McHenry County
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Crystal Lake’s new yarn store aims to unite craft communityNov 29, 2024 11:53 am - Crystal Lake resident Kendall Nolan always wanted to open her own yarn store since tagging along as a child at the shop where her mother worked in Chicago. Now, after retiring from a long career as a credit director of a multinational engineering firm in California and Nevada, she’s back in Illinois with the grand opening of her store, Colorways Yarn Shoppe.
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The Biz Week That Was: Chocolate dreams, a new Porsche dealership in the works, a sushi farewellNov 29, 2024 11:42 am - The Biz Week That Was: Chocolate dreams, a new Porsche dealership in the works, a sushi farewell are among the highlights.
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Barrington-based group walks the walk in fostering adoption solutionsNov 29, 2024 10:31 am - As thousands of children in Illinois await adoption, one Barrington nonprofit is doing its part to find them permanent homes. Let It Be Us operates out of a small office, but it has big goals as it seeks to match children and teens with loving families.
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Libertyville High grad making good on a sweet dreamNov 29, 2024 10:30 am - While many spend a lifetime figuring out what they want to be when they grow up, Shane Wimmer knew from an early age that he wanted to make a career out of creating sweet treats.
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4 years and thousands of pounds of food later, Algonquin boy is determined to do even more for local pantryNov 28, 2024 11:17 am - Four years ago, Leo Bonilla, a student at Neubert Elementary School in Algonquin, saw a TV news report of people waiting in long lines for food during the COVID-19 pandemic. He took his change jar of $22 and raised $100 for his school food pantry. Now in his fifth year of fundraising, Leo has collected thousands of dollars and pounds of food for the District 300 Food Pantry.
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Presentation focuses on the owls of Lake County and their roles in the ecosystemNov 28, 2024 10:02 am - Owls will be the topic of the Lake County Audubon Society’s meeting Monday, Dec. 2. Lake County is home to three owl species that are year-round residents — the great hor...
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As temperatures drop, these runners heat upNov 28, 2024 6:00 am - Championship season continues for standout cross country runners.
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Boys basketball: McHenry takes Hoops for Healing title with OT win over Cary-GroveNov 27, 2024 8:42 pm - Championship games, even matinees in the first week of the season, provide pressure. And sometimes ball and rim have no mercy. After three missed free throws with no time...
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Boys basketball: Stevenson stifles Huntley, dominates second halfNov 27, 2024 8:05 pm - Donny Williams’ clutch putback bucket beat a buzzer Wednesday afternoon. As the buzzer’s echo lingered after the third quarter, Williams, Stevenson’s 6-foot, 150-pound ju...
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5-year-old killed, toddler injured in head-on crash in Beach ParkNov 27, 2024 6:57 pm - A 5-year-old Zion boy was killed, a 2-year-old boy critically injured and two others hurt in a head-on traffic crash Tuesday in Beach Park.