Yadira Sanchez Olson

Crystal Lake-based District 47 chose between two options for middle school attendance boundaries, one of which had more parental pushback.

Police said they responded to a report of an altercation at Front Street Tap in Harvard and arrested a suspect for allegedly slashing another man's face.

While the return to school quickly approaches, many opportunities for families to get out and enjoy the outdoors remain, including in Crystal Lake, Harvard, Woodstock, Algonquin and Lake in the Hills.

The 52-year-old Craig Snyder takes over for Paul DeRaedt, who retired after more than 32 years of serving the community; nine of those as fire rescue chief.

Noé Mercado, brother of Elizabeth Alvarado-Garcia, said his sister broke up with the her alleged killer just three weeks ago. Daniel Alvarado-Aguilar was shot and killed by Harvard police, who said they arrived with him over the woman holding a knife.

Habitat for Humanity McHenry County held a celebration for two families moving into a new duplex in the Meadows of West Bay community.

Since the expansion of Northwestern Medicine’s Canning Thoracic Institute to Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital in 2022, more than 50 complex thoracic surgeries have been performed at the McHenry hospital, hospital officials say.

It only takes walking into Janet Moritz’s classroom to see her approach come alive, with kids helping one another and cheering each other on, Verda Dierzen Principal Tricia Bogott said.

Leah Pelletier and English teacher Stacy Rockweiler were recently recognized as distinguished advisors by the Illinois Directors of Student Activities.

Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital received a three-star rating from Society of Thoracic Surgeons, which places it the among the elite for heart bypass surgery in the United States and Canada, officials said.

Students come to school with “emotional backpacks” where they carry what they’ve been through, one Woodstock social worker said. What’s inside looks different for each student but it can all impact how well a child learns.

Crystal Lake teacher leader Mallory Keenan "works tirelessly with students, teachers, and administrators to bring best practice literacy instruction to our classrooms,” a district official said.

A new certified nursing assistant program in the works at Crystal Lake-based Community High School District 155, including a new classroom complete with patient care beds.

As McHenry County cleaned out its jail of federal immigration detainees, activists pushed for those detainees to be released back into the community and not transferred to other U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities.

A marijuana infusion facility, that has the support of a state senator from Chicago who once ran for mayor, that would sell products wholesale to medical and recreational dispensaries is looking to open in the city of McHenry.