No one was injured after a fire at a pole barn in Wonder Lake Tuesday morning caused around $125,000 in damages, fire officials said. The Wonder Lake Fire Protection District responded around 11:56 a.m. Tuesday to the 5400 block of East Wonder Lake Road in Wonder Lake for a report of a structure fire. Firefighters […]
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Woman says she and her child were followed, filmed by 2 men at Target in Algonquin
A woman says she is shaken after she and her child were followed by two men, who appeared to film them at one point, requiring security to intervene at the Target in Algonquin. The incident happened Saturday afternoon at the Target, located at 750 South Randall Road in Algonquin. The Pingree Grove woman, who did […]
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Man arrested after allegedly fleeing from police during traffic stop in Crystal Lake
A Marengo man was arrested after he allegedly fled from police during a traffic stop and ran multiple stop signs while fleeing in Crystal Lake. Terrance M. Kampas, 33, of the 600 block of Courtney Lane in Marengo, was charged with aggravated fleeing to elude, attempting to elude a police officer, squealing tires, disregarding a […]
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3 people charged with battering, unlawfully restraining 7-year-old child near McHenry
Two men and a woman have been arrested after sheriff’s officials say a 7-year-old child was battered and unlawfully restrained near McHenry, leaving them hospitalized. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office said they were contacted by a representative of Northwestern Medicine Hospital in McHenry for a report of child abuse involving a 7-year-old child. The sheriff’s […]
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Motorcyclist flown to the hospital after single-vehicle crash near Crystal Lake
A motorcyclist was flown to the hospital by a LifeNet helicopter after she lost control and crashed off the roadway near Crystal Lake Sunday evening. The Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department and McHenry County Sheriff’s Office responded around 5:15 p.m. Sunday to Crystal Springs Road and Cherry Valley Road in unincorporated Crystal Lake. Firefighters and […]
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Warrant issued for Wonder Lake man charged with possessing child pornography material
A Wonder Lake man has been charged with numerous counts of possessing child pornography material and an arrest warrant has been issued for him. James N. Nicholas, 62, of the 6700 block of Giant Oaks Road in Wonder Lake, was charged with 10 counts of child pornography, ranging from Class X to Class 3 felonies. […]
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Judge denies request to increase bond for man charged in 4 separate window peeping incidents in Woodstock
A judge has denied prosecutors’ request to increase bond for a McHenry County man who was out on bond for multiple window peeping cases when he was arrested again for window peeping in Woodstock. Dustin D. Hanabarger, 33, of the 6400 block of Dunham Road in Union, was charged in his latest case with disorderly […]
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Wisconsin man accused of grooming, sexually abusing young child in Marengo
A Wisconsin man has been charged with grooming a child and sexually abusing them over a span of several years in Marengo, court documents show. Aaron E. Somerville, 31, of the 900 block of Bonnie Brae Lane in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, was charged with one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a child and […]
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Lawsuit filed against driver who caused rollover crash that killed 17-year-old boy in Lake in the Hills
The family of a 17-year-old boy who was killed in a multiple-vehicle crash in Lake in the Hills in August has filed a lawsuit against the driver who is alleged to have caused the crash. The incident occurred around 10 p.m. on August 2 on Rakow Road between McHenry and Pyott Road in Lake in […]