Ringwood News

Kathleen Roberson checks the ends of candles she is making out of beeswax Sunday during Harvest Gathering of 1858 at the Powers-Walker House at Glacial Park in Ringwood.

LAKEWOOD – Johnsburg wanted one for years. Ringwood, with fewer than 500 residents, has one all to itself.

State legislators are asking the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to meet with McCullom Lake residents to address concerns about industrial pollution blamed in lawsuits for two dozen brain cancer cases.

What: 21st annual Trail of History, featuring a look at McHenry County as it might have been between 1670 and 1850 and a chance to sample frontier-style activities, crafts and food When: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct.

WONDER LAKE – Local author Sandra Landen Machaj will sign copies of her latest book about the McHenry County area from 1 to 4 p.m. today at Wonder Lake Bible Church.

The Trail of History will take visitors down a path where wagons pulled by oxen are commonplace.

C.J. George, 3, of Hawthorn Woods helps out his mother Christina George by holding on to the bags of apples they picked Monday at Royal Oak Farm Orchard in Hebron.

Freedom Tomasello , 4, of McHenry takes a peek at approaching parade Sunday as she stands next to friend Molly Koehl, 4, of Ringwood during the Saufen und Spiel parade in Johnsburg.

WHAT: FOX VALLEY IRISH FEST WHEN: Friday through Sunday WHERE: St. Catherine of Siena Church, Routes 31 & 72, West Dundee ABOUT: Irish music and dancing, children's events, Irish food and boutiques and more.

Do it right, or don't do it all. Your mom might have given you that advice at some point in your life.

WOODSTOCK – Some members of the McHenry County Health Board do not object to the idea of an outside agency re-examining brain cancer rates in the McCullom Lake area.

McHenry County Board Member Tina Hill is asking for an independent epidemiology study of the area around McCullom Lake after her sister, Darlene, was diagnosed with a pituitary gland tumor.

Jeff Romano of Johnsburg and his son Jordan, 5, ride their bikes along a trail at Glacial Park in Ringwood on Sunday.

McHenry County's Glacial Park in Ringwood is one of the “12 natural wonders of the Chicago Wilderness,” according to the Field Museum's new Water exhibit.

McHenry County College Trustee Donna Kurtz gasps in surprise Saturday after opening a gift from Tom Kendzie, a former student trustee, during the McHenry County College graduation.

The day technically isn't over until 11:59 p.m., but taxpayers will need to make it to the post office hours earlier to get an April 15 postmark on their tax filings.