McHenry County
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Chasing the 'big grackle' gives local birders a thrill this winterMar 11, 2022 5:00 am - Winter is a slower time for birding. There isn't as much to see. So, when rare birds pay a visit, they get a royal welcome. Thankfully, birders with cabin fever had som...
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Lake County earmarks nearly $41 million for 16 projects in pandemic recovery fundsMar 11, 2022 4:00 am - Work to implement a variety of projects in Lake County can kick into gear with officials earmarking nearly $41 million in federal pandemic recovery funds. The county boa...
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Smollett will serve jail time in protective custodyMar 11, 2022 12:00 am - Actor Jussie Smollett will be held in protective custody at Cook County jail - alone in a cell monitored continuously by cameras and guards - while serving his sentence ...
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Round Lake Beach man charged with kidnapping, beating ex-partner and locking her in barnMar 11, 2022 12:00 am - A Round Lake Beach man abducted and assaulted an ex-partner before locking her in a barn near Mundelein early Friday morning, police said. A judge on Friday set bail at ...
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Barrington bounces back, beats Bolingbrook for third placeMar 11, 2022 12:00 am - CHAMPAIGN - Barrington dug deep. Real deep. After an emotional and physically tolling loss in the semifinals to Whitney Young, Barrington had to come back just five ho...
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Cook County property transfers for Dec. 17, 2021, to Jan. 5, 2022Mar 11, 2022 12:00 am - Arlington Heights $655000; 210 W Sigwalt St., Arlington Heights; Sold on Dec. 22, 2021, by M I Homes Of Chicago LLC to Richard Johnstone $605000; 302 S Evergreen Ave., A...
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Chicago Bears helping forest preserves clear out invasive buckthorn near Halas HallMar 11, 2022 12:00 am - The Lake County Forest Preserve District has partnered with the Chicago Bears to tackle buckthorn - a stubborn and widespread invasive species. About a third of an acre ...
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Two Naperville men found dead near Johnsburg were ice fishing, police sayMar 11, 2022 12:00 am - Two Naperville men found dead Sunday in Pistakee Lake near Johnsburg were in the area ice fishing, the McHenry County sheriff's office said Friday. Robert "Justin" Clow,...
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Barrington's Horwath will play beach volleyball at ArizonaMar 11, 2022 12:00 am - When Jess Horwath was 12 years old, her mother Anne built a sand volleyball court in the family's backyard with 126 tons of sand and hung the net on a couple of big wood...
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Former Huntley fire station to be turned into restaurant, apartmentsMar 11, 2022 12:00 am - A former fire station in downtown Huntley is on track to be transformed into a mixed-use development with a restaurant and apartments after village trustees approved the...