McHenry County Coroner

A 33-year-old McHenry man who died in a watercraft crash Sunday afternoon on the Fox River in McHenry has been identified, officials reported.

McHenry County Coroner Michael Rein faces a reelection challenge from Chris Kalapodis, an RN who is running for public office for the first time.

The Republican head of the McHenry County Board recently told the crowd at a pro-Trump rally that McHenry is the last collar county around Chicago whose voters still predominantly back the GOP. That's a big shift in recent years in collar counties long previously red.

The McHenry County Coroner’s Office released the identities of two people who died in a Harvard car cars and Crystal Lake car fire last week.

A UTV crash caused the deaths of two Harvard men after their UTV crashed late Saturday near Hebron involving high speeds on a county road that does not allow those types of vehicles.

A new initiative will provide an ongoing location where McHenry County residents can dispose of unused prescription and over-the-counter drugs.

Authorities are still working to identify a person found dead inside a car after a car fire was extinguished near McHenry last week.

Suspected overdose deaths in McHenry County are about twice as high in 2024 so far than the median number from 2020 to 2023 in the same timeframe.

Two people who died in a house fire near Union Tuesday have been identified by the McHenry County Coroner's office.

Two adults, a cat and a dog died Tuesday morning in a house fire near Union, the Marengo Fire and Rescue Districts reports.

Trent Ullrich, a 14-year-old who died of an overdose, had fentanyl and xylazine in his system, the McHenry County Coroner said.

The McHenry County Coroner’s Office announced the 20-year-old Huntley man who was fatally struck by a car while working on a road in Huntley on Monday died from blunt head trauma.

Triple murder-suicide was the cause of deaths of a family of four who were found shot to death in their Crystal Lake-area home in August. A fifth person was also shot but survived.

Months after four people were found shot to death inside a Crystal Lake-area home, the coroner has released causes and manners of death.

The list of candidates for next year’s elections began to take shape this week. On the ballot next year are countywide offices, two county-level judicial vacancies and seats on the McHenry County Board and in the Illinois House and Congress.

Candidate filing has begun for the 2024 primary election, where several McHenry County seats - including state's attorney and board chair - are on the ballot.

A man found dead in his cell in the McHenry County jail this week has been identified as a McHenry man.

Officials believe Johnsburg man suffered a medical event while walking Tuesday morning

A motorcyclist killed on Saturday in a crash near Huntley was identified Wednesday as Daniel Ordoqui of Chicago, the McHenry County Coroner’s Office said.

McHenry County Coroner Michael Rein argued that deaths of McHenry County residents that occurred outside of the county or state should not be reported as a McHenry County death.

Two people were killed in a crash in Ringwood over the weekend

Xylazine, a prescription veterinary tranquilizer often used on large animals including cows and horses, has shown up in McHenry County overdose deaths, being added to heroin, fentanyl and cocaine and not easily counteracted.

McHenry County Coroner Michael Rein has spent his first month in his new role looking for ways to strengthen communication and build relationships with other offices

After a relatively low number of COVID-19 deaths in McHenry County from August through October, the numbers since November have started to surge again.

A 48-year-old Lake in the Hills man died after a Monday night two-vehicle crash in Hebron that resulted in multiple charges against the other driver, a 28-year-old Woodstock man.

The cause of death of a Cary man found unresponsive in the McHenry County Jail on Friday night is pending further investigation.

A Cary man was found unresponsive Friday night in a single-occupant cell in the McHenry County Jail.