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A Huntley man is charged with unlawful restraint, a Class 4 felony, as well as public indecency involving lewd exposure, according to a criminal complaint filed in McHenry County court.

Catherine Jones is relatively new to her role as executive director of Leadership Greater McHenry County, but has a long professional history of connecting people with potential employers, mainly through her previous role at McHenry County College.

A family of four has been displaced after a car crashed into their Woodstock townhome early Saturday.

Lake in the Hills officials have approved a solar farm and battery storage plant.

Amid frustration with state laws that limit their ability to vote down solar farms, McHenry County officials are considering a new fee on solar farm developers to cover the impact of their construction on county roads.

The People over Parking Act prohibits municipalities from enforcing their parking minimums for development projects within a half mile of a public transportation hub.

Huntley senior Will Geske tied for seventh at the Class 2A boys tennis state tournament, while McHenry, Jacobs, Marengo, Richmond-Burton and Burlington Central baseball all lost in regional finals Saturday. Read more in the Northwest Herald roundup.

Cary-Grove's Logan Abrams ended his high school career with a third-place finish in the Class 3A discus, while Marengo's Jackson Heimsoth, Woodstock North's Adan Castaneda and Dundee-Crown's Oreoluwa Sobodu earned two state medals at the IHSA Boys Track and Field State Meet.

Facing Barrington for the 10th straight postseason, the Red Raiders saw their season end with a 2-0 loss to the host Fillies on Saturday in a Class 4A Barrington Sectional final. "We all played our hearts out. We wanted it, but just came up a little short."

Nolan Dabrowski hit a two-run, walk-off single with none out in the bottom of the seventh inning, lifting Crystal Lake South's baseball team to a 4-3 win over Carmel in the title game of the Class 3A Vernon Hills Regional.

Crystal Lake Central's late-season surge continues. The ninth-seeded Tigers held off a Woodstock North comeback to win 6-3 in the Class 3A regional final Saturday. Central advances to next week's Grayslake Central Sectional.

Prairie Ridge was held to three hits, all singles, against Grayslake Central's Beau Barrows in a 3-0 loss Saturday at the Class 3A Cary-Grove Regional final. "We’re going to get better. We’ll be back.”

Liz Smith scored two goals in the first 20 minutes, Lila Konrad posted 13 saves and Johnsburg's perfect season continued with a 2-1 win over Willows Academy in the IHSA Class 1A sectional championship girls soccer game at Cristo Rey St. Martin on Saturday.

A man was taken to the hospital after crashing his car into a townhouse in Woodstock while a family of four slept inside.

Cary-Grove senior Logan Abrams advanced to the Class 3A discus finals but fouled on all three of his attempts in the shot put. He medaled in both throws events last year. Plus, Class 2A results in Friday's Northwest Herald boys track and field state meet roundup.

Huntley's Will Geske went 3-0 on Friday to continue his boys tennis state tournament run, while Huntley girls lacrosse won its first sectional championship with an 18-10 win against Naperville North. Plus more in Friday's Northwest Herald roundup.

Prairie Ridge's Reese Mosolino tossed nine shutout innings, and Emma Dallas hit a walk-off RBI double to score Karsyn Ledgerwood as the Wolves outlasted Kaneland 1-0 Friday in nine innings to win the Class 3A Belvidere North Secitonal title.

Host Crystal Lake Central co-op fell behind 5-0 in the first 10 minutes against Barrington and couldn't recover in an 11-6 loss to the Fillies at the Crystal Lake Central Sectional championship on Friday afternoon.

Addison Schaffer scored twice, including less than five minutes into the match, and Crystal Lake Central's girls soccer team defeated Belvidere North 3-1 in the Class 2A Crystal Lake Central Sectional final Friday.

Senior midfielder Brooke Grabs scored in the fourth minute, twin sister Ashlyn Grabs recorded 12 saves and Huntley went 100 minutes with No. 1 seed Warren, falling 2-1 in double overtime during Friday's IHSA Class 3A sectional girls soccer final at Harlem.

A home in Lake in the Hills was left uninhabitable by a fire Thursday afternoon.

ComEd crews are relocating 246 power poles in preparation for the major Route 31 expansion project, expected to start in earnest in 2027 after years of prep work.

Cole Zaleski pitched six shutout innings, Gavin Piekos hit a two-out single to break a scoreless tie in the sixth, and Prairie Ridge's baseball team held off upset-minded Cary-Grove 2-1 in a semifinal of the Class 3A Cary-Grove Regional on Thursday in Cary.

Bud Shanahan went 3 for 4 with a double and three RBIs, Wade Ozment held Wauconda to three hits in just over five innings pitched and Niklas Thorsen secured the save as Crystal Lake Central topped Wauconda 6-3 in IHSA Class 3A regional semifinal baseball action Thursday.

