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Four young northwest suburban residents -- ages 12 to 14 -- have been charged with multiple counts of burglary to vehicles, theft and damage to property.

State officials say the gypsy moth, an insect that invaded Illinos 20 years ago, has reached record numbers this year.

There was a an article in the news today about former Officer Hetz's arrest for domestic battery and once I started poking around I noticed that he obviously had a past - but that it seemed to be slipping off ...

McHenry County authorities today closed Lake in the Hills' Indian Trail Beach after testing revealed unsafe bacteria levels in the water, marking the second time this month the beach has been shut down over ...

WONDER LAKE Village of Wonder Lake officials are accepting applications for workers to conduct a partial special census this summer.

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An off-duty Arlington Heights firefighter wearing scuba gear drowned in a Vernon Hills pool, according to an autopsy Monday by the Lake County coroner's office.

By KIMBERLY FORNEK kfornek@pioneerlocal.com Arlington Heights firefighters are grieving a colleague who drowned while they piece together what happened.

Police have arrested a college student in a first-of-its-kind sting in McHenry County on child sexual predators with the aid of a nationally known group that unmasks adults who solicit children online for sex.

Lake County authorities say a veteran Arlington Heights firefighter who moonlighted as a pool maintenance man has been found dead at the bottom of a swimming pool.

Comments Driving home from a doctor's appointment in Rockford, Charles and Jo Ann Dollman avoided downed trees and power lines from Friday's storms to find their 60-foot windmill smashed across their driveway.

Comments ) WONDER LAKE Jeff Gerhardt and the rest of the Wonder Lake Community Development Council have ambitious plans for a community technology center and library.

“I could rebuild your ancestor's past with those holes.”

Craig Pfunnkuche gets downright giddy when talking about outhouses, and frankly, can't understand why everyone else doesn't share his enthusiasm. via Courier-News

“We always have to err on the side of caution.”

By SARAH SUTSCHEK - " ssutschek@nwherald.com Comments McHENRY A Wonder Lake teenager was arrested Wednesday for allegedly scrawling a bomb threat on a second-floor boys' bathroom wall at McHenry High School ... via Northwest Herald

“The police did a terrific job.”

WONDER LAKE Danielle Gibson lives above a restaurant and went to bed about 3 a.m. Sunday only to hear someone kicking in the front door of the eatery. via Northwest Herald

Pot possession: William Dandrea, 28, 149 Oakwood Drive, Antioch, was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana on March 24 . via News Sun

The former director of inspection services for Round Lake Beach was charged today with steering village contracts to a firm owned by his brother. via Daily Herald

A former special-education teacher at a McHenry County high school was sentenced Tuesday to 2 years of probation and ordered to pay $5,300 in fines and fees after she pleaded guilty to having sex with a ... via Chicago Tribune

“If you take a lot of that class of medication, you can be sort of like somebody who is drunk, out of it, but not violent”

Girlfriend: Shooter was taking cocktail of 3 drugs - CNN Steven Kazmierczak had been taking Xanax, Ambien, Prozac, girlfriend says Girlfriend: Psychiatrist prescribed all three medications Boyfriend recently ... via NC Mental Hope News

“I suppose you could call that being uncooperative”

DeKALB The former girlfriend of Steven Kazmierczak told CNN a different story than she told investigators about the gunman's behavior before his deadly rampage, police said Tuesday. via Kane Co. Chronicle