Claire O'Brien

Road closures, park closures, more sandbagging and – with a break in the rainfall – the waiting game for waters to top out were the focuses Monday along the Fox River in the McHenry County area.

Five months after the Thompson’s Appliances building in downtown Woodstock partially collapsed, the city pumped the brakes on legal action to get the remaining structure torn down.

Authorities have identified a man who was found dead in a Woodstock homeless encampment and determined whether it was a natural death.

Firefighters doused a blaze that broke out late Sunday in a Crystal Lake home.

Almost 10,000 more people voted Democratic in the March primary in McHenry County. Was that simply indicative of more competitive races on that side of the aisle, or a bigger political shift?

After initial skepticism, Lake in the Hills officials have given the go-ahead for a new car wash on Randall Road.

A car veered off Route 14 in Woodstock on Saturday and hit several cars in the Culver's parking lot.

The Fox River is rising in McHenry and Kane counties and is expected to crest next week.

Utility work in anticipation of the Kreutzer Road widening in Huntley is due to begin next week, Village Manager Dave Johnson said Thursday.

After a delay caused by a stalemate between the Union Pacific Railroad and the Illinois Department of Transportation, Huntley plans to move ahead with a major Kreutzer Road widening and realignment this year.

A Crystal Lake man has been accused of 10 thefts this year in McHenry and Kane counties and elsewhere, officials say, and they blame the state's criminal justice reforms for him not being locked up.

McHenry County officials are urging people along the Fox River to get their sandbags and “go” bags ready ahead of more rain in the forecast.

A Spring Grove man was found dead in a wooded area with a gunshot wound to the head, according to authorities, who said there did not appear to be foul play involved.

Sandbagging has begun in spots along the Fox River as its levels are expected to continue rising into next week following several inches of rain over recent days. A flood warning is in place for McHenry, Kane and Lake counties.

The long-awaited Route 47 widening through Woodstock has finally started. Here’s what you need to know.