Fox Valley United Way is looking for teams to participate in its 5th annual What Floats Your Cardboard Boat Race! Aug. 25. Both human- and mechanically-powered boats, all made of cardboard, can compete. The race starts at Prisco Community Center, 15...

Elected officials and environmentalists meeting in Chicago on Wednesday roundly blasted a decision by Indiana to permit an oil refinery to dump more pollutants into Lake Michigan. Many attending the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-hosted forum ...

A 58-year-old Fox River Grove man was killed Monday when his motorcycle was struck from behind at the corner of routes 12 and 134 in Fox Lake. Fox Lake Police Lt. Joe Gliniewicz said Bruce E. Ankele of Fox River Grove was slowing for a red light at...

Algonquin passed a resolution Tuesday night calling on the state to put McHenry County on equal footing with the rest of the suburbs when doling out money for road improvements. Crystal Lake, Fox River Grove and Hampshire have already passed the mea...

Algonquin officials likely will approve a measure today asking the state to give McHenry County its fair share of the transportation funding pie. The village board resolution will ask that McHenry County be placed on a level playing field with other...

Births Condell Medical Center Kira Fong Stahler, May 16 to Thomas and Jennie Stahler, Round Lake. Sister of Josephine. Grandparents: T. Richard and Mary Kay Stahler, Lincolnshire; Rou and Nye Chiuo, Cypress, Calif. Great-grandparents: the late Herb ...

Three-day planner Today "Soft Rains" is presented at 8 p.m. today and Saturday and at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Steel Beam Theatre, 111 W. Main St., St. Charles. This is a rock musical based on the story of Noah. Tickets are $25 for adults and $23 for s...

Recreation To be included in this listing, fax information to (630) 955-3540. Billiards Oscar's Billiards 434 E. North Ave., Lombard. (630) 627-2300. Open 24 hours Pockets 4034 Fox Valley Center Drive, Aurora. Open 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. Mondays through...

Orthopaedic Surgery Specialists Ltd. is sponsoring a free community health fair from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the Fox River Grove office at 1009 Route 22. Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital will conduct free screenings for osteoporosis, BMI, blood ...