McHenry County Submitted Stories
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MCC alum becomes Manufacturing Technology instructor
Oct 4, 2018 12:47 PM - McHenry County College alum Broc Ungaro loves the manufacturing field so much that he quit his highly-paid job as a tool room manager to become a full-time manufacturing instructor at MCC this fall. -
How volunteer literacy tutors help adult learners at MCC
Jul 18, 2018 3:57 PM - Students in McHenry County College's Adult Education Program are getting some help from volunteer literacy tutors as they work to achieve their goals, especially in learning English as a second language. -
House wren known as the 'nonstop nester'
Jul 17, 2018 8:36 AM - While many birds curtail, so to speak, their nesting efforts during the summer, the house wren does not. They just keep going. -
Chapel Hill Road bridge to open temporarily for holidayJul 3, 2018 8:31 PM - The Chapel Hill Road bridge over the Fox River will be open temporarily to through traffic for the Independence Day holiday and into the following weekend.
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James Cowlin named chief judge for 22nd Judicial Circuit of McHenry County
Jun 29, 2018 10:34 PM - On June 20, the Circuit Judges selected James S. Cowlin as Chief Judge of the 22nd Judicial Circuit, McHenry County, Illinois for a term starting Dec. 1. He will succeed Chief Judge Michael J. Sullivan, who has served in that capacity since December 2006. -
Volunteers needed to restore 350-year-old oak tree
Jun 25, 2018 8:39 PM - The Land Conservancy of McHenry County is holding a volunteer workday on Wednesday, July 4, to help restore Wolf Oak Woods in Woodstock. -
Spend Mother's Day with birds of prey at Stillman
May 9, 2018 12:51 PM - "Mother's Day with Birds of Prey" takes place 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, May 13, at the Stillman Nature Center, 33 W. Penny Road, Barrington. Admission is $10 per car. -
Food historian offers interesting kernels about corn
Apr 12, 2018 11:07 AM - On Monday, April 16, Cynthia Clampitt will wrap up this year's Sampler Lecture Series with "How Corn Changed Itself and Then Changed Everything Else." -
McHenry County Gardenfest to feature landscape designer Mark Dwyer
Mar 23, 2018 11:26 AM - Learn how your garden can appeal to all five senses -- sight, smell, sound, taste and touch -- with a one-hour lecture on "The Sensory Garden," by horticulturalist Mark Dwyer, keynote speaker at McHenry County Gardenfest 2018. -
32nd annual Sampler Lecture Series begins March 5
Mar 1, 2018 10:31 AM - Norm Moline will present "Binding Our State Together: 200 Years of Canals, Railroads, Postal Services and Roads" on Monday, March 5, at the McHenry County Historical Society Museum in Union. It is the first of four programs presented as part of the society's 32nd annual Sampler Lecture Series.
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