As floodwaters finally top out and begin slowly to recede along the Fox River and Chain O’ Lakes, McHenry County officials are asking people to document and report flood damage.

McHenry County Emergency Management Director David Christensen says he can’t quite see the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel yet for the flooding along the Fox River.

Road closures, park closures, more sandbagging and – with a break in the rainfall – the waiting game for waters to top out were the focuses Monday along the Fox River in the McHenry County area.

A garage fire in Carpentersville on Friday, April 17, caused an estimated $150,000 in damage.

Residents in communities along the Des Plaines River should see floodwaters begin to recede Monday, but their counterparts living beside the Fox River may not be as fortunate.

Sunday, June 1 48th annual Elgin Valley Fox Trot: 7:30 a.m. Sunday, June 1, at Grove Avenue and Ann Street, Elgin. Both courses are new in 2025 with a downhill finish. The race route heads through Elgin’s north neighborhoods toward Dundee an...

On April 26, the Youth Jazz Ensemble of DuPage will perform a concert with guest trumpeter Derrick Gardner at Prairie Lutheran Church in Huntley. The ensemble includes two Dundee-Crown High School students.

A District 300 elementary school teacher is facing six felony battery charges after authorities said he got into a physical altercation outside of a bar in downtown Crystal Lake.

McHenry’s run to the Class 4A state championship game last year was an experience that Nathan Neidhardt says he will remember forever. Which doesn’t mean a fun run won’t happen for the Warriors again this year. In the meantime, Neidhardt will enjoy h...