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May 15, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By NORTHWEST HERALD
CRYSTAL LAKE – Girls on the Run of Northwest Illinois, celebrating its sixth year serving girls, will host its fifth annual Girls on the Run 5K on Sunday at Woodstock North High School, 3000 Raffel Road, Woodstock.
May 15, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.
CARY – Cary-Grove AMVETS Pearl Harbor Memorial Post 245 will host its annual White Clover Fundraiser on Friday and Saturday.
May 15, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By NORTHWEST HERALD
WOODSTOCK – Farming season in the area has arrived.
May 15, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.
WOODSTOCK – The Family Alliance Center for Adult Care will facilitate a group on social skills and self-esteem on the fourth Wednesday of every month from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Recovery Outreach Center, 101 Jefferson St., Woodstock.
May 15, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.
CRYSTAL LAKE – Countryside Garden Club’s annual plant sale will be May 24 to 25.
May 15, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By STEPHEN Di BENEDETTO
sdibenedetto@shawmedia.com
PRAIRIE GROVE – New Prairie Grove District 46 board members faced feverish resistance a mere week into their tenure Tuesday from former members, who decried numerous measures that would undo past decisions.
May 15, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By LAWERENCE SYNETT -
lsynett@shawmedia.com
The inmate population at the McHenry County Jail has remained relatively flat in recent years compared to a number of collar county correctional facilities nearing capacity.
May 15, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By EMILY K. COLEMAN
ecoleman@shawmedia.com
McHENRY – Despite a failed referendum in April, McHenry High School District 156 is still trying to implement proposed technology and security improvements.
May 14, 2013 - 8:49 p.m.•By CHELSEA McDOUGALL - cmcdougall@shawmedia.com
WOODSTOCK – Every day for 3 1/2 years, Roberto Garcia used heroin. Every day his family was left to wonder if he was dead or alive.
May 14, 2013 - 4:56 p.m.•By SHAWN SHINNEMAN - sshinneman@shawmedia.com
HARVARD – The city will pay about $13,000 toward the removal of traffic signals as a part of a $2.3 million project to improve Route 14.
May 14, 2013 - 4:17 p.m.•By JEFF ENGELHARDT - jengelhardt@shawmedia.com
CRYSTAL LAKE – Woodscreek Park could soon become a $1 million recreation area thanks in part to a state grant.
May 14, 2013 - 2:50 p.m.•By KEVIN P. CRAVER - kcraver@shawmedia.com
WOODSTOCK – A vacant Mental Health Board seat has sparked a showdown between County Board Chairwoman Tina Hill and the committee in charge of filling it.
May 14, 2013 - 2:48 p.m.•By JIM DALLKE - jdallke@shawmedia.com
CRYSTAL LAKE – The annual Crystal Lake Central High School art show is getting bigger this year as the school is teaming up with Prairie Ridge High School to showcase student pieces.
May 14, 2013 - 1:41 p.m.•By JIM DALLKE - jdallke@shawmedia.com
McHENRY – For the first time in her life, Pauline Applegate was excited to mow her lawn.
May 14, 2013 - 10:35 a.m.•By NORTHWEST HERALD
WOODSTOCK – The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday seized approximately 2,000 marijuana plants from a campsite in Hebron, according to a news release.
