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The Greenwood General Store, the only retail business in the tiny town of Greenwood, reopened Friday after being closed for two years.
Cary School District 26 has halted plans to tear down Maplewood School and build a transportation center next to it after the village board rejected the plans. A second vote is expected.
The Cary Fire Protection District will be the site of a blood drive Saturday.
The man is accused of taking the gift cards and manipulating the numbers so that when he puts the cards back on a rack and someone buys and loads it up with money, that money goes into his account, the Johnsburg police chief said.
No charges will be filed against the McHenry County Sheriff’s officials in the separate deaths last of three inmates. Investigation on a fourth death still pending, a news release sent Thursday by McHenry County Sheriff’s Office said.
McHenry County drivers will soon be seeing “road work ahead” signs on a handful of county roads.
CL Chamber Foundation honored Elizabeth Wakeman of Wakeman Law Group, PC., General Kinematics Corporation Vice President Randy Smith and Shaw Media/The Northwest Herald at the 11th Annual GEM Leadership Celebration Thursday.
A crash on Barnard Mill Road in Ringwood sent three people to the hospital.
McHenry County Conservation Districts will host an Earth Day party in Crystal Lake and Scorched Earth Brewing will have a Houseplant Happy Hour this weekend in McHenry County.
Woodstock city officials pointed to unfunded Environmental Protection Agency mandates and “significant increases” in costs for chemicals needed to operate the system as some of the reasons for this year’s increase.
Some changes have been made to iconic Algonquin restaurant, Port Edwards, which opened 60 years ago.
The city of Woodstock expects its intergenerational inclusive playground will be finished before winter – even though the City Council rejected the one bid it received to do the work.
A proposed Illinois law would require tipped restaurant workers to be paid minimum wage. Restaurant industry groups object.
Tom Weaver, the Johnsburg District 12 coach who died last week, was the target of a police investigation because of allegation of misconduct involving a student, officials said.
A man accused of stealing thousands of dollars from an elderly Lake in the Hills resident pleaded guilty to theft.