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More than a game: How Cook County is using chess to prepare inmates for life on the outsideMay 14, 2021 5:30 am - For at least a little while this week, the seven men wearing khaki scrubs with "DOC" emblazoned in big black letters across the back weren't just inmates in the Cook Cou...
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McHenry County Board at odds over whether to keep jail contract with ICEMay 14, 2021 1:00 am - A contract between the McHenry County sheriff's office and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to house immigration detainees at the McHenry County Jail prompted mo...
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LITH Sanitary District board vacancyMay 12, 2021 1:00 am - The McHenry County Board is seeking applicants to fill a vacancy on the Lake in the Hills Sanitary District board of trustees. The district, governed by the three-member...
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McHenry County businesses struggle to hire workers as reopening continuesMay 11, 2021 1:00 am - John Macrito, the owner of Grinders Ale House in McHenry, had never considered offering hiring bonuses to employees who start work in his bar and restaurant. But he is t...
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Crystal Lake American Legion to host Vets 4 Veterans' Families event June 26May 10, 2021 11:00 pm - Crystal Lake American Legion Post 171 is sponsoring a "Vets 4 Veterans' Families" event on Saturday, June 26, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church grounds,...
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Girl Scouts turn 300 pounds of bottle caps into playground buddy benchesMay 10, 2021 6:00 am - A group of Girl Scouts in Lake and McHenry counties would like to see everyone having fun on the playground. And their recent service project is doing just that. Over t...
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Baby Blanding's turtles will keep getting a good start on life in Lake, McHenry countiesMay 08, 2021 5:33 am - As turtles of all types deal with the grim prospect of crossing roads this time of year, a Lake County program to boost the population of one endangered species is findi...
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McHenry County Board to consider cancellation of ICE contract after committee approvalMay 08, 2021 1:00 am - Questions about finances and morality were among those weighing on a McHenry County committee confronted last week by nearly a dozen people raising concerns about a cont...
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Scammer masquerades as McHenry County sheriff's deputyMay 06, 2021 11:00 pm - The McHenry County sheriff's department warned Friday of a scam where a currently employed sheriff deputy's name is used by a caller trying to elicit money from people t...
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'Big Hair, Don't Care' presentation at MCC explores decadent fashions of Louis XIV's courtMay 05, 2021 1:00 am - McHenry County College (MCC) announces the next event in its popular educational speaker series, Experts and Insights. The series aims to connect MCC employees, students...