Local News
May 14, 2013 - 8:58 a.m.•By NORTHWEST HERALD
RICHMOND – An overnight fire on Tuesday caused $30,000 worth of damage to a former chiropractic care center in Richmond, according to the Richmond Township Fire Protection District.
May 14, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By STEPHEN Di BENEDETTO - sdibenedetto@shawmedia.com
Lisa Haderlein remembers when the Land Conservancy of McHenry County was struggling to keep pace with the rapid, steadfast development of the early 2000s that transformed the county into suburbia.
May 14, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.
McHenry County Conservation District manages over 25,000 acres of open space graced with woodlands, prairies, wetlands and savannas.
May 14, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.
Residents and business owners who sustained losses because of April’s floods can request federal government assistance, according to a news release.
May 14, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By STEPHEN Di BENEDETTO - sdibenedetto@shawmedia.com
ALGONQUIN – Representatives from the nonprofit corporation that runs an area brick-and-mortar charter school approached District 300 board members and administrators Monday with the task of justifying a new online charter during the worst possible time.
May 13, 2013 - 9:57 p.m.•By EMILY K. COLEMAN - ecoleman@shawmedia.com
McHENRY – The city of McHenry inched closer Monday to a new aquatic and recreation center.
May 13, 2013 - 6:00 p.m.
CARY – District 26 will hold a public meeting for parents of home-schooled students or students in private schools in the district, to discuss plans for providing special education services to them.
May 13, 2013 - 5:59 p.m.
FOX RIVER GROVE – The villlage will have an unlimited landscape waste collection day on Friday. Residents will be able to have yard waste picked up for free.
May 13, 2013 - 5:41 p.m.•By JOSEPH BUSTOS - jbustos@shawmedia.com
CARY – Village Board members are working on a plan to replace Police Chief Steven Casstevens, who is leaving for a new job.
May 13, 2013 - 4:26 p.m.•By JIM DALLKE - jdallke@shawmedia.com
ALGONQUIN – A Celebrity Apprentice-style competition at Heineman Middle School resulted in a $1,000 donation to the Epilepsy Foundation.
ROCKFORD – A Cary business owner faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty Monday in federal court to wire fraud for stealing more than $1 million, federal prosecutors said.
May 13, 2013 - 12:57 p.m.•By LAWERENCE SYNETT - lsynett@shawmedia.com
CRYSTAL LAKE – A Crystal Lake man was arrested Saturday after offering a teen money to perform a sexual act, Crystal Lake police said.
May 13, 2013 - 11:53 a.m.•By CHELSEA McDOUGALL - cmcdougall@shawmedia.com
McHENRY – To Liz Koch, Buck was a 127-pound gentle giant. But to police who arrested her, the German shepherd-Rottweiler mix was a threat.
May 13, 2013 - 7:06 a.m.•By NORTHWEST HERALD
WOODSTOCK – Less than a handful of Woodstock area residents remain without power this morning after an electrical line went down on Route 14 east of Route 47, according to ComEd.
May 13, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By EMILY K. COLEMAN -
ecoleman@shawmedia.com
McHENRY – Shopping locally is worth an extra $153 per car, the McHenry City Council decided in a 6-1 vote.
