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  • Annual 'Day at Petersen Farm' to remember 1950s

    McHENRY – The annual blast from the past at Petersen Farm will include hula hoops, Doo Wop and automobile tail fins.
    NEW: March 11, 2014 - 4:56 pm

  • McHenry plans community garage sale

    McHENRY – The annual community garage sale is planned for Saturday, March 22.More than 50 booths wil ...
    NEW: March 11, 2014 - 4:35 pm

  • Gander Mountain seeks Algonquin retail store

    ALGONQUIN – A developer is seeking approval to build a 52,000-square-foot Gander Mountain retail store in the Millbrook Marketplace Development along ...
    NEW: March 11, 2014 - 4:24 pm

  • McHenry County Historical Society introduces college scholarship

    UNION – High school seniors nearing graduation have until April 1 to apply for a $1,000 scholarship from the McHenry County Historical Society.
    NEW: March 11, 2014 - 4:18 pm

  • D-26 considering more iPad purchases

    CARY – District 26 plans to increase the amount of iPads students and teachers will have access to at school.
    NEW: March 11, 2014 - 4:04 pm

  • Psychologist receives additional certification

    McHENRY – A Centegra Physician Care psychologist has earned additional certification in integrated behavioral health and primary care.
    UPDATED: March 11, 2014 - 4:02 pm

  • Four new doctors join Centegra

    CRYSTAL LAKE – Centegra Health System has hired for new doctors specializing in family medicine, cardiology and general surgery.
    March 11, 2014 - 3:55 pm

  • Jury finds businessman guilty of killing wife

    BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (AP) — Jurors in suburban Chicago have found a businessman guilty of killing his wife in September 2010.
    March 11, 2014 - 3:47 pm

  • McHenry man faces DUI charge after multiple crashes near Lakemoor

    LAKEMOOR – A McHenry man was charged with driving under the influence and several other offenses after he fled multiple crash scenes along Route 120 o ...
    March 11, 2014 - 3:44 pm

  • Union-backed group to stop airing anti-Rauner ads

    CHICAGO (AP) — A union-backed group says it will no longer air television ads attacking Republican candidate for Illinois governor Bruce Rauner.
    March 11, 2014 - 3:06 pm

  • More than 100 show up to help move petting zoo animals

    Animal transport vehicles lined the roads as the process began. ...
    March 11, 2014 - 3:38 pm

  • Doctor appointed for James Holmes' 2nd sanity exam

    DENVER (AP) — A psychiatrist has been appointed to conduct a second sanity evaluation of the man charged with killing 12 people in a Colorado movie th ...
    March 11, 2014 - 3:01 pm

  • Illinois braces for latest punch of winter weather

    ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (AP) — The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for parts of northeastern Illinois, forecasting more than half ...
    March 11, 2014 - 2:55 pm

  • Primary for shot at Durbin a dilemma for GOP

    CHICAGO (AP) — Choosing a challenger to U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin creates a dilemma over who's the best Republican candidate to top the party ticket in th ...
    March 11, 2014 - 2:53 pm

  • Obama expands protection for California coastline

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is fulfilling a State of the Union pledge to preserve more federal lands by adding more California coastline ...
    March 11, 2014 - 2:52 pm

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