Crystal Lake
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Drilling down: A look at road construction in your neighborhoodApr 19, 2026 8:45 pm - Driving in Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry or Will counties? We pinpoint the local traffic hot spots this construction season.
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As general election showdown begins, Biss has quarter-million-dollar lead in campaign cashApr 19, 2026 8:45 pm - Democratic congressional candidate Daniel Biss started April with more than a quarter-million dollars banked for the general election in the largely suburban 9th District.
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Girls lacrosse: Starr shines bright, scores 6 goals as Crystal Lake Central co-op holds off HuntleyApr 17, 2026 9:32 pm - Senior attacker Anna Starr had Huntley circled on her calendar. In a matchup that players from both sides deemed a rivalry game, Crystal Lake Central co-op fought to rema...
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Dutch Bros Coffee continues to expand in McHenry County with Algonquin locationApr 17, 2026 9:45 am - Coming off a recent approval to open in Crystal Lake, drive-through coffee shop Dutch Bros. now has its sights on opening in Algonquin.
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McHenry County friends create bookstore on wheelsApr 15, 2026 9:04 am - The business idea came to Jacquee McLeod and Cassi Hunn while the two McHenry County women were in a Florida pool. Their families — including their husbands and two children each — were vacationing together, and the two longtime friends were talking about their dream of jointly running a bookstore. On that day last June, mobile bookstore Here for the Plot was born.
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Girls soccer: Crystal Lake Central scores early, shuts out HuntleyApr 14, 2026 10:08 pm - All Peyton McMahon could think about was putting the ball away. Awarded a penalty kick after a hand-ball foul inside the Huntley box, Crystal Lake Central called upon its...
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Best Bets: Jessie Mueller, ‘Masters of the Mic,’ Lyric’s ‘safronia’ and moreApr 14, 2026 2:37 pm - Tony Award-winner Jessie Mueller headlines Schaumburg’s Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts, Doug E. Fresh joins hip-hop artists in “Masters of the Mic” at Chicago’s The Auditorium, and Lyric Opera concludes its season with the premiere of “safronia.”
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Baseball: Clements, McHenry shut out Crystal Lake South in FVCApr 13, 2026 10:01 pm - No one from McHenry’s baseball team retrieved the ball that Landon Clements jacked over the fence in right field for his first varsity home run. Clements didn’t seem to c...
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District 155 softball teams set to move to co-op structure in 2027Apr 11, 2026 11:26 am - The Fox Valley Conference softball landscape will look very different in 2027. Due to declining numbers in participation and an inability to field multiple teams at each ...
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Baseball: McHenry manufactures runs in FVC win over Crystal Lake SouthApr 10, 2026 8:57 pm - McHenry didn’t have a hit until the bottom of the sixth inning. The Warriors, whose offense entered Friday’s Fox Valley Conference game against Crystal Lake South averagi...