Pingree Grove

Fall means it's time to visit a pumpkin farm! Check out our list of locations around northern Illinois for some autumn fun.

A Pingree Grove charter school teacher has been awarded with the 2024 ISTA Middle School Educator Award.

Dan Hart now owns seven restaurants in Kane and McHenry counties, including the new Mexican-American restaurant Whiskey Diablo in McHenry. It is his second venue in the city.

Find an apple orchard in and around Geneva, Oswego, Plano, Woodstock, Plainfield, Aurora, Yorkville, McHenry, Union, La Salle, Mt. Morris and Rock Falls.

Algonquin-based District 300 appointed a former school board member to fill a vacant seat.

A line of dangerous storms prompted a tornado warning in parts of the McHenry County area Monday evening and again caused power outages and damage.

The husband-and-wife team of Clint and Brook Carey opened The Milk House, 230 Reinking Road, in 2015 in the actual milk house from the Krumm Farm that had been in Brook Carey’s family since 1886.

Wanda and Allen Iverson have always supported their independent filmmaker son. Now his first feature length movie, "For Prophet" is debuting in theaters.

An acclaimed violinist, a celebrity WGN-TV meteorologist with multiple Emmys, another Emmy winner who created Christian television station WCFC-TV/Channel 38 and the wise-cracking bandleader on “The Dick Cavett Show” are the latest inductees into the Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame.

Here are unofficial results for the 2024 March primary for the Kane County Board and local legislative races, as well as referendum questions for the Aurora Township Fire Protection District, Central School District 301, city of North Aurora and village of Pingree Grove.

State Rep. Jeff Keicher (R-Sycamore) recognized two local leaders at the annual Emerging Women Leaders Conference and Recognition Event in Springfield.

Eleven municipalities in Illinois and Iowa are the only cities in the U.S. so far to have signed agreements with the U.S. Census Bureau to recount their residents in 2024 and 2025 in hopes of getting more state funding.

Bryce Simon,16, of Gilberts, was killed in a crash Thursday Route 72 at Reinking Road in Pingree Grove, according to police and the Cook County Medical Examiner.

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

Despite a rough start to the season, Illinois is poised to retain the title of the country's top pumpkin producer, according to an Illinois Farm Bureau official.

Dennis Houghton's career started with "Wild Kingdom" audio production and film. Now he uses digital programs to continue his love of wildlife photography decades later.

Willie Tunstall believes the children are our future. And it’s not just a cliché. He has made it his life’s mission to make sure that teens – especially low-income youth – learn job skills and how to be a part of their community at large.

State Rep. Jeff Keicher, R-Sycamore, will host traveling office hours for constituents across the 70th District to ask questions or share concerns about legislation or state issues throughout the summer. First up is Thursday in Maple Park.

One person is dead and four were injured in a three-vehicle crash Sunday night in Pingree Grove.

A Pingree Grove man, previously convicted seven times for drunken driving, now faces a Class X felony for his eighth arrest on April 9.

After more than a year of planning, Algonquin Commons could soon receive a $90 million upgrade, with the Algonquin Village Board voting on approval at its meeting on Tuesday

This Mystery Diner was looking for a new, tasty place with a fresh atmosphere to go for breakfast one recent Sunday. A friend suggested Maple & Hash in Pingree Grove, and am I sure glad she did.

Barbara Christ started working at the family implement dealership in 1970 but changes to the agricultural landscape in McHenry County means time to walk away for Marengo woman.

A McHenry County grand jury indicted these people on the following charges the week of March 5, 2023.

Question: Would you propose any changes to the curriculum? If so, what? Answer: I would want to potentially expand SEL (Social Emotional Learning), and look deeply into how we challenge our High School students to be college/job ready after graduation.

Despite eight objections filed against McHenry County school board hopefuls, no candidates were kicked off the ballot after a hearing on Friday.

A 22-year-old Pingree Grove man was charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly posting to social media what “would be perceived as a threat to a school,” the Pingree Grove Police Department said.

An 18-year-old Schaumburg woman was charged with reckless discharge of a firearm after police accused her of firing several rounds into the rear of a Pingree Grove single-family home.

The Education to Empowerment women’s scholarship and mentoring program at McHenry County College will host its second annual fall luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 22 at Goebbert’s Pumpkin Patch and Apple Orchard in Pingree Grove.

Area youth got their hands dirty Wednesday learning about insects, composting and the role worms play in sustainable food production during the kickoff of a day camp run by the DeKalb County Community Gardens.

The crash happened on Plank Road in unincorporated Plato Township Saturday morning.

U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville, announced that $10,524,300 have been secured for 10 projects across Illinois’ 14th Congressional District.

The federal money will go towards funding key projects in DeKalb, Yorkville, St. Charles, Wauconda, Woodstock, Joliet, Crystal Lake, Richmond, Pingree Grove and Mundelein.

While the McHenry County Department of Health and other local health agencies recommended the continued use of masks as part of a “layered approach” to slowing the spread of COVID-19 in schools, some McHenry County school districts decided to recommend but not require masks.

Pingree Grove & Countryside Fire Protection District firefighters are battling a three-alarm blaze in an industrial area near Pingree Grove Forest Preserve.

Holiday Inn Elgin front desk clerk Chris Barrera made Christmas special for Pingree Grove family who had been staying at the hotel for two months.

A 26-year-old Pingree Grove man has been arrested in the homicide of a Wheeling woman found strangled in her apartment late Tuesday, two days before her missing 1-year-old daughter was also found dead in a retention pond in Northwest Indiana.

A man was killed Thursday in a crash on Plank Road near Pingree Grove, the Kane County sheriff’s office reports.

Some McHenry County shelters see increase in relinquishments unrelated to COVID-19, transfers from out-of-state