McHenry County News Briefs
October 31, 2018McHenry County MCC approves contract for solar field on campus McHenry County College (MCC) announced that the MCC Board of Trustees recently approved a contract with ENGIE of Chicago…
McHenry County MCC approves contract for solar field on campus McHenry County College (MCC) announced that the MCC Board of Trustees recently approved a contract with ENGIE of Chicago…
November 2 Classic Action Flick Friday 6-8 p.m. Fox Lake District Library, 255 E. Grand Ave., Fox Lake Free Bring the family to enjoy a screening of the iconic science fiction adventure…
Incumbent Randy Hultgren says the Nov. 6 14th District congressional election will offer voters a distinct choice. That may have been an understatement. If the Oct. 23 joint appearance…
As part of the 41st annual Cider Fest Oct. 7, the McHenry County Historical Society hosted its fifth annual Apple Bake-off Contest. Categories were apple pies, apple cakes and apple…
McHenry County MCC Cafe earns top environmental ranking McHenry County College announced that its MCC Cafe recently became a 3 Star Certified Green Restaurant, making MCC the only community…
Another chapter in the continuing controversy between Algonquin’s township board and its highway department has ended with the Oct. 12 resignation of Ryan Provenzano, in relinquishing…
October 25 Special Effects Make-up Demonstration 5-6:30 p.m. Fox Lake District Library, 255 E. Grand Ave., Fox Lake Free Teens and adults are invited to attend this hands-on, Halloween-themed…
Last week’s roundtable discussion on senior health care at the Woodstock Public Library was billed as a strictly nonpartisan event. But with the midterm elections looming, it was…
The Illinois State Museum (ISM) shines a spotlight on Generation X with the opening of its new exhibition, Growing Up X, on Saturday, Jan. 28 at its downtown location. The exhibition…
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) have awarded $13 million to 30 recipients to expand the Illinois Works Pre-apprenticeship…
SPRINGFIELD – A law recently signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker will extend the deadline for the state to transfer criminal defendants deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial from jail…
Natalie Phelps Finnie has been appointed director of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced. Phelps Finnie, a lifelong southern Illinoisan, has served…
SPRINGFIELD – For newly sworn-in Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, customer service is the central mission as he assumes the state’s second-largest constitutional office, replacing…
In this week’s wintery mix of farm and rural news we celebrate Illinois farmers’ nation-leading 2022 soybean crop, and take a look at how Illinois figures into farm bill spending….