Johnsburg’s Tyler Batt, Jacobs’ Samuel Santa Ines and Crystal Lake South’s doubles team of Zeke Boldman and Eryk Bucior advanced to the quarterfinals at state tennis, Marengo baseball beat Rockford Christian in a Class 2A regional semifinal, and more in the roundup.

A Lake in the Hills man was arrested Thursday and charged with delivering a dose of cocaine last year that led to someone’s death, according to court records.

A person was exposed to a rabid bat in McHenry County, health officials said Thursday, marking the first rabies-positive bat with human exposure in 2026.

Logan Johnson pitched five-plus innings of one-run ball, Bryce Kowall delivered a two-RBI single, and Richmond-Burton's baseball team avenged two regular-season losses by beating Johnsburg 6-2 in a semifinal of the Class 2A Johnsburg Regional.

A man suffered critical injuries after officials believe he was ejected from his car in a single-vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon near Route 47 in Huntley.

Ben Auer and Landon Paul combined to strike out 10 batters in a two-hit shutout to lead St. Charles North, which scored twice in the third inning to beat Dundee-Crown 3-1 in an IHSA Class 4A regional semifinal baseball game Wednesday evening.

Zaiden Vess pitched a shutout as Woodstock North upset St. Viator, George Donze struck out 10 for Jacobs, Carson Trivellini posted five RBIs for Crystal Lake South, Leo Bianchin had five RBIs in Huntley's win and McHenry hit four home runs to top Grant in regional baseball play.

Ellie Peck tossed her third complete game of the postseason and Madi Kossakowski collected extra-base hits in her first three at-bats Wednesday to lead Kaneland past Woodstock North 7-4 in the teams' Class 3A Belvidere North Sectional semifinal.

A Wonder Lake man pleaded guilty Wednesday to unlawfully possessing a weapon as a felon and was sentenced to six years in prison. Authorities said he sold an unserialized machine gun to someone without a FOID who later was arrested.

A McHenry man is facing a felony charge, accused of soliciting teens Saturday evening in downtown McHenry.

As McHenry County officials express frustration at state legislation they say erodes local control, they’re considering asking the voters for permission to become home rule.

The IHSA boys track and field state championships run Thursday-Saturday at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. Here is the full list of state qualifiers from the Northwest Herald area.

Huntley jumped on Lake Zurich early and rode the hot pitching of junior Layla Olson to to a 13-1 victory to reach the championship of the Class 4A Barrington Sectional. The Red Raiders will face host Barrington at 11 a.m. Saturday in the final.

Five Johnsburg players scored goals in a 6-1 win over Cristo Rey St. Martin, while Richmond-Burton's season ended with a 3-0 loss to Willows Academy in the Class 1A Cristo Rey St. Martin Sectional semifinals on Tuesday.

Huntley's girls soccer team earned a shutout to advance to a Class 3A sectional final, while the Huntley and Crystal Lake Central co-op girls lacrosse teams also won sectional-semifinal matches. Plus, more in Tuesday's Northwest Herald roundup.

Prairie Ridge's Emma Dallas and Mary-Kate Center both delivered clutch two-out hits, Kylie Carroll reached base three times and scored twice, and Reese Mosolino pitched the Wolves past Geneva 3-1 in a Class 3A Belvidere North Sectional semifinal on Tuesday.

Pedalpalooza, a family-friendly cycling event and chance to ride and learn about the 500-mile Grand Illinois Trail, is coming to McHenry County May 30.

Huntley officials are one step closer to lowering the cost of beekeeping in town.

The McHenry County Board has narrowly approved a pair of solar farms after County Board Chair Mike Buehler cast the tie-breaking vote.

Dundee-Crown senior Jordyn Jeffs hit a walk-off home run to beat Burlington Central and set the program’s single-season home run record that had stood since 1984. Jeffs is the Northwest Herald Athlete of the Week.

Crystal Lake Central's Ella Bechler and Addison Schaffer scored two goals apiece in the first half as the Tigers rolled past Hononegah 8-0 to earn a spot in Friday's Class 2A Crystal Lake Central Sectional girls soccer final.

Marian Central's Colin Kowalsky pitched the Hurricanes past St. Edward in their Class 1A regional quarterfinal, and Woodstock's Grady Goglin helped shut down Harvard as the Blue Streaks won their 3A regional opener.

A lawsuit has been filed against Nicor Gas over a house explosion in Wonder Lake just days ago that killed a woman and seriously injured two family members.

No one was injured Friday night in a Fox River Grove fire, a fire official said

The women who have served both behind the scenes in wars past and in active combat roles today were honored Monday during the Crystal Lake Memorial Day Ceremony.

Huntley High School‘s geometry construction students have built an outdoor classroom.