Proceeds from the concert will benefit Rotary Club of Crystal Lake Dawnbreakers.

A Crystal Lake man who pleaded guilty in federal court to defrauding investors out of more than $8 million is due to be sentenced in New York Thursday afternoon.

Fusing modern electro-pop with retro grooves and cinematic energy, Rosaway offers a captivating live show featuring flute, drums and soulful vocals that blend French sophistication with infectious, danceable rhythms.

A Crystal Lake man won $550,000 in the lottery and plans to take his family on a beach vacation and set up his five children for success.

A Crystal Lake man has pleaded guilty to using Snapchat to solicit “sexually explicit” images from a 13-year-old child in Texas.

Court records indicate an Oakwood Hills man was accused of concealing an AR-15 outside the Crystal Lake Public Library. Police confirm the man faces gun-related charges but now say the weapon was not recovered outside the library.

Crystal Lake Park District’s first park in Lakewood has opened, featuring playgrounds with Americans with Disabilities Act-friendly equipment and many other features.

People use the new Crystal Lake Parks District's Lakewood Meadows Park on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025. The park features an accessible loop trail, open green space, six pickleball courts, basketball court, splash pad, playground a large picnic shelter and grill, game tables, an outdoor classroom, pollinator garden and a council ring.

Two different redevelopment proposals, both with apartments, have emerged for the former Die Cast site in downtown Woodstock.

A 78-year-old Crystal Lake man is accused of sexually assaulting a child in his truck nine years ago when she was 5 or 6 years old.

A man is accused of hiding an AR-15 rifle in bushes outside the Crystal Lake library near a school, court records show.

A crash shut down a stretch of Walkup Road near Prairie Ridge High School in Crystal Lake for about an hour Monday morning.

People flock to downtown Crystal Lake for the annual Johnny Appleseed Festival and - a new feature - Taste of Downtown on Saturday. The festival featured live performances, food and family-friendly activities.

Jeff Curran, retired mixed martial arts fighter, coach and owner of a Crystal Lake jiu-jitsu school, is bringing professional super fight competitions with athletes from around the country to McHenry County.

Authorities say they've seen a "dramatic increase" in those sharing images of child sexual abuse. But officials in Kane and McHenry counties have employed technology and teamwork to track down sources of lewd images and videos of kids.

A Swedish study of 2.4 million children born between 1995 and 2019 shows no causal link between Tylenol and autism, Illinois doctors and families say, warning the administration’s language is harmful and dehumanizing

Nick's Tavern in Lemont beat out Crystal Lake-based food truck Smash'D Burgers and Fries in a WGN competition for best burger in the Chicago area.

Fan Halen will perform at Raue Center for the Arts in downtown Crystal Lake Saturday, Sept. 27.

Pop's Corn Crib, the little and iconic popcorn shack in downtown Crystal Lake, will reopen with new owners after the previous owner suddenly died earlier this year.

A crash involving an overturned truck shut down a stretch of Route 176 near Crystal Lake Wednesday morning.

Heightened security at Crystal Lake park board meetings will continue for as the board president says he feels “uncomfortable” and "demonized" after previous meetings included yelling, personal jabs and booing.

Alan Hanke of Crystal Lake - already facing possible prison for a Ponzi scheme - was allowed to take back a plea in McHenry County court to defrauding the McHenry American Legion.

Drivers were asked to avoid the area of Randall and Village roads in Crystal Lake and Lake in the Hills Tuesday evening.

The Friends of McHenry County College Foundation has named its first recipient of the Ervin J. LeCoque University Center Scholarship to continue higher education at MCC's University Center in Woodstock.

A Crystal Lake-based food truck and a Lemont restaurant beat out dozens of competitors for the best burger and are now in the championship round in WGN radio’s first-ever Chicago’s Very Own Eats: Best Burgers Tournament.

New at this year's festival is the addition of Taste of Downtown, which runs from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Brink Street.

Crystal Lake will soon be home to two marijuana dispensaries again as another company will take over the shuttered Spark’d location nine months after it abruptly closed.

Encore Memory Care at Crystal Lake now has a Little Free Library outside its property for anyone to use.

Audiences will be treated to a hit-packed setlist featuring fan favorites such as “You’re No Good,” “It’s So Easy,” “That’ll Be the Day” and more.

McHenry County voted for its favorites, and the Northwest Herald/Shaw Media's Best of the Fox honorees picked up their awards Thursday at The Dole in Crystal Lake.

People celebrate during the Shaw Local Media Best of the Fox celebration on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, at Lou’s Lounge at the Dole in Crystal Lake.

Burger fans have until 6 a.m. Monday to vote for Smash’D Burgers and Fries, a food truck owned by a Crystal Lake man competing in WGN radio’s first-ever “Chicago’s Very Own Eats: Best Burgers Tournament.”

"What’s the end goal behind the disturbing things happening with the Board at the Crystal Lake Park District?" five former park board members write in a guest opinion.

"Not a single member of this board has made any move to 'take away' or 'harm' the parks," Crystal Lake park board President Fred Tiesenga said at a recent school board meeting, a statement shared here.

A McHenry County group that promotes GOP candidates will host a celebration of life for slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk Sunday and air a livestream of his memorial service.

Early-morning police activity near Crystal Lake was “peacefully resolved" and was prompted by a mental health crisis, police said.

A Crystal Lake 18-year-old illegally carried around a loaded, defaced gun for months while “dealing drugs,” authorities allege - but his attorney blasts law change that prevents cash bail.

With country star Luke Bryan's Farm Tour headed to little Prairie Grove on Friday, Sept. 19, the community will have 50 police officers to direct traffic and help move an estimated 20,000 fans into and out of the area.

A Chicago man accused of possessing hundreds of grams of fentanyl and cocaine when arrested in Algonquin after fleeing police in Crystal Lake was sentenced Friday to 14 1/2 years in prison.

A Crystal Lake District 47 school board member apologized for the disruption caused by her posts about Charlie Kirk following his killing. Some community members asked for her to resign. The board declined to censure her.

A former teacher, Susan Kelly of Crystal Lake recalls how magical books were for her growing up. She hopes to pass along the same feeling in her newly opened, independent Magical Forest Bookstore in Fox River Grove.

The third of three defendants charged in connection with the fatal fentanyl overdose of a Crystal Lake man pleaded guilty Thursday.

Politicians around northern Illinois mourned Charlie Kirk, who was from the Chicago suburbs and was fatally shot Wednesday while speaking at an event at Utah Valley University.

Nearby Crystal Lake elementary schools were put on security alert for a reported person walking around nearby with a knife, but was only found with a pencil Thursday morning, police say.

Homegrown: The Zac Brown Band Tribute Experience will perform Sept. 12 at Raue Center for the Arts in Crystal Lake.

The show will feature hilarious and talented comedians sharing their unique experiences, anecdotes and frustrations about school life and being an educator.

Lakewood officials are protesting a solar farm proposed near the village, claiming it would jeopardize future land development.

Crystal Lake will make a claim for a piece of a $7.4 billion nationwide settlement with Purdue Pharma related to the national opioid crisis.

Crystal Lake could be home to two marijuana dispensaries once again as another company looks to take over the shuttered Spark’d location nine months after it abruptly closed.

For the 48th year, the Service League of Crystal Lake’s Housewalk fundraiser Sept. 12 offers a look into four homes that exemplify Crystal Lake as “a good place to live."