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Lake, McHenry Counties Officially Move With Rest Of State Into Phase 5 Of No COVID Restrictions
McHenry County Board Chairman Michael Buehler said residents have waited “15 long months for this day.”
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McHenry County Board Chairman Michael Buehler said residents have waited “15 long months for this day.”
Officers from multiple police agencies and local Special Olympics athletes took part in the Law Enforcement Torch Run.
The Lake County Health Department Ecological Services Division was notified of blue-green algae bloom on Lake Catherine.
The 27-year-old man was killed after his car crossed the center line and crashed into a pickup truck in Spring Grove.
Family friends describe the teen as an amazing person who was loved by many.
The victim sustained gunshot wounds to his head and shoulder. Paramedics transported him to a local hospital.
Mercedes Rodas, 49, and Carlos Rafael Rodas Perez, 52, both of Beach Park, are accused of killing Mercedes Rodas and Carlos Rafael Roda.
Prosecutors said Mark A. Fields engaged in an online relationship with a minor, who resided in Richmond.
The McHenry County Department of Health has issued a contamination advisory after reports of swimmer's itch at Crystal Lake Main Beach.
A rollover crash left three people hospitalized and caused Washington Street in Gurnee to be shut down for several hours.
Fox Lake Acting Police Chief Dawn Deservi said the crash involved five vehicles.
One driver died and another was injured after a head-on collision between a pickup truck and a sedan in Spring Grove Monday morning.
The McHenry vaccination site, located at the former Kmart store at 1900 North Richmond Road in McHenry, will operate from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Ladarrius M. Cowart, 18, of Gurnee, died as a result of a gunshot wound to the head.
Stephen Kamen, 72, of Fontana-on-Geneva-Lake, Wisconsin, died from multiple injuries.
Wauconda Park District officials said they learned last week that many people developed swimmer's itch but did not say how many.
Oddey J. Helms, 40, of Oklahoma, was indicted on two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse and domestic battery.
A fire that destroyed a garage and left a home uninhabitable in unincorporated McHenry Wednesday evening is under investigation.
North Chicago's fire chief, who is one of only two female fire chiefs in Illinois, announced her retirement after nearly 30 years.
No one was injured but firefighters had to extricate a trapped driver after their car rolled over following a two-vehicle crash in McHenry.