriously injured, according to the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District.

Join Woodstock Recreation and Associated Electrical Contractors for an evening stroll through Merryman Fields Friday.

Health teacher Nicole Thompson of Bernotas Middle School in Crystal Lake was honored with the inaugural Turning Point Heart Award.

Both usage and base rates for Woodstock water and sewer customers will go up starting in May. Find out how much.

Woodstock resident Diane Brokaw will continue her fundraising efforts - just on a smaller scale - after completing her final fundraiser last year in honor of her son, Zach, who died in a car crash at age 20 after falling asleep behind the wheel. 

Healthcare workers from McHenry County joined the Cary-based Joshua Mission in a weeklong trip to Negril, Jamaica to provide free medical services to over 500 people.

A few hundred people protested President Donald Trump and Elon Musk Saturday in traditionally Republican-leaning Richmond and Harvard.

A man pleaded guilty and got jail and probation in the fatal overdose of a Hebron man, but the man's sister said justice wasn't done.

A Woodstock man and former McHenry County-area firefighter pleaded guilty Thursday to violating an order of protection and electronic harassment and got probation. He called and emailed threats to woman hundreds of times, authorities say.

Woodstock's Old Courthouse, owned by the city, has seen mixed success in keeping shops there, so city officials have "adjusted our approach," to finding tenants, Mayor Mike Turner said.

A Woodstock man was convicted of sexually assaulting a girl, despite denying the allegations from the witness stand.

With remaining votes reported in the April 1 local election, did any results change?

Firefighters from 17 agencies are training this week on Rapid Intervention Team rescues - rescuing downed firefighters- at the former First Midwest Bank in downtown McHenry.

Firefighters from several area departments take part Tuesday, April 15, in a Rapid Intervention Team rescue training in a former bank building in downtown McHenry.

A manufacturing plant near Woodstock caught fire Tuesday evening.

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

Voters this week in McHenry County determined who will make the important decisions regarding their communities, schools, townships, fire departments, parks and libraries. See the results here.

Federal funding cuts by President Trump's administration have resulted in the McHenry County Department of Health losing a grant that helped track and respond to respiratory illness outbreaks.

A former Lake in the Hills woman pleaded guilty after she was charged last year with obstructing police who were searching for couple accused of abducting their daughter.

Of the 13 bat species found in Illinois, six are endangered. The northern long eared bat is the reason trees along Route 47 and 31 were cut down over the winter, before the bats return for the summer.

A Loves Park woman has been sentenced to probation after she arranged to meet a man in his Woodstock home and then robbed him with an accomplice.

Go back to the Prohibition era at these speakeasy bars located in St. Charles, La Salle, Elgin, Lockport and more northern Illinois locations.

A light fixture caught fire in the teachers lounge at Creekside Middle School in Woodstock.

Prep work for the long-term Route 31 widening project is getting underway, and the city of McHenry has to figure out how much to set aside for its portion.

Theatre 121 creates fabulous fun in the Ken Ludwig adaptation of the classic swashbuckler on stage at the Woodstock Opera House.

Paramedic students at McHenry County College had a chance to spent time at a Woodstock care facility, Sheltered Village, to learn from experience about interacting with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Several McHenry County-area mayors and village presidents faced and fended off ballot-box challenges – but not all. Here's a look at who won and lost and who got a free pass for another term.

The American Veterans Alliance is seeking to build a veterans hub in Woodstock that would not be "the old adage of a VFW-drinking-hall type of thing. We want to get away from that,” a nonprofit leader said.

Construction on the incubator shops in downtown Huntley is about to begin.

A person injured in a two-car crash near Union Tuesday was listed in serious but stable condition.

Starting on Saturday, April 5 and going until Sunday, April 13, the public is invited to visit at least eight of the 10 participating museums and libraries in McHenry and Lake counties, scavenger hunt style, to receive a prize at the eighth location.

National Poetry Month, celebrated in April, turns a spotlight on the heartfelt art form.

In McHenry County, turnout in Tuesday’s local election has surpassed 2021 and 2023 totals, though it’s still expected that fewer than 1 in 5 registered voters will have cast ballots.

Voters in the McHenry County are selecting hundreds of local municipal leaders in the election that ended Tuesday. Here are a few things to watch for as results come in.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness McHenry County will honor Vision of Hope Award winners at its Sunset Gala fundraising event May 9.

Woodstock is officially on the hook for $16 million for Route 47 widening.

This spring, McHenry County voters get to decide who will make the important decisions regarding their communities, schools, townships, fire departments, parks and libraries.