Crystal Lake News

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan's decision not to run for governor or the U.S. Senate turned the 2010 election in Illinois on its head.

Nick Dentamaro – ndentamaro@nwherald.com Owner of The Players Bench Music Store, Joe Ornelas, talks about what he would like to see stay in downtown Crystal Lake.

Johnna Casello of Algonquin and her children Shaylan, 2, McKenna, 7 and Nolan, 5, watch Sunday from Dole Avenue as the Crystal Lake Independence Parade passes by.

Ahead of the July 4 holiday weekend, several local police departments are teaming up with the Illinois State Police on Friday for a traffic enforcement blitz along Route 14.

The Smoking Popes return to their Northwest-suburban roots - the Caterer brothers are from Lake in the Hills - as the closing act for this year's Lakeside Festival in Crystal Lake on Sunday night, July 5. Eve 6, another hit group from the '90s enjoying a second run, is the headline act on Saturday, July 4. The Lakeside Festival takes place daily ...

McHENRY – The “Drum Corps Magic Show” once again is scheduled to be a part of McHenry's Fiesta Days.

Daniel Munoz A man pleaded guilty to his sixth and seventh DUI Monday morning. As part of the deal, he'll face between 8 and 15 years in prison at his sentencing hearing in September.

Sometimes the mind becomes so fixated on tasks that we think demand our immediate attention that we ignore – at our peril – what's truly important, even as it dwells right under our misdirected noses.

A 52 year old Crystal Lake man is dead after being pulled from Crystal Lake Thursday afternoon, officials said Friday.

A former Crystal Lake South High School student was killed in a double-fatal crash Wednesday evening in Kenosha County, Wis.

Justin Edmonds – jedmonds@nwherald.com Pamela Cumpata was named the new president of the McHenry County Economic Development Corporation on Tuesday.

Multiple beaches across the county were closed Tuesday because of high bacteria levels.

Social service agencies, workers and the clients they serve throughout the state are worried.

On July 1, the Illinois Federation of Families might have to close its doors. And the Pioneer Center for Human Services might have to stop serving about 300 clients.

Firefighters work Friday to shut off natural gas at the meter as they work to contain a fire at 849 Canterbury Drive in Crystal Lake.

When Allen Bartlett gathered his fishing gear, got into his canoe and paddled out onto Crystal Lake on Monday afternoon, he hoped to catch bass or pickerel.

It's the mystery of Crystal Lake. A local fisherman on the island in the middle of the lake found what looked like a severed human hand Monday.

An Island Lake sex offender who led Crystal Lake police on a high-speed chase last summer was sentenced to two years of intensive probation Tuesday.

McHenry Parks and Recreation summer camp counselor Mary Montressor explains Capture the Flag game rules Friday morning with campers at Knox Park in McHenry.

McHenry County and several of its officials are named in a federal lawsuit filed Friday by fired Planning and Development Director SuzAnne Ehardt.