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A new spin on ‘rails to trails’: Community effort brings century-old CA&E rail car to Illinois Prairie PathApr 22, 2026 10:39 am - Riders and hikers on the Illinois Prairie Path will soon get a glimpse of railroad history when a historic train car will be transported to a new 60-foot track at Villa Park’s Ardmore Station, itself vintage 1908.
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When will Fox River recede to its banks? Not for many days – if it stays dryApr 22, 2026 8:07 am - A hydrologist with the National Weather Service’s Chicago bureau hedges his words when talking about when the flooding on the Fox River may recede, and where that will happen first.
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Fox River flooding prompts closures as wary residents await crestApr 21, 2026 7:22 am - Road closures, park closures, more sandbagging and – with a break in the rainfall – the waiting game for waters to top out were the focuses Monday along the Fox River in the McHenry County area.
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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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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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U of I Extension hosts programs on ticks and livestock managementApr 10, 2026 7:14 pm - The University of Illinois Extension will host two educational programs on May 4 focusing on invasive tick surveillance and small ruminant health management.
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Lake in the Hills police arrest man on multiple gun chargesApr 09, 2026 5:22 pm - An anonymous tip led Lake in the Hills police to arrest a man for multiple firearms violations.
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‘It’s long past time’ to remove Trump from office: Bill Foster says at Crystal Lake town hallApr 09, 2026 11:55 am - U.S. Rep. Bill Foster spoke about the Iran war, immigration and whether President Donald Trump should be removed from office at a town hall Wednesday in Crystal Lake.
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Appeals court upholds DCFS worker’s conviction in AJ Freund’s deathMar 30, 2026 7:18 pm - A state appeals court Monday upheld the conviction of a former Department of Children and Family Services worker found guilty of failing to act in the case of a 5-year-old Crystal Lake boy killed by his parents.
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McHenry County judge sends Gurnee man to prison for cocaine possessionMar 25, 2026 10:33 am - A Gurnee man has been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to possessing cocaine.