Burtons Bridge

About 10 acres burned in the predawn hours of Tuesday, March 4, 2025, south of McHenry. The Nunda Rural Fire Protection District responded along with mutual aid agencies.

About 10 acres of land were burned in a brush fire overnight near McHenry.

A 33-year-old McHenry man who died in a watercraft crash Sunday afternoon on the Fox River in McHenry has been identified, officials reported.

The tradition of lighting the star atop Island Lake's water tower began in 1965, after the Palm Sunday tornado cluster tore through the village, killing a child and destroying homes

Crystal Lake Community High School District 155 is proposing to raise its property tax levy as allowed under the tax cap.

While the McHenry County Department of Health and other local health agencies recommended the continued use of masks as part of a “layered approach” to slowing the spread of COVID-19 in schools, some McHenry County school districts decided to recommend but not require masks.

"These events have changed my life...I live in constant fear that someone is always watching me."

The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a 36-year-old woman near Burton’s Bridge Beach, a sheriff’s spokesman said.

Work includes new traffic signals at Route 176, Nish Road, new turn lanes