McHenry County News
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Exciting trips to be announced at Travel Talks! Thursday, Sept. 19 at Forest View
Sep 18, 2019 8:10 AM - Come discover what amazing trips District 214 Community Education Travel (CET) has to offer at the next Travel Talks! this Thursday, Sept. 19 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Forest View Educational Center, 2121 S. Goebbert Road in Arlington Heights. -
African Children's Choir coming to McHenry County area this weekendSep 17, 2019 10:57 PM - The African Children's Choir is celebrating its 50th choir tour since its founding in 1984. The new program, "Just As I Am," will be coming to Woodstock on Sunday, Sept. 22.
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Driver hurt in Island Lake collisionSep 17, 2019 7:23 PM - A two-vehicle crash in Island Lake injured one driver Tuesday.
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Local author shares story of how a coach potato became a marathon runner
Sep 17, 2019 4:57 PM - Crystal Lake, Ill. -- How does a woman go from thinking a breakfast of champions is a half a pack of cigarettes and a pot of black coffee to running two or three marathons and an ultra marathon in a year? When Shawn Tegtmeier was 36, she realized she smelled like a dirty ashtray and was always fighting with her scale. She candidly shared her story of how she quit smoking and developed a love for running in her new book, "Running with Walt: How a Chain-smoking Couch Potato Got Off the Couch." -
Island Lake plan would allow marijuana dispensaries in some areas of village
Sep 17, 2019 1:26 PM - Island Lake officials have sent a proposal to regulate marijuana dispensaries and related businesses to the village's planning and zoning commission for consideration. -
Join 12th annual It's Our River Day Sept. 21Sep 17, 2019 12:13 PM - The Environmental Defenders of McHenry County and the Village of Algonquin will hold the 12th annual "It's Our River Day" -- a local Fox River cleanup.
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Join Friends of the Fox River for It's Our Fox River Day Sept. 21
Sep 18, 2019 10:09 AM - Friends of the Fox River announce their first It's Our Fox River Day on Saturday, Sept. 21. The 30-year-old river advocacy organization is supporting local organizers to conduct river cleanups and celebrations, and coordinating the event along the entire Fox River from its headwaters near Waukesha, Wisconsin, to its confluence with the Illinois River in Ottawa. -
CLC to host the Green Sheikh, His Highness Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al NuaimiSep 17, 2019 3:11 PM - CLC is pleased to host His Highness (HH) Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al Nuaimi, a member of the Ajman royal family in the United Arab Emirates, at the Grayslake Campus on Monday, Sept. 23 for a day of collaboration, conversation and a public speaking engagement.
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State suspends law license of AJ Freund's dad
Sep 16, 2019 4:38 PM - State officials announced Monday they've suspended the law license of Andrew Freund while he's awaiting trial on charges he murdered his 5-year-old son, AJ. -
Solitary eastern red bat seems to break all the rules
Sep 16, 2019 6:00 AM - Now is the time when leaves fall and some birds head south. There is an often-overlooked warm-blooded migrant that benefits from the colorful autumnal leaves: the eastern red bat.
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