Marengo News

According to the Rutland Township website, when a meeting was held to form the township in 1848, there was a debate about the name.

The Collins and Burgie Stove Company of Marengo was destroyed by fire in the early morning hours of Oct. 5, 1907.

Heidi Klum shows how to gather the family around to make snowman ornaments.This is a great, inexpensive arts and crafts project the whole family can take part in and spend quality time together during the holiday season.

It's a match of the car we already had, a 2003 Chevrolet Impala. This one is a 2002 Impala.

UNION – The McHenry County Historical Society will unveil a storefront window display of vintage holiday items from the 1940s to the 1960s, as part of an open house on Saturday.

The McHenry County Historical Society will host a "Christmas on Main Street" featuring storefront window display items from the 1940s through the 1960s.

Black Friday shoppers stroll in the Friday morning sun between Algonquin Commons stores.

MARENGO – The Marengo City Council recently increased its property tax levy to the maximum amount, as officials continue to deal with a revenue stream hampered by declining property values and pension obligations.

GENOA – Phil Jerbi weighed the costs and benefits of Genoa-Kingston School District 424 joining a new athletic conference with seven other schools.

MARENGO – Residents can now place their bids for seven holiday gift baskets as part of a silent auction that helps raise money for Marengo-Union Library's new building along Grant Highway.

CRYSTAL LAKE – Small, independent businesses in McHenry County are gearing up for Small Business Saturday as a way to get more shoppers in the door.

McHenry and Marengo have scheduled special brush pickups next week to deal with the debris left in the wake of Sunday's storms.

Construction has certainly been a headache on I-90 and now tollway employees want to thank us for putting up with the mess.

Immanuel Lutheran Church of East Dundee is holding a celebration this weekend to honor the Rev.

Most students have today off, but not at one suburban high school. In fact, in Marengo hundreds of veterans are going to class along with the kids today.

The Crystal Lake Public Library, 126 W. Paddock St., will be screening “Mud,” rated PG-13, at 6 p.m. Tuesday.