Island Lake

Republican McHenry County Board District 5 candidate Deena Krieger answers questions from the Northwest Herald.

Democratic McHenry County Board District 5 candidate Steve Firak answers questions from the Northwest Herald.

A man was airlifted with serious injuries following a crash in the Island Lake area Thursday morning.

Real estate transactions in McHenry County for the week of Sept. 23, 2024.

An Island Lake man is accused of being in the possession of images of children under the age of 13 being sexually abused.

The McHenry County Sheriff's Office announced it has identified a person of interest and a vehicle believed involved in the hit-and-run crash that killed Austin Stanek, 24, of Island Lake on Friday.

The McHenry County Sheriff's Office is still searching for the driver whose car hit and hilled Austin Stanek, 24, of Island Lake. The Wauconda High School graduate's family has created a GoFundMe for a scholarship in his name.

McHenry County-based robotics team, The Golden Ratio, is looking to create a community center focused on science, technology, engineering and math at their new location in Crystal Lake.

Police say a driver hit a person who was walking with a group near Island Lake and then drove off. Officials are looking for the driver and have identified the person killed as an Island Lake man, 24.

The fifth annual Island Lake Oktoberfest and third annual Dachshund Derby will take place Sept. 27-29 at Water Tower Park, 429 W. State Road.

McHenry County property transfers for the week of Aug. 15-21, 2024.

An Island Lake man and former Marine reservist is accused of sexually abusing a child he knew who is younger than 13.

Carlos Acosta, the DCFS caseworker convicted in the mishandling of the AJ Freund case months before the Crystal Lake boy was killed by his mother, completed his jail term this week.

Tuesday's temperatures and heat indexes in the McHenry County area are expected to be even warmer than Monday's.

Shield 23 has raised nearly $300,000 since 2018 to help firefighters battle cancer.

Property transfers in McHenry County for the week of July 10-23.

McHenry County property transfers for the week of June 20-26, 2024.

McHenry County property transfers for June 27-July 3, 2024.

Bands on the schedule include Imposters in Effect: Beastie Boys Tribute on July 27, Mungion on Aug. 10 and The Prince Experience on Aug. 17.

Fireworks, as well as festivals, food, parades and live music are in store around in McHenry County during the Fourth of July week – and beyond.

A guide to public pools, beaches, aquatic centers and splash pads in McHenry County.

Positioning 3D Sideouts Sports Tavern to be the local place for enjoying great live bands under the stars has been something of a quest for owner Jerry DeLaurentis.

McHenry County is grappling with its first hot temperatures of the summer this week.

Person escapes fire in Island Lake

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

When Donald Huebner decided with his wife to turn their American flag upside down outside their Woodstock home last week he said it was to “show the country was in distress.” Then the flag was stolen.

The former Illinois Department of Children and Family Services caseworker convicted in the mishandling of the AJ Freund case could face prison time when he is sentenced Thursday.

An Island Lake man charged in a 'road rage' incident and with possessing large amounts of marijuana and hallucinogenics avoided potentially decades in prison Wednesday when he pleaded guilty to a lesser charge.

Elizabeth DePouw’s destiny to work in healthcare and with paramedics was likely predetermined at a very early age. Her father was among the first paramedics in Illinois. He volunteered for the rescue squad in Lake Villa.

Island Lake police have identified a woman who damaged the lobby at the station early Tuesday for an unknown reason.

An Island Lake man charged with possessing fentanyl, LSD, Suboxone, psilocybin and marijuana was arrested and released pretrial Saturday.

The initiative that got an Army met from Island Lake a new roof is through the Owens Corning Foundation's Roof Deployment Project and Feldco.

Here's what will you pay in sales tax if a McHenry County-wide Mental Health Board sales tax referendum and Marengo local sales tax referendum are approved.

The Golden Ratio, a McHenry County-based robotics team for high schoolers, will be on a global stage in Houston next month for the international FIRST Championship.

Tap into maple tree sap and try out Sri Lankan foods this weekend in McHenry County.

Federal prosecutors allege an elaborate plot through which drivers seeking to cheat on the CDL exam were directed to the Island Lake business.

Dion Luster pleaded guilty to delivering a fatal dose of fentanyl to an Island Lake man in 2020 and was sentenced to 14 years in prison.

A Cary man pleaded guilty Wednesday to strangling a child and was sentenced to four years of felony probation with special conditions, according to McHenry County court records.

Nathan Russell, of Oregon, had died following a crash near McHenry last week, according to the coroner in Lake County. The victim of a separate crash the same day was also identified.

One driver was ejected from a vehicle and another had to be extricated in a two-vehicle crash along River Road near McHenry Thursday amid icy road conditions, the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office reports.

Jaime C. Romero, 51, of the 800 block of North Constitution Avenue, Island Lake, was arrested on a domestic violence charge and taken to a Barrington hospital for treatment before fleeing on foot. He was tracked by Lake County Sheriff's K-9 Dax and rearrested.

The former Illinois Department of Children and Family Services worker convicted in October on charges he mishandled an investigation into abuse allegations months before the 2019 death of 5-year-old AJ Freund, of Crystal Lake, is seeking a new trial.

A man in prison on a 2019 spree of gas station armed robberies got another 15-year sentence in McHenry County, records show.

Who was indicted by a McHenry County grand jury during the week of Nov. 26 - Dec. 2?

A Chicago man convicted in a Lake County last year - along with a Cicero man - and serving a 16-year prison term for a gas station armed robbery, got another 19 years after pleading guilty on Wednesday to robbing an Island Lake gas station.

Get jump start on holiday gift shopping with plenty of craft fairs and enjoy a winter stroll in downtown McHenry.

The couple want to see Illinois laws change to make day cares safer and require them to have surveillance cameras.

The boy was found unresponsive at Lots of Tots day care in Island Lake and died a few days later at a Chicago hospital.

An Island Lake man was sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting two children he met last year through a social media platform, according to officials and records.

Those charged with felonies the week of Oct. 8-Oct. 14, 2023, by the Algonquin, Crystal Lake, Johnsburg, Spring Grove and Woodstock police departments, as well as the McHenry County Sheriff's Office.