Cassie Buchman

Village says the structure will lead to new residents, attracting businesses, but those living by the development say they have many concerns with it

Flower stores, car repair shops and bakeries, a lot of places are feeling the pinch of supply shortages

Marian Central business club sold over 200 keychains, using the profits to purchase chargers and other technology for the McHenry PADS shelter.

The project would be a mix of 20 townhomes and 234 mid-rise rental units, for a density of 16.1 units per acre, according to conceptual plans submitted to the village of Cary.

A small fire was reported at Northwestern Medicine Woodstock Hospital Saturday evening, the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District said.

A presidential visit, a double homicide in Algonquin and an ‘American Idol’ semi-finalist all made headlines in McHenry County this past year.

Just days before a new state law requiring McHenry County to end its contract to house federal immigration detainees was to take effect, a federal appeals court put the issue on hold.

A day many local activists have hoped for arrives Saturday when Illinois law requires McHenry County’s contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to end and the county jail is no longer home to people in ICE custody.

A tax increment financing district has been established for a 1.6 million-square-foot corporate campus that will be built in Algonquin. Construction is expected to begin this spring.

Mr. A’s Italian Beef in Crystal Lake’s last day in business will be this Friday, after a little more than half a century.

About 20% of intensive care unit beds remained available in McHenry and Lake counties as of Tuesday, the second day the region has hit the 20% threshold set by the Illinois Department of Public Health.

McHenry County Conservation District says animals will help manage prairie in “natural,” “beneficial” way for wildlife.

Mr. A’s Italian Beef in Crystal Lake’s last day in business will be this Friday, after a little more than half a century in business, the restaurant announced on Facebook.

Chick-fil-A is headed to Algonquin, officially opening on Randall Road this Thursday.

Now that the Kraus Senior Center in Cary has been completely vacated, village officials are looking at their options for the space, with many leaning toward an adaptive reuse of the historic building.