Confused about the advisory referendum coming up in Fox River Grove? You're not the only one, said Village Administrator Art Osten Jr. "There's some uncertainty as to what the question means," he said. The nonbinding question on the Feb. 5 ballot di...

The 2008 Cary Grove Area Community Guide will hit the streets this week, delivered to 10,000 doorsteps in Cary and Fox River Grove. "The Community Guide is one of the chamber's most visible community projects," said Suzanne Corr, Chamber Executive D...

Candidates are being sought for the 53rd annual Miss Cary and Miss Fox River Grove Queen Pageant, scheduled for May 24 at Cary-Grove High School, 2208 Three Oaks Road in Cary. The event is being coordinated by the Cary Grove Area Chamber of Commerc...

Savannah Shuster of Lake Zurich never thought she would be offering advice to Deer Park village officials when she joined the Gem Miners team three years ago. She and her teammates, all students at Lake Zurich Middle School South, presented a detail...

Brain power fueled the energy Saturday at a pair of regional competitions for the First LEGO League robotics tournament. Nearly 200 middle school students, divided between sites in Mount Prospect and Lake Zurich, huddled with their teams, to tweak t...

Gurnee • Vandals kicked a garage door or hit it with a vehicle between 1 and 7:30 a.m. Jan. 5 on the 1000 block of Cheswick Drive, police said. A damage estimate was not available. • Reginald Alfonso Hughes, 44, 2439 Warlow Lane, Stockton, Calif., w...

The Sugar Grove Chamber of Commerce annual dinner is Jan. 26 and reservations are requested by Friday. There will be hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar beginning at 6 p.m., with a buffet dinner at 7 p.m., in the Pine Room at Bliss Creek Golf Course, Hank...

See a short-eared owl at Glacial Park McHenry County Conservation District offers "An Afternoon with Short-Eared Owls" from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday at Glacial Park, Snowmobile/Horse trailer lot, 6720 Keystone Road in Richmond. The short-eared owl is...