Bittersweet passing for iconic Harvard bakery
March 5, 2019The Swiss Maid Bakery shuttered its doors March 2 at the close of the business day, ending a presence in Harvard and McHenry County since 1968 and a family legacy that began in Chicago,…
The Swiss Maid Bakery shuttered its doors March 2 at the close of the business day, ending a presence in Harvard and McHenry County since 1968 and a family legacy that began in Chicago,…
In July, the Dallas, Texas-based Dean’s Foods announced the closure of seven plant facilities nationwide including the 11-acre Huntley complex that took approximately 130 jobs from…
McHenry County Rotary Club establishes new scholarship at MCC McHenry County College announced that the Rotary Club of Cary-Grove recently established a scholarship for the Friends…
A husband and wife from Crystal Lake have pleaded guilty to multiple bank robberies in the Chicago area. Daniel Plushkis, 27, pleaded guilty Friday to three counts of bank robbery,…
This week’s farm and rural news column focuses on the truth behind the president’s claim that Mexico will “indirectly” pay for his border fence through tariffs his administration…
McHenry County Proposed rebate plan offers property tax relief The county reported that a proposal to rebate $15 million of Valley Hi Nursing Home’s fund reserve will make most McHenry…
What a way to spend a snowy school holiday. Kyrell Nodora, 11, of Lakemoor, a fifth-grader at Chauncey H. Duker School in McHenry, received an invitation of a lifetime on Feb. 18, an…
McHenry County King named Conservation Dist. Chief of Police The McHenry County Conservation District announced that Laura King, of Johnsburg, has been named the district’s new Chief…
Wet fields kept the majority of Illinois farmers from planting for a second consecutive week, but windows for field work will be arriving soon. In addition, the U.S. EPA finally green-lighted…
Third in a series looking at the public funding of sports stadiums in Illinois Pat Quinn was on the ice in 2010 when the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup, and in Houston in 2005 when…
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois continues to suffer from a shortage of teachers and other education professionals, although recent efforts by the state to ease the strain have made an impact….
SPRINGFIELD — Two bills that would regulate battery disposal and storage are awaiting action from the full Illinois Senate after unanimous committee approval. Senate Bill 3481, sponsored…
Scott Britton walked out to driveway to get his Sunday newspaper, only to find near it a plastic bag filled with rice (to keep it from blowing away) and anti-Semitic literature. Britton,…
First in a series looking at the public funding of Illinois sports stadiums Tom Tresser gets sick every time he hears something is needed to make Chicago “a world-class city.” “It…