Two people were rescued from a house fire in Woodstock Saturday morning.

McHenry High School teacher and U.S. Air Force veteran Tim Kirk wasn’t one of those being honored during this year’s local Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., but he said it was an honor to tag along.

Army veteran Doug Katz started designing kitchen knives that wouldn't inflame his hand and shoulder pain. Now he's grown his Nulu knives into a business that specializes in helping those with disabilities.

Check out our photos from our Thank You Veterans special section in McHenry County for 2025.

Johnsburg’s Angelo’s Fresh Market closed Sept. 18 due to a power failure and loss of perishable food. It is now up for sale, according to an online listing indicating the store is up for sale.

Phil Clark of Crystal Lake played football for Northwestern, the Cowboys, Bears and Patriots, and he served in the Air National Guard. He uses meditation and coping techniques he learned from Tom Landry to help himself and others.

The Oscar Mike foundation is based in Marengo and provides team games and other experiences for veterans with serious injuries. The nonprofit is aiming to raise $20 million to expand.

Crystal Lake's Kevin Byrnes struggled to adjust after his military service in Iraq, Afghanistan and other war zones. Now he's finding success with his company Smash'd Burgers.

Sycamore resident and U.S. Army veteran Nate Johnson is the assistant superintendent of the Kane County Veterans Assistance Commission, where he finds peace in helping his fellow veterans.

Edward “Bud” Berthold will be 106 this month. The WWII pilot who flew a mission over France on D-Day has inspired a group of supporters to start The Bud Project to fix up his Fox River Grove home.

Michael Iwanicki, superintendent of the McHenry County Veteran's Commission, is set to retire following 27 years with agency.

As a Marine, Rick Prescott of McHenry helped build a tent city for Vietnamese refugees at Camp Pendleton in California. It put him on a path to a life of serving others.

Since 2016, the McHenry VFW Post 4600 has poured money back into its hall at

A small burn pile might have been the cause of a hay fire near Union Friday afternoon that sent a column of black smoke into the air.

The Records Department record store near Woodstock Square has outgrown its space for the second time in its roughly two-year run.

Options & Advocacy, a Crystal Lake nonprofit that helps people with autism and other disabilities hosts a fundraising gala on Nov. 15 in Lake in the Hills.

Already crowded races for a pair of largely suburban Congressional seats got even more packed, and four representatives find themselves facing challenges within their own party, as candidate filing for the 2026 primary election wrapped up Monday.

After almost two hours of discussion and public criticism, the Woodstock City Council rejected a proposal to install security cameras on the Woodstock Square – for now.

A commercial building with multiple tenants in Crystal Lake sustained $30,000 worth of damage from a fire that broke out Thursday morning, officials report.

A Crystal Lake man is accused of “repeatedly” sexually abusing and assaulting a child from 2018 through 2023, when she was between 6 and 10 years old, a McHenry County judge said.

The historic Dole mansion will host the first Indoor Winter Market for the season on Sunday, Nov. 9.

A Crystal Lake man with two pending cases from 2021, alleging he solicited and possessed images of child sex abuse, has been detained again on new, similar charges.

A man was taken into custody outside the McHenry County courthouse Wednesday by agents wearing masks and Homeland Security vests who witnesses said smashed the window of his car before detaining him.

A man has admitted to threatening children who were riding bikes at Crystal Lake South High School and telling them that he was going to shoot them.

McHenry city officials say taking advantage of new property growth could allow them to raise their property tax levy while the average homeowner's portion to the city goes down.

An IDOT worker told a Shannon woman who admitted to hitting him with her car on a Marengo roadway that although his “life has changed forever,” he forgives her.

New Directions Addiction Recovery Services, a Woodstock nonprofit, is building "three-quarter" sober living apartments for those past the initial stages of recovery.

A man and a woman have been identified after they were found dead in a car along the road of a Crystal Lake residential neighborhood Tuesday morning, officials report.

McHenry Mayor Wayne Jett and the City Council, which recently nixed plans for a solar farm in town, is now recording its objections to another one just outside the city.

McHenry County Sheriff Robb Tadelman will have no GOP primary opponent next year and is so far unopposed for a second term. How else is the 2026 primary shaping up in the county?

McHenry County nonprofit organization leaders are expressing fears of increasing demand, lack of housing affordability and childcare services in the area as the federal government cuts SNAP and Medicaid benefits.

A Kewanee man admitted in McHenry County court that he killed a woman’s cat after physically abusing the woman in Harvard following the 2023 Super Bowl.

As nonprofits, businesses and individuals across northern Illinois prepared for the uncertainty surrounding SNAP, President Donald Trump’s administration said Monday that it will partially fund the food assistance program

The Crystal Lake Fire/Rescue Department responded to a student injured in class Monday afternoon at McHenry County College in Crystal Lake.

A child was ejected from a car seat in a two-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon near Harvard and flown for treatment, Harvard Fire Protection District spokesman said.

McHenry County food pantries are trying to stock up as much as they can and are reporting that as the need has increased, so too have donations. But uncertainty over SNAP benefits remains.

Donors, volunteers and clients made for a busy day at the Woodstock Food Pantry Friday. Many awaited a judge's ruling on whether SNAP food stamp benefits would continue during the government shutdown.

Kane, DuPage and McHenry county mayors “remain very concerned that not having equity in voting on the new NITA board will set them up to be absolutely steamrolled,” state Sen. Don DeWitte said.

McHenry says a couple is in violation of ordinances by having emus. The residents say they've had the birds since before their land was forced to be annexed into the city, but say they'll see rather than fight the city.

Charges have been dismissed against two Chicago men who were accused of scamming a Spring Grove couple out of $100,000, though one of the defendants paid back half the money, officials said.

For the second year, 30 Days for 30 Vets will give veterans around McHenry County needed fixes and upgrades to their homes.

Dana and Marvin Maaba raise emus for eggs on their McHenry property. But the city says their animals are not permitted now that the land has been annexed. So the Maabas say they're going to move rather than fight it.

McHenry County's request for disaster relief from damaging storms in August was rejected. Officials plan to appeal.

A McHenry woman has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $22,000 from her child’s estate and was sentenced to 30 months of "second-chance probation" – a chance to wipe it clean from her record.

Donations for state Rep. Suzanne Ness’s 5th annual Diaper Drive will be collected through Monday, Nov. 3 at locations throughout her 66th House District.

A wooded area near Woodstock houses a little known, long-abandoned and vandalized cemetery from the 1800s. McHenry County's treasurer hopes to find an entity to care for the property and the graves.

Huntley will open its retail incubator, Shops on Main, on Saturday with 10 small retailers selling everything from clothing to candy to kitchen gadgets and pastries.

Businesses in downtown Woodstock and Crystal Lake welcomed kids of all ages for trick-or-treating Friday.

McHenry County residents can learn about ways to live more sustainably - and smash their Halloween pumpkins - Saturday at the Green Living Expo hosted at McHenry County College.

Woodstock's Halloween on the Square Trick-or-Treating is 4-5 p.m. Friday, while Crystal Lake's Halloween Handout is 3-5 p.m. Friday.