Local News
May 16, 2013 - 4:10 p.m.•By CHELSEA McDOUGALL - cmcdougall@shawmedia.com
WOODSTOCK – A 49-year-old Marengo man was sentenced Thursday to 18 years in prison for sexually assaulting an underage family member for more than a decade.
WOODSTOCK – Calling him a danger to the public, McHenry County Judge Sharon Prather on Thursday rejected a request to reduce the bond for a Wisconsin man charged with his 10th DUI.
May 16, 2013 - 11:20 a.m.•By KEVIN P. CRAVER - kcraver@shawmedia.com
McHenry County Board members will have two politically-sensitive choices that Chairwoman Tina Hill is asking them to make next week regarding the embattled Mental Health Board.
May 16, 2013 - 11:02 a.m.•By KEVIN P. CRAVER - kcraver@shawmedia.com
A bill stripping pension and insurance benefits from future appointees to Chicago-area mass-transit boards is on its way to Gov. Pat Quinn’s desk.
May 16, 2013 - 10:46 a.m.•By NORTHWEST HERALD
CRYSTAL LAKE - A portion of McHenry Avenue closed by a gas leak has reopened.
May 16, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By JOSEPH BUSTOS -
jbustos@shawmedia.com
CRYSTAL LAKE – When Janet Mitchell comes into work, she looks at five screens, types on four keyboards, operates three computer mice and wears a headset to speak on the phone.
May 16, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.
SPRING GROVE – The possible murder of a man and his two children in the early 1850s will be explored as part of a Look at Local History Month event.
May 16, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By SHAWN SHINNEMAN - sshinneman@shawmedia.com
The last time Kurt Kyle was in the newspaper, he never would have guessed the next time would be for this.
May 16, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By NORTHWEST HERALD
Helping Paws Animal Shelter’s annual spring sale is scheduled to begin late this month.
May 16, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By NORTHWEST HERALD
Registration is now open for “Risk Management and Insurance Issues for Nonprofits,” a workshop scheduled for Tuesday at United Way of Greater McHenry County, 4508 Prime Parkway, McHenry.
May 16, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By JEFF ENGELHARDT -
jengelhardt@shawmedia.com
CRYSTAL LAKE – Melissa Baumstark loves to run, but not from adversity.
May 16, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By STEPHEN Di BENEDETTO - sdibenedetto@shawmedia.com
18 area districts rejected proposal
May 16, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By JEFF ENGELHARDT -
jengelhardt@shawmedia.com
The all black look just did not fit Daniel Whiteside.
May 16, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By CYNTHIA WOLF -
editorial@nwherald.com
Steve White stood on the bleachers and smiled as his daughter, Marissa, walked by a few feet away to take her seat with her fellow graduates at McHenry High School East Campus.
May 15, 2013 - 6:11 p.m.
JOHNSBURG – A fire that damaged a Johnsburg home on Wednesday started accidentally, according to the McHenry Township Fire Protection District.
