Our view: Mortgage pact will help

McHenry County residents who suffered the worst from the housing crisis of the past few years should take advantage of a settlement announced this week between the attorney generals of 49 U.S. states and the nation’s five biggest mortgage servicers. ... Read More »

Editorials

Our view: Mortgage pact will help

McHenry County residents who suffered the worst from the housing crisis of the past few years should take advantage of a settlement announced this week between the attorney ge ... Read More »

Our View: Slowing the rising cost 
of college

Annual tuition hikes at public universities threaten to make a college degree increasingly unaffordable at a time when possessing that degree is increasingly important. Withou ... Read More »

Letters to the Editor

Worthwhile cause

To the Editor: Regarding the theft of the snocross snowmobiles (Northwest Herald, Feb. 4). Reading the article absolutely infuriated me. Any theft can be devastating, but must ... Read More »

Not rabies?

To the Editor: A couple of years ago, my cat killed a bat. My veterinarian told me if my cat had been bitten and the bat had rabies, he would surely get it. I watched the cat ... Read More »

Columnists

McCaleb: FRG proposal is example of overregulation

Village officials in Fox River Grove should think long and hard before moving forward with a proposal that would regulate how many visitors that certain home-occupied business ... Read More »

Lyons: Pardon my French parenting interest

All week I’ve been fascinated by an essay from an American mother who lived in France that appeared in last weekend’s Wall Street Journal under the heading, “Why French Parent ... Read More »

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