Spring Grove
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How to capture fireworks with a point-and-shoot cameraJun 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Daily Herald photographer George LeClaire offers his tips on shooting vivid, colorful fireworks photos with your compact digital camera. Most compact and some SLR c...
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Spring Grove friends say business all about the dogsJun 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Kelly Popelka and Carla Tammen of Spring Grove always hoped that their careers would go to the dogs, literally. For over a decade, separate career paths postponed the li...
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Boating restrictions lifted on Chain O' LakesJun 29, 2009 11:00 pm - The Fox Waterway Agency in Fox Lake has lifted boating restrictions on the Chain O' Lakes and upper Fox River, while also allowing boating to resume on the lower river. ...
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Fox Valley briefsJun 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Census gives boost to Huntley Huntley will receive more state aid and may qualify for home rule status now that it officially has more than 25,000 residents. The village...
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Couple breathes new life into Algonquin eateryJun 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Martini's on Main in downtown Algonquin has new ownership and a new attitude. Greg Geigel and his girlfriend Klara Cukova, who ran her family's restaurants in the Czech...
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Newspaper swings back at political gadfly Cal Skinner Jr.Jun 28, 2009 11:00 pm - As an outspoken state legislator, gubernatorial candidate and now blogger, Cal Skinner Jr. is accustomed to dealing with, and sometimes taking on, the press. Now, howeve...
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Fox Valley in 60 secondsJun 28, 2009 11:00 pm - District 158 OKs budget The Huntley Unit District 158 school board approved a tentative budget for the 2009-10 school year, which officially begins July 1. The lean budg...
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Crews make waves at Cardboard Cup Regatta in Crystal LakeJun 27, 2009 11:00 pm - One of the largest entries in the 25th annual Cardboard Cup Regatta in Crystal Lake was a replica of the house in the movie "Up," complete with balloons tied to the chim...
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Volunteers needed for Literacy ConnectionJun 27, 2009 11:00 pm - The Literacy Connection, an organization dedicated to adult literacy, seeks volunteers to tutor adults in Basic Reading or English as a Second Language. Flexible trainin...
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Cleanup underway after McHenry Co. fish killJun 27, 2009 11:00 pm - The residents of a subdivision in the McHenry County town of Lakewood are working on a nasty chore that has only been made worse by the heat. Village workers and neighbo...