McHenry County
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‘Our contingency plans have contingency plans’: Officials preparing for potential changes ahead of Election DayAug 26, 2026 1:41 pm - Suburban election officials insist a U.S. Supreme Court decision that preliminarily approves President Donald Trump’s order restricting mail-in voting isn’t affecting their plans for the Nov. 3 midterms.
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‘Helping people find their stories’: Indie bookstore to open in downtown Lake ZurichAug 26, 2026 10:55 am - Politics was the introduction but it was a love of reading, writing and storytelling that fueled and sustained a partnership in an indie bookstore about to open in downtown Lake Zurich.
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Route 47 closing Wednesday near Sugar GroveAug 25, 2026 6:22 pm - Northbound drivers on Route 47 near Sugar Grove should come up with alternate routes Wednesday.
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Kelley takes over brother’s judge seat after 23 years on Harper College boardAug 25, 2026 6:15 pm - Bill Kelley, a longtime Harper College board trustee and Schaumburg attorney, was appointed as a Cook County judge to replace his brother Thomas who retired from the bench.
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‘A multi-generational project’: Barrington awards $78 million contract for wastewater plant upgradesAug 25, 2026 4:01 pm - An Elgin construction firm will handle upgrades to Barrington’s aging wastewater treatment facility, but it will cost more than two-fifths of a village consultant’s original estimate.
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Suburban agencies receive ComEd grant funding for defibrillators, speed radar signsAug 25, 2026 3:55 pm - Five suburban agencies are among 24 recipients of ComEd Powering Safe Communities grants totaling $170,000 in Northern Illinois.
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Born with a rare and aggressive brain tumor, Huntley teen starts high school — a once-unfathomable milestoneAug 25, 2026 3:41 pm - Matthew Erickson, who survived being born with a rare and typically fatal brain tumor, has started his freshman year at Huntley High School.
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Kaneland High School students exposed to measles, health department confirmsAug 25, 2026 3:26 pm - The Kane County Health Department has identified two locations where people may have been exposed to measles following a confirmed case that was announced Monday.
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Spotlight: Janus Theatre revives ever-timely ‘An Iliad’ with all-female castAug 25, 2026 10:59 am - Ten years after it staged Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare’s “An Iliad,” Elgin’s Janus Theatre remounts the play with an all-female cast; TimeLine launches its 30th season with the premiere of “The Birth of the Pill” about the development of the life-changing oral contraceptive; and Promethean Theatre Ensemble stages “Blood of the Lamb,” a Kafkaesque thrill about reproductive rights.
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The $6 billion plan that would give the suburbs control over supplying Lake Michigan waterAug 24, 2026 6:57 pm - DuPage and Cook county leaders announced details of a seismic project Monday that will put control of supplying Lake Michigan water into suburban hands. Not so fast, city officials said.