McHenry

McHENRY – The McHenry Warrior Booster Club will present its 2012 golf outing June 25 at the McHenry Country Club. The event, which will begin with a shotgun start at noon, will support McHenry High School athletics.

McHENRY – The McHenry Public Library is accepting applications to fill a position on the board of trustees.

McHENRY – The fifth annual Run and Roll Track Meet: A Paralympic Experience will be June 6. Events for those with a primary physical or visual disability will be from 5 to 8 p.m. at McCracken Field, 3712 W. Kane Ave., McHenry.

McHENRY – A replica statue of the Times Square “Kiss” on tour with the national Keep the Spirit of ’45 Alive organization will make a brief stop in McHenry today.

McHENRY – The 23rd annual Friends of McHenry County College Foundation Golf Invitational will be June 8 at the McHenry Country Club.

JOPLIN, Mo. – David Vanderhoofven pulled under the overpass at Main Street and Interstate 44 to avoid quarter-sized hail that was pummeling his hometown.

WALKUP ROAD: A planned closure of Walkup Road has been postponed from mid-June. The closure has not yet been rescheduled.

McHENRY – The McHenry Public Library, 809 N. Front St. (Route 31), will be closed May 28 in observance of Memorial Day.

McHENRY – An administrative aide is suing a former assistant principal at McHenry High School West Campus, alleging sexual harassment.

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McHENRY – The Social Justice Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation has launched a simple program, Compassion for Campers, to aid the homeless clients of PADS. 

JOHNSBURG – The McHenry Township Fire Protection District completed its remodeling upgrade of Station 2, while an expansion of the district’s oldest station remains on hold indefinitely.

McHENRY – Even though school colors are black and orange, there was one other predominant color at the McHenry High School East Campus graduation: purple.

WOODSTOCK – It’s now up to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development whether granting funding to a senior housing project led by McHenry County Board Chairman Ken Koehler’s son constitutes a conflict of interest.

Sean Hammett, 26, of Crystal Lake, served two tours of combat duty in Iraq as an infantryman. He conducted raids and patrols and interacted with the citizens.

WOODSTOCK – A former McHenry police officer accused of stealing about $2,500 seized in drug busts pleaded not guilty Monday.

HUNTLEY – The McHenry softball team captured a share of the Fox Valley Conference Valley Division title with Cary-Grove on Monday with a 3-1 win against Huntley.

McHENRY – Officials are set to approve an upgrade of the city’s water meter-reading equipment and bid out for a new aerial bucket lift truck to replace a 1985 model.

McHENRY – Joe’s Wish, a nonprofit dedicated to serving military men and women and their families in need, will celebrate its first anniversary during a “Rockin for Veterans” summer kickoff event May 20.

McHENRY – She’s mommy’s and daddy’s little angel with a name fit for a princess.

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McHENRY – Amanda Geyer had to stop in for five minutes at the Lake-McHenry Veterans Drop-in Center for information about an upcoming job fair that she could pass to her husband, Shaun.

McHENRY – Michelle Golbeck and her preschool students learned not to put all of their eggs in one basket.

WOODSTOCK – A former McHenry police officer was indicted Thursday on seven counts involving theft of money confiscated in drug busts. None of the charges addresses suspicion that he might have stolen narcotics from evidence bags.

McHENRY – A former head of surgery at Centegra Hospital – McHenry is facing criminal charges in the alleged groping of three female employees.

ROCKTON – Good things came in fours for Cary-Grove on Thursday.

McHENRY – Don Musielak founded Mastercoil Spring in 1982 with four employees and three high-speed automatic coiling machines.

McHENRY – The Environmental Defenders of McHenry County will conduct a recycling collection Saturday for fluorescent tubes, Styrofoam, electronics and batteries.

McHENRY – A registered sex offender with pending cases relating to child pornography and failure to properly register has been arrested and charged again.

Crystal Lake Central’s boys team experienced a frustrating time April 20 at the McHenry County Track and Field Meet.

McHENRY – A vacant parcel adjacent to a commercial center along Route 31 could turn into a park that local pooches could call their own.

WOODSTOCK – A judge on Monday issued a gag order on prosecutors and police in the case of a former McHenry police officer accused of taking money confiscated during a drug bust.

CARY – McHenry’s Mikaela Mitsch didn’t mind switching Monday’s home game to Cary-Grove after heavy rains rendered the Warriors’ home diamond unplayable.

WOODSTOCK – Attorneys for a former McHenry police officer being investigated for possibly taking narcotics from sealed evidence bags want a gag order on police and prosecutors.

McHENRY – Centegra Health System is offering echocardiogram heart screenings for teens ages 13 to 18.

It’s not easy for Cary-Grove pitcher Lindsay Efflandt to describe her relationship with batterymate Sarah Leudo.

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WOODSTOCK – A vote – sort of – on a housing project with the McHenry County Board chairman’s son at the helm is on its way to the full board.

McHENRY – The Prairie State Legal Services board of directors will meet at 10 a.m. May 12. The meeting at Starved Rock Lodge in Utica is open to the public.

McHENRY – Online registration closes Thursday for SleepOut for Shelter, an inspiring, life-changing event.

HUNTLEY – Cary-Grove’s 4x200-meter relay team figured another record was within its reach given the way the foursome had run all spring.

McHENRY–Owners of a stretch of businesses along Route 31 in McHenry have expressed concerns about how a planned concrete median will impact sales.

WOODSTOCK – A pair of events will help raise money for a team participating in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in June.

CRYSTAL LAKE – A local librarian is scheduled to appear on the game show “Jeopardy!” later this month, making her the third librarian from McHenry County to appear on the program since 2010.

McHENRY – It is said that all good things must come to an end. Just don’t tell that to Jerry Macey.

CRYSTAL LAKE – Crystal Lake South’s offense backed pitcher Jordan Van Dyck

CRYSTAL LAKE – Justin Henderson, dissatisfied with his situation at Villanova, searched for a different school last summer, one where he could play baseball.

WOODSTOCK – A conflict of interest waiver for a housing project led by McHenry County Board Chairman Ken Koehler’s son no longer will require the board to sign off on it.

McHENRY – The long-anticipated addition to the township’s oldest fire station will take even more time before the project breaks ground.

McHENRY – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has events planned this weekend to get families out into the great outdoors.