Village officials said the one-of-a-kind, historic building that houses Cary’s governmental offices and police station is here to stay.

Government has no business telling a landlord how much rent to charge a tenant, the state representative from Crystal Lake said during a recent interview about an effort to repeal a 22-year-old rent control law.

Illinois' financial crisis has been a decadeslong bipartisan effort and the state's Democrat Gov. J.B. Pritzker decision to blame his Republican predecessor isn't helping, the state House Representative from Crystal Lake said during a recent interview.

McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks has nominated Republican former board member Joe Gottemoller to fill the vacancy in County Board District 3.

If a current Senate bill clears the House and is signed into law, Illinois will join three other states and the District of Columbia in soon paying a minimum wage of $15 per hour.

Republican state Rep. Allen Skillicorn (R-East Dundee) wants everyone to see the big picture in Illinois’ bubbling minimum-wage debate

SPRINGFIELD -- State Rep. Allen Skillicorn (R-East Dundee) is warning fellow lawmakers that Illinois “can’t tax our way out of this hole” amid talk of an $8 billion tax increase.

The state legislature adjourned before taking action on Senate Bill 1597, which would require Illinois consumers to pay a 5 cent fee for every single-use paper or plastic bag, but similar proposals are being considered at the county and local levels.

We are now accepting applications for the upcoming Citizen Police Academy.

The McHenry County Workforce Network received a Talent Pipeline Grant of $195,538 from the Illinois Department of Commerce for creation of a Manufacturing Pre-Apprenticeship Program for at-risk young adults and residents returning to the workforce after incarceration.

McHenry County Clerk Joe Tirio says he has never seen himself as a politician as much as someone who just wants to be part of the solution for saving the state of Illinois.

The Huntley 158 Board of Education on December 20 approved agreements with the Lake in the Hills and Algonquin Police Departments to create campus resource officer positions at the District’s Reed Road and Square Barn Road Campuses, respectively.

Therk Village Clerk's office will be closed December 24 through December 28.

Kevin Sarnwick, president of the Crystal Lake Rural Fire Protection District, said he is skeptical of the benefits of a potential new law allowing McHenry County to dissolve its 17 townships.

The Illinois House of Representatives has passed a bill that paves the way for a pilot program in Lake and McHenry counties to eliminate townships and consolidate local governments.

In a list of the 30 most populous counties in Illinois, McHenry County ranked No. 22 for the rate of abortions performed there in 2017, according to an Illinois Department of Public Health report issued in December, which tracks abortions performed on an annual basis.

The filing period for the Village of Huntley Petitions for Candidacy for three (3) Village Trustees, for the Consolidated General Election being held April 2, 2019

McHenry County accounted for 326 of the 39,329 abortions performed statewide in 2017, according to an Illinois Department of Public Health report issued in December, which tracks abortions performed on an annual basis.

Patrick D. Kenneally, McHenry County State’s Attorney, announces that 33-year-old Miguel Hernandez-Solorzano of Des Plaines, Illinois, was sentenced today by the Honorable Judge Sharon Prather.

The Crystal Lake Park District Board of Commissioners will discuss and vote on the 2018 property tax ordinance at the regular board meeting on December 13, 2018, 6:30 pm at the Crystal Lake Park District Administrative Office (lower level), 1 E. Crystal Lake Avenue, Crystal Lake.