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Prominent suburban attorney, businessman and Democrat Herb Franks diesNov 02, 2023 1:00 am - Herb Franks, who founded two banks, a prominent law firm and a Jewish congregation all while becoming an influential Democrat in the Republican stronghold McHenry County...
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McHenry County Board votes to raise gasoline tax by 3.3 cents per gallonSep 21, 2023 1:00 am - Drivers stopping at McHenry County gas stations in 2024 will feel a little more of a pinch at the pump. The McHenry County Board voted Tuesday to raise the county's tax ...
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McHenry County Board approves Crystal Lake solar farmJul 24, 2023 1:00 am - Multiple solar farm companies have presented proposals to build facilities across McHenry County this year. A state law that took effect in January limits a county's abi...
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Cameras installed at Fox River Grove motel that has been site of 'dozens' of ODsJun 25, 2023 1:00 am - Officials hope additional security cameras covering more areas of a Fox River Grove motel will reduce the number of overdose deaths reported there, McHenry County State'...
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Why McHenry County is becoming a hub for the logistics industryApr 18, 2023 1:00 am - Denis Linic moved his family-owned trucking company, Basic Logistics Inc., to Crystal Lake five years ago. The business had bounced around the Chicago metropolitan area ...
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McHenry Outdoor Theater ushering out the old, updating snack barApr 14, 2023 5:00 am - A fine line exists between nostalgia and just old. So Scott Dehn, owner of the McHenry Outdoor Theater, is getting rid of some of the old. Nostalgia is in the drive-in's...
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McHenry's StorySave Productions helps connect families with videoDec 26, 2022 12:00 am - When Pete Arens knew his dad was sick, the Johnsburg man didn't know that interviewing and video recording his father's stories would create a new career for him. But th...
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Small grocery stores struggle, but food deserts are rare in McHenry CountyNov 23, 2022 12:00 am - Angelo Ingrao knows the struggle of operating a small grocery store. Ingrao, 75, is the owner of Angelo's Fresh Market in McHenry. He's usually at the store at 4400 W. E...
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MCC aims to dispel myths about manufacturing careersOct 09, 2022 11:00 pm - McHenry County College Workforce Development and the Manufacturing Pathways Consortium have teamed up to recognize National Manufacturing Month this October. The nation...
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Illinois hemp farmers call market the 'Wild West': 'The sky is the limit'Aug 15, 2022 1:00 am - Growing hemp, a plant that was illegal in the U.S. for more than 70 years, is now akin to the Wild West, two northern Illinois farmers said. Once the 2018 federal farm b...