Marengo News

On Saturday, July 26, the Marengo Clergy Alliance, with the help of community businesses and organizations, will be celebrating the first Marengo Faith and Family Day.

A suicidal man is in custody after barricading himself in a house in the 100 block of Deerpath Road in Lake in the Hills on Wednesday afternoon, officials said.

MARENGO – Artifacts unearthed at a 1867 limestone one-room schoolhouse as well as a pre-Civil War cemetery will be on display this August.

WOODSTOCK – In acquitting a Harvard man of obscenity charges, a McHenry County judge determined that the defendant wasn't reckless when he misdialed a phone number, sending a picture of his penis to a 10-year-old girl.

If you balk at the idea of low-alcohol beers, stop reading. But if the idea of drinking a few rounds of refreshing, summer brews on a warm patio without falling over appeals to you, it's time to become acquainted with berliner weisse.

WOODSTOCK – The walkways at three campsites, restrooms at a Wonder Lake conservation area and sections of the Prairie Trail are next on a lengthy to-do list to improve accessibility.

The size of the county's MCRide program might grow as the county's transportation division has been discussing expanding the dial-a-ride program with other municipalities.

WOODSTOCK – Three advisory referendums proposed by a local state lawmaker and a longtime anti-township activist were squashed by a McHenry County Board committee Thursday.

WOODSTOCK – Catching fireflies, telling stories around campfires and hikes are on all the agenda for upcoming McHenry County Conservation Distriction programs.

Five youth and two adult chaperones, Jeff Van Natta and the Rev. Diana Otterbacher from Hampshire, recently volunteered at the "Stay" Mission Trip, sponsored by Marengo United Methodist Church, that called for help in cleaning up the former McGill factory site in hopes of using it for a day care and multiuse community center.

MARENGO – Trevor and Beth Farina likely had the most eventful 20-minute drive they will ever experience Monday morning.

On June 22, a severe storm with the ability to form tornadoes tore through the north central part of the county, leaving thousands of residents without power and debris and tree branches strewn about.

With the McHenry County under a severe thunderstorm warning and flash flood watch, keep checking nwherald.com for updates on weather conditions.

WOODSTOCK – Snakes, hawks and the creatures dwelling in ponds and creeks will be discovered in upcoming McHenry County Conservation District programming.

Funnel clouds and damaging winds were reported in Crystal Lake as a heavy storm rolled through northern Illinois overnight, officials from the National Weather Service said.

A tornado watch is currently issued in McHenry County by the National Weather Service, after a tornado warning expired around 2:30 a.m. The warning was issued around 1:50 a.m. and the storm was reportedly moving east from the Marengo area.

I live in Union and there is a bike path between here and Marengo. There always has been a drainage ditch there, long before there was a bike path.

HARVARD – A pedestrian is in stable condition at a Rockford hospital after being hit by a car south of Harvard in unincorporated Dunham Township, police said.

Perhaps it was the 75-cent Elgin Plaza toll. Or fears of road work on the Jane Addams Tollway .

MARENGO – A northwestern Marengo neighborhood built in the wake of World War II will be the first area to see water system improvements, under a $4.875 million financing plan aldermen approved earlier this month.