Michelle Meyer

The Algonquin Garden Club will soon be transforming a small plot of land in the Dixie Briggs Fromm Nature Preserve in Dundee Township into a “mini forest,” the first of its kind in the area.

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.

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.

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

Jeff Curran, retired mixed martial arts fighter, coach and owner of a Crystal Lake jiu-jitsu school, is bringing professional super fight competitions with athletes from around the country to McHenry County.

Marengo Union School District 165 finds itself in a debate over separation of church and state after paying a woman who runs a Jesus-based program $10,500 to speak to parents and teachers.

Pop's Corn Crib, the little and iconic popcorn shack in downtown Crystal Lake, will reopen with new owners after the previous owner suddenly died earlier this year.

A crash involving an overturned truck shut down a stretch of Route 176 near Crystal Lake Wednesday morning.

Heightened security at Crystal Lake park board meetings will continue for as the board president says he feels “uncomfortable” and "demonized" after previous meetings included yelling, personal jabs and booing.

The Algonquin Commons shopping center has been sold to new owners about a year after it went on the market.

About a dozen protesters and counter protesters gathered outside a record store in McHenry Saturday over comments made by the owner regarding the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

Crystal Lake will soon be home to two marijuana dispensaries again as another company will take over the shuttered Spark’d location nine months after it abruptly closed.

Encore Memory Care at Crystal Lake now has a Little Free Library outside its property for anyone to use.

Cary staff ask residents who pay utility bills online to update the P.O. Box address through their bank in order to avoid delays in payment processing.