McHenry County Business
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Smoke on the water: Fox Lake dispensary touted as Illinois’ 1st dockside marijuana shopJul 29, 2024 6:58 am - Boaters on the Chain O’ Lakes now can get cannabis products without straying far from the water. As part of Illinois’ ever-expanding cannabis market, Smokehouse Dispensar...
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Report: McHenry County needs more housing for its workforceJul 12, 2024 11:49 am - McHenry County has a shortage of workforce housing, and about a quarter of county households are cost-burdened, according to a new report addressing housing in the county.
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‘A perfect storm’: What’s our protection level against measles amid Chicago outbreak?Mar 24, 2024 8:54 am - Considered to be effectively eliminated across the U.S. in 2000, a measles outbreak in Chicago this month is a wake-up call about how easily things can spiral, experts say. How well protected are Illinoisans against the highly contagious respiratory virus?
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New grocery stores coming soon to McHenry County townsFeb 22, 2024 12:06 pm - Several McHenry County towns are getting new grocery stores this year. Carniceria La Rosita in Crystal Lake will open a much larger store in town, while new grocers KD Ma...
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McHenry County philanthropist, business leader, MCC patron Charles Liebman dies at 102Jan 24, 2024 7:48 am - Longtime McHenry County philanthropist and business leader Charles Liebman – who has a building named for him at McHenry County College and was Bull Valley’s first villag...
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McHenry County repeals solar farm restrictionsJan 21, 2024 10:53 am - The McHenry County Board has voted to repeal restrictions that it had placed on a dozen solar farms when they were approved in June and August. The vote last week came as...
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Recent home and property salesJan 02, 2024 2:00 pm - Algonquin $580,000; 12 Hampton Court, Algonquin; Sold on Nov. 13, 2023, by Carol L Dugger to Brady S Ferris $410,000; 380 Mahogany Drive, Algonquin; Sold on Nov. 22, 2023...
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McHenry County saw jump from 1 to 6 marijuana dispensaries in 2023, nearly $900K in tax revenueJan 02, 2024 1:24 pm - With six marijuana dispensaries now operating in McHenry County – five opening in 2023 alone – the county and host communities have started to reap the rewards of extra t...
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Illinois Christmas tree farmers say demand is high this holiday seasonDec 21, 2023 6:00 am - Did you buy a precut Christmas tree or cut one down with your family this year? If you did the latter, chances are you got in before product ran out, said some northern I...
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Prominent suburban attorney, businessman and Democrat Herb Franks diesNov 02, 2023 1:00 am - Herb Franks, who founded two banks, a prominent law firm and a Jewish congregation all while becoming an influential Democrat in the Republican stronghold McHenry County...