Harvard

Harvard is looking for community members to help on Sumday to plant a "food forest," an array of fruit- and nut-bearing shrubs and trees. the city has received a Tree City designation by the Arbor Day Foundation.

A felon pleaded guilty Monday to gun and drug charges related to a shooting in Harvard last year and was sentenced to six years in prison.

Wonder Lake area residents are protesting a small slaughterhouse operation proposed by Sunberry Farm, co-owner Sergiy Bazylyuk, in Greenwood Township

Harvard's community radio station, WHIW 101.3 FM, celebrates 10 years on the air but needs more funding to survive.

In honor of mothers everywhere, enjoy a gallery of our favorite Northwest Herald photos of mothers and daughters and mothers and sons - and grandmothers too! – from the past year.

The Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy event will feature unique retelling of Poe's chilling stories, as well as paired craft cocktails.

One person had life-threatening injuries and two others were moderately injured in a crash near Harvard Thursday evening.

Cary School District 26 Superintendent Brandon White will leave at the end of the school year to accept the top position at Harvard Community Unit School District 50.

The fiancée of a Harvard man who was killed in a motorcycle crash in Woodstock last week said he was a “Harley enthusiast” and avid motorcyclist.

A Harvard man who was a father of six and a grandfather of two, with a seventh child on the way, has been named as the person who died in a motorcycle crash in Woodstock last week.

Over 200 people gathered outside the McHenry Veterans Affairs Clinic with signs and flags Sunday afternoon to protest against potential nationwide staff cuts to the Department of Veteran Affairs.

Who bought and sold property in McHenry County for the week of April 21?

The Harvard City Council on Tuesday voted against renewing City Administrator Lou Leone's contract on Tuesday, placing Leone on administrative leave Thursday.

A driver suffers life-threatening injuries after crashing into a utility pole early Thursday morning along Route 14 near Harvard, officials report.

Plant trees in Huntley for Arbor Day and learn about wild weather in Crystal Lake this weekend in McHenry County.

A few hundred people protested President Donald Trump and Elon Musk Saturday in traditionally Republican-leaning Richmond and Harvard.

Protesters line the U.S. Route 12 in Richmond to protest their discontent with President Donald Trump and his administration's policies. Over 100, people the Richmond protest. A second rally was held in Harvard, where a lone counter-protester displayed his support for Trump.

An Ottawa woman was sentenced Thursday to six years in prison for disseminating child sexual abuse images.

With remaining votes reported in the April 1 local election, did any results change?

Voters this week in McHenry County determined who will make the important decisions regarding their communities, schools, townships, fire departments, parks and libraries. See the results here.

Who bought and sold property in McHenry County the week of March 17-23, 2025?

The McHenry County Coroner’s Office has identified the person who died in a car crash near Harvard Saturday afternoon.

Several McHenry County-area mayors and village presidents faced and fended off ballot-box challenges – but not all. Here's a look at who won and lost and who got a free pass for another term.

A 57-year-old man is the person who died in a crash near Harvard Saturday, authorities said.

A male driver died in single-vehicle rollover crash Saturday afternoon near Harvard, officials report.

Write-in votes and outstanding mail-in ballots in McHenry County local elections might not be counted until April 15.

Voters in the McHenry County are selecting hundreds of local municipal leaders in the election that ended Tuesday. Here are a few things to watch for as results come in.

Two Wisconsin men are charged with felony counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm into a building and other offenses after a shots fired report Monday in Harvard.

This spring, McHenry County voters get to decide who will make the important decisions regarding their communities, schools, townships, fire departments, parks and libraries.

Metra is moving ahead on a new site for train storage along the rail line serving McHenry County, moving storage from Crystal Lake and Barrington for train cars when they're not in use.

A Spring Grove man admitted Tuesday he stole multiple firearms from a Harvard home including automatic rifles, shotguns and handguns.

The Harvard Fire Protection District is seeking voter approval of a 0.15% increase to its tax levy, brining in $500,000 a year for staff and equipment.

Firefighters across McHenry County responded to four brush fires that collectively burned over 40 acres of land Wednesday, officials report.

A felon with a “lengthy criminal history” pleaded guilty Monday to unlawful possession of cocaine and was sentenced to 61/2 years in prison.

A former Woodstock man pleaded guilty Monday to an attempted Harvard home invasion and was sentenced to four years in prison.

McHenry County property transfers for the weeks of Dec. 19, 2024 to Jan. 3, 2025.

McHenry County property transfers for the week of Dec. 12-20, 2024

Three people and an infant were displaced from an apartment fire that sustained heavy smoke damage Wednesday morning in Harvard, officials report.

Michael Kelly on top priorities for Harvard: The top three priority areas are Infrastructure Improvements, Economic Development, and Efficient Effective City Government

A Woodstock man was out of county jail on cash bond in two previous cases when arrested and charged last week with possessing large quantities of fentanyl and cocaine.

A weekend of wild and wide-ranging weather blew through the McHenry County area, from dangerously high winds to snowfall – and a temperature drop of nearly 50 degrees in the process.

A car rolled down an embankment near a creek Sunday near Harvard during heavy snowfall in the area.

Days after high winds, dry conditions and storms affected the McHenry County area, the region received some snow Sunday morning.

The Harvard Fire Protection District extinguished two separate fires overnight.

Rubi Vega: The district must take a proactive and student-centered approach to improving reading, English proficiency and state test scores

Paul Hereley: I believe local law enforcement should be able to assist in identifying and holding undocumented migrants that are a threat to the safety of the public

Test your knowledge at one of these northern Illinois bar trivia nights.

Take a nighttime family walk in Woodstock and shop vintage all around McHenry County this weekend.

Vintage and antique stores across northern Illinois and Wisconsin will participate Friday and Saturday in the Vintage Shop Hop with special promotions and events.

Tour a newly remodeled library in Algonquin and see a magic show in Woodstock this weekend in McHenry County.