People shop on Aug. 27 at the Tuesday Summer Woodstock Farmers Market around the Historic Woodstock Square.

The Northern Illinois University Huskie football team met Western Illinois Saturday afternoon at Huskie Stadium at NIU in DeKalb.

Local teams competed in the McHenry County Cross Country Invite on Saturday, August 31, 2024, at McHenry Township Park in Johnsburg.

Huntley vs. Crystal Lake Central in a Fox Valley Conference football game on Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, at Crystal Lake Central High School.

Crystal Lake South faces Dundee-Crown in a Fox Valley Conference football on Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, at Dundee-Crown High School in Carpentersville.

South Elgin hosted South Elgin in the first week of the 2024 football season on Friday, Aug. 30, 2024.

Prairie Ridge faces Jacobs in a Fox Valley Conference football game on Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, at Jacobs High School in Algonquin.

Crystal Lake South faces Prairie Ridge in a Fox Valley Conference volleyball match on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, at Prairie Ridge High School in Crystal Lake.

Sate and local officials hold a ribbon cutting ceremony for the long-awaited opening of the Longmeadow Parkway bridge over the Fox River on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024 in Algonquin.

Crystal Lake Central faces Huntley in a Fox Valley Conference volleyball match on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024, at Huntley High School.

Johnsburg faces Richmond-Burton in a Kishwaukee River Conference volleyball match on Monday, August 26, 2024 at Richmond-Burton High School in Richmond.

Veterans are celebrated on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, as they return from an Honor Flight trip to Washington D.C., at McHenry Community High School. The Honor Flight trip was coordinated by the Veterans Network Committee of Northern Illinois.

A look back at the first day of school in Crystal Lake and Woodstock from Northwest Herald photojournalist Gregory Shaver.

Members of the Cary-Grove football team practice on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, at Cary-Grove High School, as the 2023 IHSA Class 6A champions look to defend their state title.

Crystal Lake District 47 started its school year on Wednesday, Aug, 21, 2024, with students, teachers and staff returning for the first day of class.